Jennifer Stein has been promoted to assistant city manager as Avondale advances The BLVD mixed‑use project; an interim economic development director will run the department during the transition.

The Valley's ultra‑luxury market cooled in March, but four roughly $6M closings kept weekly totals buoyant.

Chandler is pairing rebates, groundwater banking and business tech to protect supply as Colorado River deliveries tighten. Small upgrades at local companies are already adding up.

Adam Clift was sentenced to 19.5 years after postal inspectors tied a dark‑web meth operation to his Phoenix home and prosecutors found child‑sex material on his devices.

A Phoenix resident returned home to find his dog shot and a stranger inside his apartment; arrest records identify a suspect who now faces burglary and animal cruelty charges.

Maricopa County inspectors flagged moldy produce and a worker skipping handwashing in this week’s Dirty Dining roundup, renewing focus on basic food‑safety lapses.

Fire crews were on scene Wednesday near 19th Ave and Adams St after a reported house fire. Adams St is closed between 21st Ave and the I-17 while crews work.

USGS River DroughtCast flags streamflow drought at more than 80% of monitored Arizona sites, with forecasts worsening into summer.

A 3-year-old named Anna was killed and her pregnant mother badly hurt when alleged street racers struck their car in Tucson; two drivers now face murder-related charges.

An arrest in a 45-year-old cold case: DNA from an exhumed infant led prosecutors to charge a Sun Lakes woman in the 1981 death of a newborn found on the Valley City campus. Court papers cite genetic genealogy and matching DNA evidence.

Tucson police say a DEA agent was involved in a shooting Monday near Campbell and Irvington. Officials say TPD officers weren't involved and injuries are unclear.

A small plane landed on 7th Street near Missouri Avenue in central Phoenix on April 12; three people were evaluated at the scene and declined hospital transport.

Burlington broke ground on a nearly 2-million-square-foot automated distribution center in Buckeye’s Westpark 360 park, officials say it will open in 2028 and create thousands of jobs.