Aug 22 WATCH: Trump holds rally in Arizona By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Trying to recapture the Republican fervor that helped put him in office, President Donald Trump travels to Arizona on Tuesday to visit the nation's southern border and to rally thousands of supporters in a state where he's trashed both Republican… Continue reading
Aug 21 Between cancer treatments, McCain maintains rigorous agenda By Anita Snow, Associated Press Sen. John McCain's packed agenda while on break from Congress in his home state of Arizona has hardly been the schedule of a typical brain cancer patient - or even someone about to turn 81. Continue reading
Aug 16 Trump to rally supporters next Tuesday in Phoenix By Associated Press Trump's campaign announced the event Wednesday — a day after the president blamed "both sides" for weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 8:41 Sen. Flake: It's not conservative to stay silent about the chaos of the Trump administration By PBS News Hour In his new book “Conscience of a Conservative,” Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., examines where his own party has gone wrong, calls for a return to conservatism and criticizes the man at the top of the ticket. Sitting down with Judy… Continue watching
Jul 20 Senator John McCain says he'll 'be back soon, so stand-by' By Associated Press McCain's office said late Wednesday that the 80-year-old senator had been diagnosed with cancer. Continue reading
Jun 17 Border Patrol arrests 4 men at medical camp run by aid group By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press Border Patrol agents swept into a medical camp in the Arizona desert to capture four immigrants, an operation that volunteers on Friday called a "staged military siege."… Continue reading
Jun 10 Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords commissioned in Texas By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press The Navy's newest combat ship was put into active service following a commissioning ceremony Saturday, named after former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured during a 2011 shooting. Continue reading
Jun 01 Why more dust storms and Valley fever are blanketing the Southwest By Dave Berndtson Scientists found the frequency of dust storms more than doubled in recent years, along with an 800 percent uptick in Valley fever, a fungal lung infection. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 7:52 Nature knows no borders. Border security can take a heavy toll on endangered wildlife By PBS News Hour One of President Trump’s key promises rests on building a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border. But how would a continuous barrier stretching from California to Texas affect the wildlife that live there? At least 50 species near the border are… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 5:48 How a hands-on high school veterinary program is enriching Navajo students By PBS News Hour Kids don't learn unless they get a little dirty. That's the philosophy of the man who runs the career and technical education program at Monument Valley High School in Kayenta, Arizona, where students from the Navajo Nation get hands-on instruction… Continue watching