Arizona News
Kingman Woman Tells Her Addiction Story On TV
ERIN TAYLOR, Kingman Daily Miner.
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Leanna Long says she told her story of pain pill addiction because she didn’t want to hide from it anymore.
“At first I said no,” the 27-year-old mother of two said.
“This was the most humiliating, humbling experience of my life and you want me to share that on [...]
Background Checks and Training Courses May No Longer Be Necessary For AZ Gun Owners
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s loose gun laws gained national attention last year when a man openly carried an AR-15 rifle to a protest outside a speech by President Barack Obama.
Now, gun-rights advocates are hoping for even fewer restrictions on where they can have a firearm. Among their top goals, they hope to make Arizona the [...]
Northern Arizona Owners of Michael Jackson’s Giraffes Face Eviction
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Police in a small northern Arizona city are investigating the deaths of two giraffes from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, and two others likely will have to find new homes.
Freddie and Tom Hancock of Page acquired the giraffes as part of a plan to build a wildlife preserve on city property they [...]
ADOT Suspends Construction this Weekend
PHOENIX (AP) — Drivers heading out on the highway over the Thanksgiving weekend in Arizona will get a break on road construction.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says crews will take the holiday weekend off.
The restrictions will remain in place until Monday morning.
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Prison Riot in Phoenix
BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — A corrections official says a fight broke out among more than 100 inmates at the Lewis prison complex west of Phoenix on Wednesday, injuring three inmates and a corrections officer and putting the prison on lockdown.
Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Barrett Marson says the officer has bumps and bruises, and one [...]
IRS Has Millions in Money Due Arizonans
PHOENIX (AP) – The Internal Revenue Service has 3,237 refund checks for Arizona taxpayers worth more than $3.8 million.
The IRS said the checks were returned by the post office because of mailing-address errors.
Across the nation, refunds worth $123.5 million are waiting for taxpayers to claim them.
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said the agency is eager to [...]
UPDATED: Medical Helicopter Crashes in Central Arizona
SAN CARLOS, Ariz. (AP) — A medical helicopter has crashed on Arizona’s San Carlos Indian reservation during a training flight and both people aboard were seriously injured, authorities said. There was no patient on the flight.
The pilot of the Eurocopter AS 350 lost control while trying to land at San Carlos’s Cutter airport around 7:30 [...]
Arizona Tax Department Puts Layoff Plan on Hold
PHOENIX (AP) – The state tax collection agency is shelving its tentative plan to lay off more than half its staff this month.
The Department of Revenue said a month ago that it would probably have to lay off 450 of its 710 workers in November. That’s because Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed some of the department’s [...]
Napolitano’s People… Where Are They Now?
PHOENIX (AP) – When Democrat Janet Napolitano resigned as Arizona governor to become U.S. Homeland Security secretary, it meant big changes for her senior advisers and other top appointees.
