Phoenix AZ

Mesa Public Schools, the state’s largest district, anticipates losing 23.28% of its student population in the next decade, which in turn would affect its funding. Enrollment for the current school year was 51,093 and was expected to dip to 39,196 by 2035-36, according to the district. “There’s a lot...

An alleged wrong-way driver temporarily knocked out power to the Valley Metro light rail in central Phoenix on Sunday morning.

The Phoenix Police Department has issued a Critical Incident Briefing regarding an officer-involved shooting that unfolded on December 27, 2025. The situation began with officers responding to a welfare check at an apartment complex near 28th Drive and Larkspur Drive. As detailed in the City of Phoenix report, an...

Arizona’s Mexican bakeries often feel like expansive living rooms equipped with industrial-strength ovens, where long-time regulars trade knowing smiles over trays of warm conchas and coffee that carries the comforting scent of home. These local landmarks anchor their respective city blocks with a steady, rhythmic...

Breezes will start to pick up Sunday morning into the afternoon. Gusts of 25-30 mph are possible in the Phoenix metro area.

After years of staffing challenges, the Phoenix Police Department is showing measurable improvement in recruitment and hiring, even as attrition – particularly among new recruits and retirement-eligible veterans – continues to complicate efforts to rebuild the force. But despite the optimistic report submitted last...

PHOENIX — A driver who fled Mesa police and crashed early Saturday morning was hospitalized, and he faces arrest once released, authorities said. Police attempted to stop the man shortly after 2 a.m. near Stewart Road and Southern Avenue. Instead of yielding to police lights and sirens, he fled at high speeds,...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An injured hiker was hospitalized after being airlifted from Camelback Mountain on Saturday morning. Just before 11 a.m., Phoenix fire crews were dispatched to the Echo Canyon trail on reports of a woman with a lower-body injury about a mile past the trailhead. Crews did not...

On a busy summer afternoon, a shelter director in Phoenix walks past a row of kennels and watches the decibel reader spike like a siren. This is the old problem: animals arrive scared and stressed, and the building itself can make things worse. The new solution, emerging from behavior science, is surprisingly...

Chandler Unified School District is considering eliminating nearly 122 staff positions because of cuts in its funding. How many of those positions would be involuntary is not known. Traditionally, CUSD handles staffing cuts through attrition: When someone retires at the end of a school year, the position isn’t filled.