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Recall petitions circulating for Cochise County supervisor

In order to trigger a recall, The Committee to Recall Tom Crosby has 120 days to gather 4,865 signatures.

Buu Nygren sworn in as next Navajo Nation president

Nygren beat out incumbent President Jonathan Nez in the tribe's general election by about 3,500 votes.

Cochise Supervisors try to change leadership

Family concerns kept the change from going through.

Judge outlines fixes to poor health care in Arizona prisons

Judge Roslyn Silver outlined the changes she plans to impose on the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to remedy its constitutional violations of prisoners’ rights.

Cochise County art programs get a boost

The Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded grants to a number of local organizations.

Hobbs focuses on border, schools in 1st speech to lawmakers

Several Republican lawmakers walked out as Hobbs pledged to promote abortion rights, foreshadowing the contentious fights that confront the new governor in her dealings with the Legislature.

Cochise County to hold special election for jail funding

The May election will be proceeded by informational meetings.

Nighttime closure of tunnel near Bisbee

Construction crews are improving the tunnel.

Arizona judge delays trial in fight over education funding

A judge granted a request for a delay by the state’s incoming attorney general.

Biden honors Bowers, others, on second anniversary of Jan. 6 insurrection

Biden called Bowers an “example of what integrity is about.”

Ex-Arizona Supreme Court judge to probe ballot printer issue

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced Friday in a joint statement that former Chief Justice Ruth McGregor will oversee the probe.

Empathy and humanity are at the center of Holocaust education in Arizona

Under a bill signed by Gov. Doug Ducey in 2021, schools must teach the events of the Holocaust and other genocides twice from grade 7 to grade 12.

Phoenix led the nation in inflation in 2022, but rise may slow in 2023

In Arizona, the biggest increases came in the price of gas.

Arizona's shipping container wall on border is coming down

Workers continue to dismantle the container wall in Cochise County.

Biden signs water bills benefiting 3 tribes in Arizona

President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday giving leasing authority to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, whose reservation tracks its namesake on the Arizona-California border.

Force behind Arizona's 'show me your papers' law dead at 75

Russell Pearce's family said on social media that he died Thursday at his home in Mesa, Arizona, after falling ill.

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