Arizona News

ADOT Urges Motorists to Use Extra Travel Time

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Transportation urges drivers to use caution and allow extra time for construction zones on state highways over the holidays.
ADOT says some necessary work zone lane restrictions can slow traffic during peak travel times even when construction is not active.
Drivers planning trips to California [...]

Kingman PD Arrests Fake Money Maker

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — A man that Kingman police say printed his own money is facing felony charges.
The Kingman Daily Miner says police arrested 25-year-old Ryan Allen Berney on suspicion of making counterfeit cash.
Berney was booked on felony charges of forgery after police reportedly found him in possession of more than $300 worth of money [...]

Update: Missing Hunter Found Safe

Coconino County (NAZ Today) – The missing 62 year old man that went missing Saturday afternoon near Mormon Crossing has been located and is safe, according to Coconino County Sheriff’s Sergeant Aaron Dick.
Sgt. Dick told NAZ Today that at Norman Greer was found at around 4:30 am Sunday morning by an Arizona Department of Public [...]

Multi Agency Search for Missing Hunter Underway

Coconino County (NAZ Today) – Arizona authorities say they’re searching for a hiker who went missing Saturday.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office says a search and rescue effort began Saturday for Norman Greer. The 62-year-old set out on a hunting trip with his son near Mormon Crossing and Chevron [...]

Murder Warrant Issued in Kingman Homicide Case

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — A first degree murder warrant has been issued for a Kingman man wanted in a homicide case.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 20-year-old Eric Blake Depierro. The victim, identified as 54-year-old Mario Francisco Izquierdo-Diaz, was found with stab wounds Friday inside a residence.
Investigators say Depierro and Izquierdo-Diaz knew each [...]

Arizona Republicans Add to Legislative Majorities

PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans will have bigger majorities in the Arizona Legislature in the next two years.
Republicans added three Senate seats in Tuesday’s election, increasing their majority in the 30-member chamber to 21 seats. They added at least two additional seats to their current 35-member majority in the 60-member House and GOP candidates held leads in [...]

Forest Service to Host Job Workshop

ARIZONA - The Kaibab and Coconino National Forest Service will be hosting workshops for nothern Arizona and southern Utah residents interested in applying for Forest Service jobs.
The events are intended to give guidance and training on applying for both permanent and seasonal Forest Service jobs.
Workshops will be hosted throughout the end of the year in many [...]

State Lawmakers Preparing Citizenship Legislation

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawmakers in at least 14 states are collaborating on proposed legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, according to lawmakers, including the sponsor of Arizona’s 2010 law targeting illegal immigration.
“We’re taking a leadership role on things that need to be fixed in America. We can’t get Congress to do [...]

C-SPAN Gets OK to Televise Immigration Hearing

PHOENIX (AP) — C-SPAN has won permission to bring up to two video cameras into an appeals court hearing in Gov. Jan Brewer’s appeal of a ruling that put parts of Arizona’s new immigration law on hold.
The network had asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco for permission to televise arguments [...]