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EPCOR receives first 100-year water designation in 25 years. Program supports 60,000 new homes with groundwater safeguards. Governor Hobbs and ADWR celebrate policy milestone. Monday, October 13, 2025 — Last week, Governor Katie Hobbs signed a proclamation marking the start of Arizona’s new. (ADAWS). The program...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars for a series of shootings in 2022, including an ambush that injured a Phoenix police officer. Aaron Ware, 25, was sentenced on Monday to life in prison and over 56 additional years in connection with the crimes that happened three years ago.

PHOENIX — Authorities issued a SAFE Alert for an 88-year-old woman who didn’t make it home after leaving an East Valley hospital on Monday night. Cherie Boulton left Banner Ocotillo Medical Center in Chandler around 6:30 p.m. but never arrived at her residence in Sun Lakes. She was...

MESA, Ariz. — A man is in custody after Mesa police said he intentionally set fire to his estranged wife's apartment early Monday morning. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. Just after 3 a.m., officers responded to the 1000 block...

Proposition 409 is a responsible and necessary investment in our region's health care system. It will allow Valleywise Health -- a vitally important teaching hospital -- to expand emergency and inpatient care, rebuild aging community health centers and improve access to behavioral health services.

Word of Mouth Grill, a popular Tempe barbecue joint, expanded in April, opening its second location in Ahwatukee. But now, after just over six months, the restaurant has closed. Word of Mouth is the brainchild of pitmaster Demetrious Makel and his wife Jacque Gomez-Makel. The business started as a roving...

TEMPE, Ariz. — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in Tempe, the city's police department said. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. Tempe police and the Tempe Fire Department were called to a two-vehicle crash near Guadalupe and Rural...

Rising gold prices are driving up an old industry in Arizona — prospecting. Gold has risen to $4,000 an ounce right now. Here in Arizona, the price spike has led to an increase in prospecting club memberships. The Roadrunners Prospector’s Club in Phoenix has seen a 10% increase in...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Federal prosecutors have filed charges against two men from Mexico allegedly caught firing guns in a public venue east of Phoenix. Luis Alfonso Hernandez Felix and Jose Romario Zazueta Valenzuela were taken into custody after U.S. Forest Service agents observed “a group of subjects...

GILBERT, Ariz. — Gilbert Mayor Scott Anderson is promising answers as frustration mounts among residents over soaring water bills—some jumping by hundreds, and in a few cases, thousands of dollars. In an exclusive interview with 12News, Anderson said the town is taking the issue seriously and has launched...