Truck driver shortage deepens amid visa pause
The U.S. trucking industry has been grappling with a truck driver shortage for years, and the recent federal decision to halt visas for commercial truck drivers has exacerbated the challenge. According to the American Trucking Associations, the gap could reach more than 80,000 drivers nationwide by 2030. Without new...
Lady Gaga returns to Arizona for ‘Mayhem Ball’ in February 2026
Parents and students rallied outside Coronado High after leaked audio allegedly revealed a board member making offensive remarks. The wife of the firefighter who had a heart attack and died while fighting the Dragon Bravo Fire near the Grand Canyon said the loss is hitting her small Idaho community hard. Hank Hester...
5 Scottsdale teens join suicide prevention effort
Five Scottsdale teens – two from Horizon High School and three from Notre Dame Preparatory High School – are among over 40 high school athletes providing video “Messages of Hope” from Teen Lifeline recognizing Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The teens are in public service announcements...
Mesa district closing portable classrooms, not schools
Mesa Public Schools could remove 104 portable buildings from campuses by the end of 2027 as the district responds to a declining student enrollment. Of the district’s 8.3 million square feet of building space, portables occupied approximately 640,152 square feet before 2025. “We have a tentative plan in place...
Mesa homeowner pays to remove neighbor’s looming tree over her home
MESA, AZ — When ABC15 shared the story of how months of extreme heat followed by monsoon storms led to numerous downed trees across the Valley, Isabel Anderson and her husband were watching from their Mesa home, thinking about the towering pine tree that hangs over their house. "This...
Infighting fractures group vying to manage Salt River horses
Just days after it submitted a proposal to the Arizona Department of Agriculture, a group hoping to take over the management of Arizona’s beloved Salt River horses has fractured due to infighting. The Wild Horse Transition Team is hoping to win a zero-dollar contract to manage the wild horse...
Arrest made in deadly shooting in south Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man has been arrested after another man was killed in a shooting last month in south Phoenix. Phoenix Police said 33-year-old Luis Mollinedo has been arrested in connection with the Aug. 15 shooting death of 41-year-old Gabino Martinez Jr. Martinez Jr. was found early that...
Police release identity of man killed by officers in Phoenix this week
PHOENIX – Authorities on Thursday released the identity of an armed robbery suspect who died after getting shot by police in Phoenix earlier this week. Ote-Tee Brooks Nalwood, 32, was the man killed in Monday’s shooting, the Phoenix Police Department announced. The incident started around noon, when a...
The Best Fish And Chips In Arizona Are Hiding Inside This Unassuming Restaurant
In the heart of Phoenix, where cacti stand tall and temperatures regularly flirt with triple digits, exists a seafood haven that defies desert logic – Knock Kneed Lobster. This modest establishment might not win any architectural beauty contests with its corrugated metal exterior and simple blue signage, but what...
Mesa approves deal to end 20-year eyesore on downtown Site 17
More than two decades after the city bulldozed about 60 houses to make way for an entertainment venue along University and Mesa drives that never happened, the Mesa City Council approved a plan with Culdesac for a 25-acre lot to transform the area. It’s a big moment for the council, which strived to build on a piece...