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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Arizona Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday afternoon the state’s first screwworm case, found in a dog living on a ranch in Cochise County. According to the CDC, New World screwworm (NWS), or Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a species of parasitic fly that completes part of...

Clark County Detention Center — Reported Site of Haney’s Detention. Brian Haney says he arrived at the Clark County Detention Center with an infection already eating into his right leg, and that jail medical staff responded with little more than acetaminophen and a tube of triple antibiotic ointment. Weeks later, his leg was bleeding. By the time surgeons operated, they had to amputate it.

Joe Fennel is 7 years old, and in Tucson he is being called a hero. When his mom had a seizure at home, the boy called 911, stayed on the line with the dispatcher and kept his 2-and-a-half-year-old brother calm until help arrived. Tucson firefighters recently honored Joe with a...

(SALEM, OR) — ODFW is accepting public comment until Nov. 11 on agenda items the Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider at their Dec. 11 meeting in Salem. Proposed 2027 groundfish regulations are on the agenda. While most are similar to those in 2026, one proposal could mark a historic milestone for Oregon fisheries. Following decades of recovery efforts, yelloweye rockfish were recently declared rebuilt, opening the door to limited recreational and commercial harvest opportunities for the f

When a city changes its zoning rules, who pays the price? A Texas developer is now asking a Phoenix court to answer that question — to the tune of more than $54 million. A company called West Buckeye Road LP (WBR) is suing the city of Phoenix after new regulations targeting data centers upended its construction plans. The dispute is testing the boundaries of a nearly two-decade-old Arizona property rights law and could set a significant precedent for how cities manage the booming data center ind

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A player in Hillsboro hit a $4.2 million jackpot playing Oregon’s Game Megabucks this month. And while the winner wants to remain anonymous, the store that sold it also hit it big, and held a celebration on Wednesday. The winning ticket was purchased at...

A Henderson family is demanding answers after a police response to two loose dogs stretched more than three hours and ended with an officer fatally shooting their 8-year-old black Labrador mix, Rocky, near Arroyo Grande Boulevard and Santiago Drive. The shooting is another fatal police shooting of a family dog in Henderson to draw public scrutiny, more than a year after officers killed a boxer mix named Bruno during a wellness check.

Public Administrator Audit Mismanagement The Nevada Independent A new audit of the Clark County Public Administrator’s Office found eight “high-risk” issues or instances of mismanagement in the troubled department that deals with people’s estates after they die if they have no next of kin. Findings included that the department has nearly 1,900 open cases, $623,000 in collected fees it has not handed over to Clark County, an absence of a plan for disposing human cremated remains, non-deposited ch

Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) confirmed an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, in numerous flocks of geese in the Reno and Sparks area. The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has advised students to avoid any contact with sick or deceased birds on campus.

A new affordable housing complex in Henderson is dedicating 60 of its 144 units to young adults aging out of the foster care system.