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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...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Firefighters across the Valley are remembering the heroic service of Phoenix Fire Captain Luke Moran, who recently passed away. The Phoenix Fire Department announced Moran’s death on social media on Thursday. No details about his cause of death were provided. “We extend our thoughts and...

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...

PHOENIX -- It probably comes as no surprise, but once again the fastest-growing communities in Arizona are on the far outskirts of the two major metropolitan areas. It is true that of the