FBI investigates rehab scams targeting Indigenous community
Bogus organizers defraud the government out of money meant to help people at their most vulnerable.
No deal on meet and confer with Sierra Vista firefighters
The city council voted 5-2 against the plan.
Rep. Raul Grijalva reintroduces newly named Environmental Justice Act for All Act
The legislation was proposed on World Water Day.
Court: Arizona governor not required to carry out execution
The newly elected Democratic governor whose office said the state isn’t currently prepared to carry out the death penalty.
Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies at age 75
He died Wednesday morning in New Mexico.
One room schoolhouse gets law enforcment help
Apache Elementary gets help with migrants crossing the Cochise County campus.
Supreme Court seems split in Navajo Nation water rights case
The justices weighed a dispute involving the federal government and the Navajo Nation’s quest for water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Arizona Republican legislators announce formal opposition to ranked choice voting
The Arizona Freedom Caucus wants to preemptively prohibit any use of ranked choice voting to decide city, state, county or federal elections.
Dementia’s dangerous rise leads legislators to ask up to $500,000 for Alzheimer’s
State legislators are pushing a bill to build a state dementia plan.
Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water
The tribe doesn't have enough water and says that the federal government is at fault.
Arizona governor blasted for plans to defy execution order
Hobbs has said executions will not be carried out until Arizonans can be confident the state isn’t violating the law.
Cochise County getting more border enforcement vehicles
The money comes from an amended agreement with the state.
Was California consulted in recent Colorado River negotiations?
Leaders in other states disagree with that characterization.
2 years of American Rescue Plan: how Tucson used its $136 million
Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act went towards local government to help communities recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Buzz: Arizona's abandoned mines
Many groups look to locate, seal and clean up old mines, which likely number in the hundreds of thousands.
