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1 week ago | 
ktar.com | Shira Tanzer |Bailey Leasure
SUN CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Susan Hemphill said she’s always been frugal with her spending. But the recent volatility in the stock market caused by President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs and an escalating trade war with China have made her even more cautious. These days, Hemphill is staying closer to home in Sun City, Arizona, a 55-and-older community near Phoenix.
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1 week ago | 
ktar.com | Serena O'Sullivan |Bailey Leasure
PHOENIX — A new Tempe fire station officially opened over the weekend. Fire Station No. 2 at 3025 S. Hardy Drive was built on the same parcel of land as a 1972 fire station, which only had room for two fire trucks and crew members. Tempe Mayor Corey Woods, several City Councilmembers and fire personnel gathered on Sunday to celebrate its opening with a symbolic cutting of a fire hose rather than a traditional ribbon-cutting.
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1 week ago | 
ktar.com | Kevin Stone |Bailey Leasure
PHOENIX – An Arizona business owner pleaded guilty in a federal tax evasion case on Tuesday, authorities said. Philip Kevin Clark, a 61-year-old Yuma resident, is scheduled for sentencing on July 28. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for failure to pay employment tax, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. Clark owns a water company in Yuma.
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1 week ago | 
ktar.com | Bailey Leasure |Balin Overstolz McNair |Shira Tanzer
PHOENIX — The westbound Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway was closed near Sky Harbor Boulevard for several hours Monday night for a law enforcement situation, authorities said. The Arizona Department of Transportation announced the closure around 6:45 a.m.It’s not clear when the situation cleared up, but ADOT said the freeway was reopened before the Tuesday morning commute. Traffic was diverted to State Route 143 while the westbound Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway was closed.
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1 week ago | 
arizonasports.com | Tyler Drake |Payne Moses |Bailey Leasure
The Arizona Cardinals are onto their next phase of NFL Draft prep with top 30 visits ramping up. NFL teams can hold up to 30 of these private visits at their training facility with prospects all the way up to April 16. A running list of the players linked to Arizona’s top 30 visits this offseason:Who have the Arizona Cardinals brought in for a top 30 visit in 2025? Josh Simmons, Ohio State OTAccording to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Simmons is scheduled to meet with the Cardinals on Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
ktar.com | Kevin Stone |Bailey Leasure
PHOENIX – Two stretches of Valley freeway will be closed this weekend for road improvement projects. As a result, motorists in north Scottsdale and near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport should be prepared for disruptions, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Weekend Freeway Travel Advisory for April 11-14.
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1 week ago | 
ktar.com | Kevin Stone |Bailey Leasure
PHOENIX – Traffic heading west out of metro Phoenix was blocked by a crash on Friday morning, authorities said. Westbound Interstate 10 was closed in Tonopah near Wintersburg Road around 8:30 a.m., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. *CLOSURE*I-10 westbound is CLOSED in Tonopah. The closure is due to a crash at milepost 100 near Wintersburg Road.
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2 weeks ago | 
arizonasports.com | Damon Allred |Bailey Leasure
The University of Arizona received approval from the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday for a new five-year contract for men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd. As part of the approval, Lloyd’s contract will run through March 31, 2030. Lloyd agreed to a five-year extension in February 2024, paying him a base salary of $4.15 million for the first year with annual increases. His salary under the new deal will start at $4.4 million in each of the first two years.
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3 weeks ago | 
ktar.com | Kevin Stone |Bailey Leasure
PHOENIX — Enjoy the cooler Valley weather while you can, because the year’s first 100-degree days could be just around the corner. The latest Phoenix forecast calls for highs in the low 70s on Thursday and Friday, around 10 degrees below normal for this time of year, before a steady warming trend commences over the weekend. “By middle next week, we should see high temperatures into the 90s,” Gabriel Lojero of the National Weather Service (NWS) in told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Thursday morning.
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3 weeks ago | 
ktar.com | Kevin Stone |Bailey Leasure
PHOENIX – Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin launched a campaign to unseat Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes on Monday. “I’m running because too many Arizonans across all political backgrounds have lost faith in our elections. That’s a crisis not just for our state, but for our republic,” Kolodin said during a press conference on the state Capitol grounds in Phoenix. Kolodin, a representative for District 3 since 2023, took repeated jabs at the incumbent Democrat during his speech.
