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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Dustin Luther Todd was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing children. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man who sexually abused two children …
Serial child rapist sentenced to 20 years in prison Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Mountain Line: The multimillion-dollar investment will be used to purchase low or no-emission busses, like this electric bus by Mountain Line in operation in Flagstaff. Bipartisan infrastructure law …
Following Kelly and Sinema’s Request, more than $51.1 million investment coming to Arizona for city buses from their Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Southwest Gas is providing tips to stay safe, comfortable, and cool this summer while saving on utility bills. Contributed Article LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – As temperatures rise and summer …
Southwest Gas offers tips to stay safe and save on utility bills this summer Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Troy Hill/Cronkite News: Abortion-rights activists gathered at the Arizona Capitol on June 24, 2022, to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and briefly upending …
A year after Dobbs decision, medication abortions are largely unscathed Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Be safe around water this summer. PHOENIX — Death and injury from drownings happen every day in home pools and hot tubs, or in lakes, rivers …
Red Cross offers water safety tips Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Tom Horne: State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne says schools teaching in Spanish violate state law. Violation of voter-approved English immersion law Contributed Article/Courtesy Arizona Department of Education PHOENIX …
Horne: Schools using 50-50 dual language model violating state law, risk losing funds Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Alex Appel/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism: The first containers were placed in Yuma County in August 2022. They were taken down four months later. By Alex Appel, Joshua …
Arizona’s defunct border wall leaves trail of runaway costs, error-filled invoices, and questions about state’s oversight Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT: The Pinto Creek Bridge on U.S. Highway 60 has been awarded the 2023 America’s Transportation Awards named the effort Best Use of Technology and Innovation, Medium Project, …
ADOT’s US 60 Pinto Creek Bridge replacement wins regional honor Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Selena Aguilar, 21, was booked into jail on human smuggling charges. She said she was enticed to the crime through a Facebook advertisement. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Woman lured by social media into human smuggling jailed Read More
TweetPinShareADOT publication honored by International Regional Magazine Association Contributed Gold Award-winning Photo “Northern Arizona” By Bernhard Michaelis/Arizona Highways: The Arizona Highways magazine recently received 17 awards from the International Regional …
Arizona Highways magazine wins 17 awards for excellence Read More