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Wet weather patterns that ended droughts across much of the United States have skipped Arizona, worsening long-term conditions in that state, experts say. A weak storm season in Arizona extends a dry streak going back to 1996, The Arizona Republic reported...
Tags: University of Arizona, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona, Drought, Rain, Arizona, Droughts, Maricopa County Arizona, Phoenix metropolitan area, Environment, Weather
The former head of Arizona's Department of Veterans' Services has been indicted on felony charges of fraud, misuse of public money and conflict of interest. The indictment of Patrick Chorpenning Sr., a disabled Vietnam veteran, comes less than three weeks...
Tags: Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Terry Goddard, Arizona, Social Issues, Law Crime, Politics
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a two-day crime-suppression and illegal-immigration sweep on Monday, as dozens of protestors lined a south Phoenix street close to where the sheriff outlined the plans at a crowded press conference.
Tags: Arizona Republic, Justice, Illegal immigration to the United States, Illegal immigration, Arizona, Crimes, Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Arizona, Law Crime, Social Issues, Politics, Smuggling
Zachary Lazar’s father died in 1975 of distinctly unnatural causes in a stairwell at a Phoenix parking garage. His name was Ed Lazar, and he was an accountant with ties to the once-booming land-fraud community in Arizona.
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Unlike David Duke, these characters aren't even trying to hide it: A year after President Obama's election, hate groups are feeling bolder than they have in over a decade, and their usually insular anger is beginning to spill into the public realm. This...
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Two supermarket chains in Arizona are preparing for a possible strike by advertising for temporary employees. Fry's Food Stores, a subsidiary of Kroger, began running ads Saturday, The Arizona Republic reported. Safeway Arizona plans to do the same next...
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Ariz. — Freedom Communications says it will close the East Valley Tribune in suburban Phoenix on Dec...Freedom put the Tribune up for sale after the company filed for bankruptcy protection in September. Interim CEO Burl Osborne told staffers Monday that...
Tags: Freedom Communications Inc., East Valley Tribune, Tribune Mesa, Arizona Republic
Two lawsuits were filed Friday in Arizona over a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony that left three people dead and sickened others. James Arthur Ray , the New Age guru who led the "Spirit Warrior" retreat in Sedona, and his company, James Ray International,...
Tags: Arizona Republic, sweat lodge, lawsuits filed, James Arthur Ray, lodge ceremony
TV the family knew her 49-year-old mother, Liz Neuman, would hike and fast, but she had never heard of a sweat lodge. She says she might have assumed it was something safe like a sauna. Law enforcement is investigating the Oct. 8 ceremony at the retreat...
Tags: sweat lodge, Arizona Republic, James Arthur Ray, speaker james, motivational speaker
American Indians say the use of a sweat lodge for a "Spiritual Warrior" retreat in Arizona where three people died has little resemblance to their rituals. "If you ask just about any Native American out there, they will be appalled by this," Freddie Johnson,...
Tags: James Arthur Ray, Arizona Republic, Sedona