Tempe AZ

PHOENIX — The Tempe Fire Department has a new tool at its disposal with a drone that can provide aerial views of emergency scenes in real time. The Fotokite, a drone camera that stays tethered to Battalion Chief vehicles, takes just seconds to get up and running when at the scene. The overhead view, along with...

TEMPE, Ariz. — Thousands of water bottles were collected during a community drive in Tempe on Saturday to help people experiencing homelessness prepare for the region’s extreme summer heat. The effort, organized by Tempe City Councilmember Berdetta Hodge, will support the city’s HOPE outreach team, which distributes...

There are weather events you read about in textbooks. Then there are weather events that make you feel like the sky itself is collapsing. Arizona’s ... Read more The post Arizona’s ‘Haboobs’: The Science of the Mile-High Wall of Dust That Swallows Phoenix appeared first on Climate Cosmos .

Police are investigating a collision after they said a driver died after he rear-ended a Valley Metro Bus near 31st Avenue and Van Buren Street.

Sometimes the night just has a mind of its own, and before you know it, it’s past midnight and your stomach is making its presence known. Arizona has no shortage of spots that keep the lights on and the food coming long after most places have called it quits.

Mesa police said detectives arrested 32-year-old Shaquenton Orr in connection with 31-year-old M C Oden's death.

Arizona’s grocery stores offer more than standard shopping trips. Some have quietly built a reputation around one feature that keeps customers coming back again and again: outstanding meat counters. The stores themselves are approachable and welcoming, and balance efficiency and care. You can browse alongside...

One of the fastest-growing local restaurant chains is continuing its takeover of metro Phoenix. Angie's Food Concepts opened its 13th Valley location, and 20th in Arizona, in Mesa in April. Angie's grew to local fame for its first concept, Angie's Lobster. Owners Tony and Roushan Christofellis then opened spinoffs...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Residents of Rio Verde Foothills are organizing petitions and signature drives to stop a proposed development of hundreds of homes in their community, just months after getting reliable water access for the first time in years. "The water pipe was turned on January 1," resident Amanda...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is dead after crashing into a city bus in west Phoenix Saturday night. Just before 10:30 p.m., officers responded to the crash near 30th Avenue and Van Buren Street, according to the Phoenix Police Department. When officers arrived, they found a man critically hurt....