Scottsdale AZ

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A speeding driver is accused of attempting to race a trooper while his kids were unbuckled in the backseat in the West Valley earlier this month. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says on Dec. 4, a trooper was heading eastbound on I-10 near Citrus Road when he witnessed a driver speeding at...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Firefighters across the Valley are remembering the heroic service of Phoenix Fire Captain Luke Moran, who recently passed away. The Phoenix Fire Department announced Moran’s death on social media on Thursday. No details about his cause of death were provided. “We extend our thoughts and...

GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — A man is in the hospital after he was stabbed late Thursday night in Gilbert, and another person is now in custody. Gilbert police officers responded to the reported stabbing in the 1400 block of San Remo Avenue, which is near Guadalupe Road and Val Vista Drive, around 9 p.m. Officers then...

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While many high school seniors are focused on college applications and graduation, Linda Hernandez is juggling those responsibilities while running a thriving handmade crochet shop on Etsy. The Mesa teen, a senior at Arizona Virtual Academy, launched The Little Guppy Shop after teaching herself to crochet at age 15....

Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky will give her second State of the City address from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, 7575 E. Princess Drive. The event is

The city of Mesa is looking to update ordinances that would change where e-bikes and e-scooters can be used. One would allow some e-bikes on sidewalks in city parks. The new ordinances would however limit those e-bikes and scooters to only 5 mph in parks. They would also be allowed on shared use paths with a speed...

Few things are more civically encouraging than student activism. When focused on advancing democracy, it deserves to be celebrated and repeated. That's just what is happening for university and law students wanting to propose, debate, and vote on constitutional amendments. The second Model Constitutional Convention (...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Airbnb says it has stepped up use of its “anti-party” technology to prevent disruptive New Year’s Eve gatherings in Arizona neighborhoods, blocking hundreds of bookings the company says were likely to lead to large, noisy events. The company said its systems flagged and...

More than 120,000 Japanese Americans were held captive inside 10 internment camps nationwide during World War II – including two in Arizona, built on Indian reservations by the U.S. War Relocation Authority without tribal consent. On Arizona’s western border, the Colorado River Indian Tribes has made a point to...