A former employee of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office was sentenced to probation on Thursday for stealing jewelry.

ADOT says the free-flowing interchange is 70% complete. The interchange is designed to reduce traffic delays on the main route between Phoenix and Las Vegas.

A report from the Arizona Governor's Office of Resiliency says geothermal energy provides substantial promise for state utilities as they face unprecedented power demand from large users like data centers and a growing population.

Republican lawmakers are trying to diminish the power of the state bar, and not for the first time.

Two potentially conflicting measures regarding early mail voting access could end up on the ballot.

An upcoming Turning Point USA rally in Phoenix with President Donald Trump appears to be part of a larger effort by the conservative organization to collect voter data ahead of the 2026 election cycle.

The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.

The Arizona House has passed a bill that would prohibit any adjustment in a person’s probation following the conviction of a “dangerous crime against children.” That applies to certain crimes against a child 15 and younger.

The tribal radio station, KNNB, first announced the official results late Wednesday. Whiteriver school board member Orlando Carroll defeated Gary Alchesay in the general election.

Easter is just around the corner, which means lots of people will soon be opening baskets filled with Peeps. A reconsideration of this much-maligned confection. Plus, a sculptor reconnects with her late husband when his long-lost suitcase is discovered. 🎧 Hear that and more on today's podcast.

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes slams state Republicans for blocking a bill targeting price gouging.

As Easter approaches, so too does the renewed debate about Peeps — the popular-yet-much-maligned marshmallow candy that some people love and others love to hate. What do you think of Peeps?

The survey found 97% of Arizonans, across political lines, say they believe that fair and secure elections are essential to a healthy democracy.

Jacqueline Benard and her husband, Kenji Umeda, moved to Phoenix in the mid-1970s. They’d met a few years earlier, studying sculpture in Carrara, Italy. The Valley became home to their family and creative lives until Umeda’s death in 2019.

Family members of migrants and forensic investigators who study migrant deaths are reeling in the wake of a puzzling outage at the Colibri Center for Human Rights.

Iran continued to target Gulf countries with ballistic missiles and drones Thursday as the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert warning of attacks by Iran-backed militias.

Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.

The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.

President Trump has announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi is out at the Justice Department. Her departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files.

There's been a lot of public is concerned about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation.

As you’ve probably noticed, the recent surge in temperatures in metro Phoenix and Arizona has brought an attendant surge of grasshoppers.

Iran's World Cup hosts in Arizona said this week they were pressing on with training camp upgrades plus local and federal security plans — echoing the “stick to the schedule” mantra FIFA has used.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower district court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit from 2024 that looked to overturn Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — or the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon.

Happy Friday eve! Here’s the latest news: 🏫AZ Republicans advance federal tax credit for K-12 scholarships 🏳️‍🌈Local advocate speaks on SCOTUS conversion therapy ruling 🏥Rep. Ansari targets inequities in women’s health care Those stories and more on the Sun Up podcast.

The move is part of a "sweeping restructuring," which the agency said is intended to move leaders closer to the land they oversee. The plan has been met with concern.

New funding is aimed at helping fossil fuel-dependent communities in the Mountain West navigate a changing energy economy, with one project focused on the Four Corners region.

WATCH LIVE: President Trump is addressing the nation at a critical moment in the war the U.S. is conducting against Iran — his first formal address since the start of the war more than a month ago.

Republicans in the Arizona House gave preliminary approval to a bill Wednesday that would opt Arizona into a federal tax credit for school scholarships.

Arizona drivers can choose from over 100 specialty license plates benefitting a wide range of nonprofits and special interests, but Democratic lawmakers say one group is being left out due to anti-gay discrimination.

Hop over to www.kjzz.org/hotspots to gather up three weekend ideas from Hotspots — no basket required.

Lawyers for a former Phoenix Suns employee suing the franchise for discrimination face financial penalties for using artificial intelligence to help write legal documents.

NASA's Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey that could help pave the way toward a future lunar landing. It could launch as early as 3:24 p.m. Arizona time.

Women often experience more pain than men and that pain is often dismissed or overlooked by health care professionals. Arizona Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari wants to change that.

Meet the architect who has been designing golf courses since he was 11.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that attempts to tighten mail-in voting rules across the country. Arizona officials say they will challenge the order in court.

Ceci Flores has been looking for her son since 2019. Since then, the group she founded has found scores of other bodies in the desert.

The bill passed out of the state Legislature with strong bipartisan support, but Democrats who voted for the bill said they were disappointed that Republicans wouldn’t consider renaming the holiday after the farmworkers movement.

Climate scientists say the conditions that contributed to the extreme March heat would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.

We live in the Sonoran desert, which has its own distinct culinary flavor — and Tucson cookbook author and food photographer Jackie Alpers joined The Show to tell us more about her Southwestern take on Easter and Passover.

The Trump administration has awarded the contract to operate the ICE facility in Surprise to a company called GardaWorld Federal Services. The firm will need to retrofit the former warehouse into a detention facility designed to hold around 1,500 people.

Democratic Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor about her own family’s experience as farmworkers and voted against the repeal.

Data centers are being built all over the Valley — often to the objections of the people who live near them. These massive buildings suck up a lot of energy to power AI. They could also be making our already hot city even hotter.

Karen Searle, director of the Maricopa County Fair, confirmed earlier this week that the fair is skipping both the petting zoo and pony rides this time around.

Britain's 1,640-foot-long National Covid Memorial Wall stretches along the River Thames, with over a quarter million hearts representing the lives lost during the pandemic — across from Parliament.

Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.

Tuesday's ruling reinstates the immigration status of those who came via CBP One and whose status was terminated.

The address comes after weeks of uncertainty over when and how the U.S. could extricate itself from the conflict.

The Trump administration and its critics are waging a war of images on the National Mall like none before. The president's face stares down from federal buildings while statues and posters mock him below.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is challenging a decision by Arizona regulators that will double water and sewage rates in an Arizona retirement community.