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With its dark night skies and numerous forested mountains, sandstone canyons, and deep blue lakes, it can be easy to see why Arizona ranks as the third best state for camping by Mental Floss. But many of the state's top campgrounds can get pretty crowded, so it can be tough to find a campsite that's both accessible from major cities but also under-the...

GILBERT, Ariz. — Val Vista Drive is back open after a crash had closed parts of it in both directions in Gilbert on Saturday. The city's police department said the road was closed in both directions from Guadalupe to Elliot roads. The police department posted on their X page that the road has since reopened.

Passion Schurz, 28, was reported missing in March after she was last seen near her community. Her body was found days later in a Scottsdale canal after a passerby spotted her and called police.

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is breaking ground on a new affordable housing community for seniors that will bring 80 rental homes to the Valley. Helen Drake Village is located on city-owned land and next to Helen Drake Senior Center to create Phoenix’s first-ever “combined senior housing and services campus,” according to a Friday press release.

A technical rescue on South Mountain had Phoenix firefighters scrambling across steep desert terrain Saturday after reports that an adult woman on the mountain was experiencing a medical emergency. Crews staged on the slopes and kept the rescue operation active into the afternoon, with officials holding back further details in their initial public update.

GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — A bicyclist died after investigators say he rode through a red light and was struck by a car in Gilbert on Saturday morning. Just after 10:30 a.m., first responders were dispatched to the intersection of Val Vista Drive and Hearne Way, north of Elliot Road.

PHOENIX — A lengthy closure near a north Phoenix highway on-ramp was due to a serious medical emergency on Saturday morning. According to the Phoenix Police Department, around 9 a.m., officers were called to a crash near the westbound Loop 101 Cave Creek Road on-ramp. Upon arrival, police found...

Arizona Bike Week 2026 rolls into WestWorld of Scottsdale this week with a lineup that nods to its rock‑and‑country backbone. Songwriter/guitarist Ted Nugent leads the charge, loud and unapologetic — exactly what reminds longtime riders why they keep coming back. Nugent, best known for his songs “Stranglehold,”...

Sometimes the best discoveries in life come wrapped in the most ordinary packaging, and Cocina Madrigal Tacos + Tequila in Phoenix, Arizona is living proof of that delicious truth. Here’s something you should know about truly exceptional Mexican food: it doesn’t need to announce itself with mariachi bands and sombreros...

We have an area of low pressure approaching our state that will cool high temperatures down in the 80s this weekend. April Warnecke has the forecast.