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Chandler's city council chamber was charged with tension as residents filled the room, anxiously awaiting a decision on the fate of a proposed $2 billion data center. Officials had to, somehow delicately navigate the needle between technological progress and the preservation of local resources. The waterfront was a...

A former Gilbert councilman is claiming the police department manipulated crime stats 10 years ago so it would be one of the safest cities in America. Current town leaders pushed back on the claims, saying the town always followed the law. Austin Walker breaks down the allegations and how the reputation came at a cost.

Officials said it was too dangerous to rescue the man when he was first spotted Tuesday night

MESA, AZ — Joe Rim, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the death of a Mesa teenager, has been sentenced to prison. In court on Friday, Rim received a sentence of 15 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence he could receive as part of a plea agreement for the shooting death of 18-year-old Stephen...

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...

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...

“I didn’t want to die," said survivor Asharie Montgomery

A hiker was forced to spend the night on Camelback Mountain after getting stuck near the closed Echo Canyon trail after dark. Phoenix Fire Captain JD Lee says crews determined it would have been too dangerous to try to rescue the man at night from his perch. But Lee says they tried to make the uninjured man more...

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...

PHOENIX — A SAFE Alert was issued Thursday afternoon for a missing 77-year-old woman last seen in Phoenix, authorities said. Teresa Estrada was last seen near 67th Avenue and Thomas Road around 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS). She is 5 feet, 1...