Arizona
County unemployment up for 2nd straight month
PHOENIX -- A new unemployment report provides mixed news about the state of the economy, both statewide and in Coconino County.
Two GOP lawmakers halt budget process
PHOENIX -- Efforts to start plugging the $2 billion hole in the state budget came to a screeching halt Thursday when two Republican lawmakers refused to support the plan.
Monitor arrested for sexting student
TUCSON (AP) -- Authorities say a Tucson Unified School District monitor has been arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit images to a student by cell phone.
Ex-head of vets' services indicted
PHOENIX (AP) -- The former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans Services has been indicted for allegedly misusing public money, sidestepping state procurement rules and allowing his department to hire his wife and son.
Business booming at winter RV parks
PHOENIX (AP) -- Winter bookings at recreational vehicle parks in metropolitan Phoenix are up after three years of decline, a sign it may be a good year for the industry that caters to "snowbirds."
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Publisher says buyer emerges for Ariz. paper
The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business.
3-year-old leads toddler to safety in Ariz. fire
A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.
Arizona police arrest parents of rape victim
The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.
Utah man pleads guilty to threatening informant
A Utah man is expected to finish a year behind bars after admitting he threatened to beat a government informant at the center of an artifact looting case.
6 arrested in Forest Lakes-area burglaries
Six people have been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries in the Forest Lakes area in Coconino County.
Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base
The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Little-Warner friendship on hold Sunday
Friendship goes out the window Sunday when the St. Louis Rams' Leonard Little tries to sack his friend, Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner.
Ariz. lawmaker: Obama to take more centrist course
Congressman Jeff Flake predicts that President Barack Obama's administration will chart a more centrist course as his administration moves forward.
New judge assigned in eastern Ariz. boy's case
A new judge has been assigned to hear the case of a 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy awaiting sentencing in the shooting death of his father's roommate.
Group threatens to sue over Mexican gray wolf
An environmental group is threatening to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its failure to respond to a petition involving the Mexican gray wolf.
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