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  • 1 week ago | abc15.com | Elenee Dao

    PARKER, AZ — In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that ended up with the incarceration of more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II. One of those people, Richard Matsushi, still lives in Arizona today. As a young boy, he and his family had to go to the Poston War Relocation Center near Parker, Arizona. ABC15's Elenee Dao talked with Matsushi about his experience in the internment camps. Watch the full story in the video player above.

  • 1 week ago | abc15.com | Elenee Dao

    TEMPE, AZ — It’s a sport that takes a lot of teamwork: dragon boat racing. And now, more people from Arizona are representing Team USA at the World Championships in multiple divisions. A dragon boat is like a canoe, explained Eric Tang, who helped start up the sport in Arizona. Eric says there are 20 people, two people sitting side by side in the boat and paddling. There’s a person who helps steer the boat and a drummer who serves as the ‘heartbeat’ of the boat.

  • 1 week ago | abc15.com | Elenee Dao

    PHOENIX — The number of educators being disciplined by the state continues to rise, according to a new report. Every year, the Arizona State Board of Education releases a report of the number of educators investigated and those that saw enforcement action for any type of misconduct. Most recently in 2024, the report shows that there were more than 1,800 cases tracked.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc15.com | Elenee Dao

    MESA, AZ — It’s the last week of school for many Arizona students. Kids are saying goodbye to another academic year, and ABC15 sat down with several Mesa students to see how the school year went and what they learned. In May of 2024, ABC15 talked with five Mesa Public Schools students, twin kindergartners, a sixth grader, an eighth grader and a high school senior. One year later, ABC15 talked with those same students.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc15.com | Elenee Dao

    It's not something that happens very often: a high school senior getting a bachelor's degree before their high school diploma. One Valley student is celebrating that honor this week! Lindsay Martin goes to a charter school called the Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center and, through dual enrollment classes, received her bachelor's degree before graduating high school this week. ABC15's Elenee Dao spoke with Martin about her accomplishment and what she has planned for the future.

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13 May 25

RT @abc15: #GreerFire: Everyone in the Greer, Northwoods, and South Fork areas are on 'GO' evacuation status as the Greer Fire burns approx…

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8 May 25

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6 May 25

A look at the MVD at 51st Ave & Indian School Rd a day before the REAL ID deadline takes effect for those traveling. @ArizonaDOT says it has additional staff working & opened another line specifically for people getting travel ID as it’s been busy the last few weeks. @abc15 https://t.co/Mmo2sSH7jN