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Ballots from the general election are boxed up at the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

Fact Check Maricopa voting machines changed

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week.

Retired Phoenix police officer in landmark Miranda rights case dies at 87

On March 13, 1963, Cooley arrested Ernesto Miranda in the kidnap and rape of an 18-year-old Phoenix woman

Established in 1924, the Chiricahua National Monument is up for redesignation to national park status. The monument could become Arizona's fourth national park.

The Buzz: Efforts to make Chiricahua National Monument a national park

Will the Wonderland of Rocks could become Arizona’s Fourth National Park?

The Central Arizona Project moves water from the Colorado River to southern Arizona. July 2021

Arizona to restrict some new construction in fast-growing areas of Phoenix reliant on groundwater

Officials said the move would not affect existing homeowners who already have assured water supplies.

Star, a two-year-old pit bull terrier, has been at the Pima Animal Care Center since Oct. 7, 2022. She was rescued by an animal protection officer.

Expanded telemedicine services for veterinarian care combats access shortage

The new Arizona law was signed by Governor Katie Hobbs in early May.

A view from Coconino Overlook at the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Arizona governor urging Biden to designate tribally proposed monument at Grand Canyon

Hobbs told Biden that she is committed to preserving cultural and natural treasures throughout Arizona and said the Grand Canyon is a “culturally sacred place stewarded by Indigenous Peoples for centuries.”

Former Cochise County Elections Dir. gets $130K settlement payout

The county will pay $75,000 of the $130,000 settlement

"The Legend of Georgia McBride" and the art of drag.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Students build skill and character playing wheelchair basketball; a review of the documentary "Feelings are Facts" and an interview with filmmaker Jack Walsh; and, an amphibious love story from "Stories That Soar!"

John Farley, director of fire test operations at the Naval Research Laboratory, tests the effectiveness of aqueous film-forming foam by spraying it on a gasoline fire. The test took place at the laboratory in Chesapeake Beach, Md. Oct. 25, 2019.

Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues manufacturers for PFAS contamination

The companies have known about the 'forever chemicals' for decades

Michael Kotutwa Johnson says Hopi corn “has 10 to 15 times more mineral content” than supermarket corn. He hopes to share it with the Hopi people and believes they will see an improvement in health.

Honor your ‘mother’: Working to keep traditional ways, types of Hopi corn

“Corn represents our mother, and we need to take care of her so she can take care of us.”

Census data shows that Pinal County had two of the fastest-growing cities in the nation from 2021 to 2022, and a housing boom to match. Its 3.5% rise in housing units was the fastest in the state.

Room to boom: Pinal County housing grew at fastest rate in state

The number of housing units in Pinal County grew by an estimated 3.5% from July 2021 to July 2022.

A person walks past tarps, cloths, and tents set up as temporary living spaces on West Madison Street in “The Zone,” the area surrounding the Human Services Campus in Phoenix on March 1, 2023.

Phoenix faces dueling lawsuits over homeless crisis as advocates scramble for more shelter

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2019 that homeless people cannot be criminalized for sleeping outside if no alternatives exist.

A photo of the Museum Fire, burning near Flagstaff, taken Sunday, July 21, 2019 posted on theNational Wildfire Coordinating Group's inciweb site.

Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue

The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen came after environmentalists sued the government for dropping the red slurry material into waterways hundreds of times over the past decade.