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The suicide mortality rate for American Indian/Alaska Native individuals (39.7 suicides per 100,000 population) was the highest of any racial and ethnic group in Arizona in 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
April 28, 2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs recently announced that she would limit the number of hires for various government positions. Some started calling it a hiring freeze. But Hobbs says that’s not the case.
→ Department of Public Safety exempt from governor's hiring cap
→ Department of Public Safety exempt from governor's hiring cap
April 28, 2024
Korey Cunningham, an offensive lineman who played for three NFL teams during a five-year career, was found dead Thursday in his Clifton, New Jersey, home. He was 28.
April 28, 2024
Starting Wednesday, the Maricopa Association of Governments, along with partner organizations will drop its Heat Relief Network map. The goal is to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths.
April 27, 2024
Crews plan to extinguish a fire on Saturday night from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line that forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 40.
April 27, 2024
With federal pandemic relief funds set to expire on June 30, child care accessibility and affordability in Arizona could be at risk for both families and care providers, as scholarships and increased reimbursement rates shrink.
April 27, 2024
The Interior Department, Arizona and Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) signed a trilateral agreement along the banks of the Colorado River on Friday.
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→ More from the Tribal Natural Resources desk
April 27, 2024
The state Supreme Court on Friday responded to the 32-page motion from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes with a one-sentence decision to deny it.
April 27, 2024
Most mornings at his home in Phoenix, RiTchie rises with the sun. He converted a spare room into a home studio in the house they bought a year ago, so he doesn't have to go far to record.
April 27, 2024
The Phoenix Suns are one loss away from what would be a bitterly disappointing season after entering the year with championship aspirations. Friday was the third straight game the Timberwolves used a big third to turn a tight game into a comfortable victory.
April 26, 2024
On Saturday, ASU police arrested 69 people after they set up an unauthorized encampment in support of Palestinians at the Tempe Campus. In a statement, police say encampments are prohibited on ASU property.
April 26, 2024
A judge ruled that Arturo Hernandez, a candidate running for U.S. Senate in Arizona’s Green Party primary, can stay on the ballot.
April 26, 2024
Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives filed ethics complaints against Democrats who engaged in a protest on the House floor two weeks ago after GOP lawmakers blocked a vote to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban.
April 26, 2024
A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route.
April 26, 2024
The Peoria Unified School District has fired an employee who was arrested earlier this month on sex crime charges. Former Peoria High School basketball coach Patrick Battillo is accused of asking underaged students for inappropriate photos and videos in exchange for money.
April 26, 2024
A former state senator was sentenced to a year in prison Friday for sexually abusing a young relative.
April 26, 2024
Earlier this week, Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a series of bills, including one that would have required schools to have separate showers for transgender students.
April 26, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency will let Arizona delay its use of summer blend gasoline. The waiver comes as a portion of the pipeline that provides the state gas from California has undergone unforeseen maintenance.
April 26, 2024
A Yavapai County judge has blocked efforts from a group seeking to make the use of early-ballot drop boxes illegal.
April 26, 2024
A Democratic lawmaker is calling on the Republican Senate president to remove Sens. Anthony Kern (R-Glendale) and Jake Hoffman (R-Gilbert) from committee leadership positions after they were indicted by a state grand jury.
April 26, 2024