Phoenix AZ

The Maricopa County assessor says a new law signed this spring will qualify more veterans, widows and disabled people for a program designed to keep property tax bills low. The law changes one of the variables in a formula used to determine if certain property owners qualify for the statewide personal exemptions...

In 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has environmental advocates and doctors worried about the years to come as climate change continues to make the world and Arizona hotter. Last year...

In the long run, Chase Scott Christman couldn’t fight the evidence linking him to the brutal slaying of two men and a woman in an Ahwatukee apartment nearly a year ago. The Mesa man’s texts, his blood, digital evidence given up by his cellphone and some of his initial statements to Phoenix homicide detectives...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A class action lawsuit against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been refiled with over 30 current and former employees, claiming the company engages in discriminatory practices. The suit was initially filed in November 2024, when a group of about a dozen employees voiced...

Phoenix is gearing up to put the brakes on reckless driving with the recent approval of a $12 million contract for photo enforcement cameras, aimed at curbing dangerous behavior on the road. The City of Phoenix cast a 7-1 vote in favor of reinstating the surveillance technology that was previously discontinued, a...

Horror fans of Phoenix won’t have to choose between two dueling cons next weekend, as one just pulled the plug. Touring horror convention Days of the Dead announced Thursday that it’s postponing its 2025 Phoenix edition, which was originally scheduled to haunt the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown from July 11 to 13.

TEMPE, AZ — The Tempe City Council has passed an ordinance that would require events with 30 or more people to have a permit and pay a $25 fee. "It gives the city manager a lot of power,” said Austin Davis, founder of the nonprofit AZ Hugs, which serves people who are homeless. "You know, when we talk about checks...

A woman died and a man is in jail following a crash Wednesday involving a bus, Phoenix police said. The collision occurred about 9:45 a.m. July 2 near 35 th Avenue and Thomas Road. Officers who

PHOENIX — We received our first round of monsoon storms across the Valley, bringing dust and some much needed rain. Rainfall totals across the Phoenix Metro ranged from one-tenth to two-tenths of an inch, with some spots in the West Valley, like Buckeye, seeing over an inch of rain.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A 5-year-old girl is recovering after she was pulled from a pool at a Scottsdale apartment complex on Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the drowning call at the community pool near Thompson Peak Parkway and Bell Road around 2:30 p.m. When crews arrived, bystanders were performing...