Northern Arizona

As demand for groceries continues to grow due to the ongoing government shutdown, some Arizona cities are launching citywide food drives.

Danny Rensch was born into a spiritual community based in Tonto Village. He said the group was a cult, and in his new memoir, “Dark Squares,” he tells the story of how playing chess became a pathway out of the group’s clutches.

Parts of Arizona are starting to see temperatures dip, but with the federal government shutdown, home heating assistance money is not available.

No Turquoise Alert had been issued but on Monday, authorities discovered human remains in Navajo County near the Knots Landing community in Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Reservation.

One in eight Americans relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Arizona roughly tracks the national average, with 855,000 recipients in September, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

As the U.S. government shutdown ended its first month and SNAP food benefits were mired in uncertainty, folks across the country have reached out to step up and help.

A spokesman says the observatory will continue with two permanent mission scientists. Independent researchers will still be able to work there but will not be funded by Lowell.

Last summer, KJZZ's Sam Dingman drove up to Flagstaff to meet singer-songwriter Sage Bond. Bond had just graduated from NAU a few weeks earlier. She showed up wearing all black. She had long black hair, and she was carrying a black guitar case, containing a black acoustic guitar.

A measles outbreak in northern Arizona is just shy of a hundred cases at 97, and recent trends show no sign of slowing down, with nearly 40 cases added this month.

A small religious town on Utah state lines has the lowest vaccination rates. It's contributing to a measles outbreak. Hildale Mayor Donia Jessop joined The Show to discuss how the measles outbreak is hampering the rebrand efforts.