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Jeremy Duda’s new book, Murder in the Fourth Estate, pulls together the tangled story of the 1976 car-bomb assassination of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles and rebuilds it from the ground up. Arriving as Phoenix edges toward the 50th anniversary of the June 2, 1976 bombing, the book puts long-scattered documents and interviews back under a single spotlight and brings old...

For over three decades, Mesa resident M.S.V. Walker built a life in Arizona — raising a family, working nearly two decades as a webmaster at Boeing and falling in love with the rugged beauty of the Superstition Mountains. But it wasn’t until after a profound personal loss that she...

ARIZONA — Officials with the Arizona Department of Public Safety are investigating a deadly crash that occurred early Thursday morning along Interstate 17 in Phoenix. Authorities said the crash happened in the northbound lanes near Union Hills Drive. Initial reports indicate a collision in the area resulted in injuries, and one person was pronounced dead at the scene. […] The post One person dead following vehicle...

WICKENBURG, AZ (AZFamily) — A crash closed a busy highway west of the Valley for several hours. Details about the crash remain limited. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) reported the crash around 5 p.m. on Wednesday at U.S. 93 in Wickenburg. Both directions of US 93 were closed...

Health inspectors found a worker blowing their nose and not washing up, and moldy fruit at some Valley eateries in this week's Dirty Dining report.

The FBI arrested a suspected scammer at Sky Harbor Airport who was trying to board a flight to Florida.

PHOENIX — A man is facing multiple charges after allegedly breaking into an apartment and shooting the resident's dog, Phoenix police said. The dog was rushed to a veterinarian, but its condition was not immediately known. Officers responded Tuesday to a call in which a man reported that someone...

Sunbelt is pressing ahead with a long-planned mixed-use campus at Bell Road and 19th Avenue in North Phoenix, with apartments and a new Aldi grocery store pitched as the main draws. Under the Bell 17 concept, roughly 82–93 acres of assembled parcels in the Deer Valley corridor would be turned into housing, office, industrial and retail space. If it comes together...

PHOENIX — The owner of a Gilbert gun store was indicted on eight federal counts, accused of helping customers lie on firearms paperwork and failing to report large cash transactions, prosecutors said. Gilbert resident Esteban Yanez, 34, was indicted April 8 in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Yanez owns...

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