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Court: 292-year sentence in string of nonviolent burglaries is not excessive

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said it could not get involved in the case.

Federal funds for water projects a fraction of what Arizona says it needs

The state says it needs more than $1 billion.

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona provides food to about 200,000 people each year.

AmeriCorps grant gives Arizona food banks more resources to help food insecurity

The grant will send 33 volunteers across the state.

Court says local health centers can challenge AHCCCS on reimbursements

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the case against AHCCCS.

Concern over traumatic brain injuries has contributed to a dip in participation of youth football.

Football’s future comes to a head with concussion concerns among Arizona parents

Parents are worried about long-term injuries.

The price of gas reached a record high in Arizona during the summer of 2022.

Average gas price falls below $4 in Arizona, after record-high summer

The drop came just in time for the long, Labor Day weekend.

Driven in large part by COVID-19, life expectancy in the U.S. fell by 1.8 years in 2020, down from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77 years, the sharpest decline since World War II. Arizona’s drop was even steeper, falling from 78.8 to 76.3 years, one of the biggest declines in the nation.

Arizona life expectancy fell an ‘extraordinary’ 2.5 years in 2020

It was one of the steepest drops in the nation.

Court: Conviction in writing, not open court, violated defendant’s rights

The case deals with drug smugling.

Children at Havasupai Indian School in Cataract Canyon, Arizona, in 1901. Arizona had scores of such boarding schools for Native children in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Tribal boarding schools much improved, but legacy of old schools remains

Arizona had the second highest number of the schools in the country.

Migrants staying at Jesús el Buen Pastor, a migrant shelter in Tapachula, Mexico, line up for a free meal of black beans and tortillas on March 8, 2022. Guests are not allowed to bring food or drinks into the shelter and can’t take meals to go. Although migrants here have a roof, free meals and a mat or bed to sleep on, they must follow certain rules to stay.

Housing options limited for migrants forced to wait in southern Mexico

Sleeping outside for some is seen as better than staying in a shelter.

Opioid overdoses in Arizona spiked during March, the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hit a high of 500 in August. Advocates worry that the epidemic, involving both prescription and illicit opioids, is both aggravated by pandemic conditions and masked by them.

With focus on COVID-19, experts fear opioid crisis may worsen unseen

Local and national experts say a growing number of opioid overdoses and deaths is being overlooked.

Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. during congressional testimony in February. Norris is one of three tribal leaders, with Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis, on the slate of 11 diverse electors who will cast the state’s Electoral College votes December 14, 2020, for President-elect Joe Biden.

Three Arizona tribal leaders on diverse slate of 11 electoral voters

What one former Arizona elector called a "sweet irony" was no accident.

Ballot count complete in Arizona, but Republicans press ahead with challenges

Despite legal and political challenges, officials have vowed to certify results by the Nov. 30 deadline.

Republican Martha McSally, left, and Democrat Mark Kelly.

Arizona Senate race breaks record, pulling in whopping $133.7 million

By Sept. 30, Martha McSally had raised $50.9 million and Mark Kelly had raised $82.8 million, according to FEC reports.

Fire officials say they were able to contain the spread of COVID-19 in crews through commonsense measures as well as some precautions specific to their work, even though it made their jobs more challenging at times.

Fire officials claim success in fighting COVID-19 while fighting fires

Officials reported only a handful of positive test results on their crews, and they believe many of those came from exposure off the job.

Legislation making its way through Congress aims to reaffirm that tribal epidemiology centers should have access to state and federal health data. Tribal leaders have had trouble accessing information to help fight COVID-19 and other diseases in places like the Navajo Nation, where this sign stands.

Bill pressures CDC to give Native Americans better access to federal health data

Experts say the pandemic has further exposed limits to Native American communities' access to accurate health data.

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