Grand Canyon’s Havasu Falls to reopen to visitors after 3-year closure
(CNN) — Havasu Falls, one of the Grand Canyon system’s most interesting features, is reopening to visitors after a three-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But it’s a catch. The reopening is scheduled for February 1st. However, access is initially restricted to a specific small group. Those whose previous reservations were put on hold […]
’22 in review: Maricopa’s first responders handle several scary incidents
March was a particularly busy month for the city’s police and fire departments. Here are the highlights and lowlights for 2022: January 14Gunshots at Candlelight Vigil: They came at dusk to remember the Maricopa teenager who was stabbed to death in Phoenix on January 14, 2020. But as Christopher Mikkel’s friends and family gathered at […]
Genealogy helps ID woman found dismembered in Arizona desert in 1971 – 104.5 WOKV
Mojave County, Arizona – When a dismembered and bagged body was found in the desert in January 1971, Arizona officials enlisted the help of genetic genealogists to identify the woman. The body of Colleen Audrey Rice, 39, from Ohio, was found on January 23, 1971, in the desert 30 miles southeast of Kingman. A Mojave […]
Demolition scheduled for new county building in downtown Yuma
Yuma County, AZ (KYMA, KECY) – Demolition of buildings at 185 and 197 S. Main Street is scheduled for the next few weeks. Yuma County Administrative Services Building. A new building in downtown Yuma will offer multiple services in one convenient location for county residents. Pilkington Construction, a walk-through tunnel between the Legacy Building (185 […]
911 services down across Navajo and Apache Counties in Arizona
Law enforcement leaders said this wasn’t the first time they’d dealt with an outage related to Frontier Communications and they hoped something would be done. PHOENIX — Saturday started a day without 911 calling services in Navajo and Apache counties in Arizona. Two rural counties in the northeastern part of the state were without service […]
Cochise County deputy resigns after a hit-and-run arrest
Douglas, Arizona (AP/3TV/CBS 5) — A Cochise County sheriff’s deputy who was arrested in connection with a recent hit-and-run accident in Douglas resigned Thursday, officials said. I collided with a parked vehicle that was not parked and left the scene. At approximately 10:30 pm on December 9, Douglas Police said Peraza struck a parked car. […]
Rural Gila County leads Arizona in non-fatal opioid overdoses. Here’s how officials are responding
Alexandra Holguin/KJZZ An injectable form of Narcan is already available to the public. Over 2,000 Arizonans died last year due to opioid overdoseFentanyl was the main culprit.These are among the state health department’s latest findings Opioid Overdose Surveillance Report. Data are also broken down by county, showing approximately 62 non-fatal overdose incidents per 100,000 inhabitants […]
GOP lawmaker says Biden should call in Trump to end Ukraine war
Rep. Troy Nels, a vocal critic of US military aid to Ukraine, said Thursday: President Joe Biden calling his predecessor clash with Russia. “Joe Biden, you need to call Donald Trump. Donald Trump will call Vladimir Putin to end this war,” said Texas Republican Nahls. fox news“We have to stop this war, and Donald Trump […]
Heat, thunderstorm, flash flood warnings across Arizona
Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit Tucson as the valley could reach 115 degrees Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The Bureau of Meteorology issued reports Friday afternoon to various areas of the Valley, including Phoenix, Parker Valley Yuma, Gila River Valley, La Paz County, Apache Junction, Buckeye, Cave Creek, Mesa, Glendale, Avondale […]
Father demands answers after Arizona boy dies days after being taken into state care
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Single father Richard Blodgett was incarcerated on drug charges when officials from the Arizona Department of Child Welfare broke the news: His son was brain dead and on life support. was — just days after being in state custody. Blodgett yelled, cried, and yelled again. Jacob was his only son, his 9-year-old […]
