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Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Raccoons are a fixture of Arizona life — raiding trash cans in Phoenix, denning in Scottsdale attics, and wandering through Tucson backyards with surprising regularity. When one shows up and starts causing damage, the instinct to deal with it

Fire crews have stopped the forward progress of the Rolling Fire, a new wildfire burning about 65 miles north of Phoenix. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office ordered people near Rolling Ridge Drive and Marble Canyon Way to leave immediately Thursday. The fire has burned about 6 acres so far. State fire officials said h

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A former Scottsdale Circle K manager has filed a formal response to a lawsuit over a $12.8 million Arizona Lottery jackpot, claiming the company enforced a policy requiring employees to purchase leftover lottery tickets and only challenged his ownership of the winning ticket after learning i

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Thursday and Friday are First Alert Weather Days for extreme heat in the Valley. Look for an afternoon high of 114 degrees today, which is 7 degrees above normal and 4 degrees shy of the daily record. An Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect today in...

CHANDLER, AZ — Dr. Anna Battle has spent decades in Arizona education, and she says her first priority in leading Chandler Unified School District isn't changing anything; it's listening. "My first and major goal, is to get to know many people. I have to develop relationships to fully understand...

It’s never a fun time to receive a utility bill that’s a lot higher than you anticipated. That’s exactly what happened to one Phoenix homeowner. He opened his water bill last month and found a number he was sure had to be a mistake: $2,777. Cameron Green hadn’t seen a normal bill in quite a …

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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It’s almost “Bo Time” for Arizona diners who are eager for Bojangles’ fried chicken and biscuits. The North Carolina-based fast-food chain is opening its first location in Arizona on July 20. Doors at 3765 S. Val Vista Drive in Gilbert will open to the public at 5 a.m.

After months of anticipation, Roman God of Fire, the latest and what stands to be the most show-stopping restaurant in the Pretty Decent Concepts hospitality group’s family, is set to open at the end of the month on the edge of Tempe Town Lake. Sitting at Rio Salado Parkway...

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol called out both drivers of a crane vehicle who were recently discovered to be operating without a commercial driver’s license (CDL). On June 24, 2026, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit AZDPS troopers stopped a crane vehicle traveling on AZ-202 at Scottsda