FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Water officials in Arizona say they are prepared to lose about one-fifth of the water the state gets from the Colorado River in what could be the first mandated cut.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — The Mohave County Sheriff's Office says three people were killed after a train crashed into two vehicles near Kingman in Arizona.
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — State officials are putting farmers in south-central Arizona on notice that the continuing drought means a "substantial cut" in deliveries of Colorado River water is expected next year.
The Aldaco family of Phoenix suffered more than most in this year of unfathomable losses. Three brothers perished in the pandemic: Jose in July, Heriberto in December and Gonzalo in February.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Officials in Coconino County say the closure of a coal-fired power plant in far northern Arizona has led to a loss of $40 million in property tax revenue.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Portions of two interstate highways are among multiple routes in Arizona's high country that remained closed Tuesday morning due to difficult driving conditions from winter weather.
PHOENIX (AP) — Since early in the pandemic, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has resisted instituting restrictive measures to try to keep the coronavirus cases from rising.
"We do elections well here in Arizona. The system is strong and that's why I have bragged on it so much," said GOP Gov. Doug Ducey. Meanwhile, the state GOP tweeted, "DO NOT CERTIFY A FALSE ELECTION!"
Fox News and The Associated Press, which NPR relies on, were the earliest to call Arizona for Biden. Other networks didn't follow for days, as Biden's lead shrank dramatically and some doubted the AP.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Water Resources has endorsed a company's proposal to sell water from farmland near the Colorado River to a fast-growing Phoenix suburb despite complaints of possible negative effects for communities along the river.
The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prison official says 17 inmates from the state being held at a private prison in Arizona have tested positive for a second time for the new coronavirus.
Patients knew José Gabriel López-Plascencia as "the doctor that served the poor." He spent over 60 years caring for low-income families left out of the healthcare system in Phoenix.
Arizona is now one of the worst COVID-19 hot spots in the Unites States. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego about how her city is managing the outbreak.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A hard-hit tribe in Arizona is putting tougher restrictions in place to prevent further spread of the coronavirus in a state where infections are surging.
The vote comes days after Gov. Doug Ducey granted local governments autonomy to set their own health and safety measures to fight rising COVID-19 cases. Arizona lifted stay-at-home rules last month.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted the state's stay-at-home order a month ago. Now, the average number of daily coronavirus cases has nearly tripled from two weeks ago.
