February 24, 2020
Arizona leads the nation in auto glass claims despite being 14th in total population, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Insurance industry data shows that between 2015 and 2019, 10% of the nation’s auto glass claims were in Arizona. …
August 5, 2019
Burn maps from a northern Arizona fire have revealed a risk for post-fire erosion and flooding in populated communities. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the U.S. Forest Service published a burn severity map Wednesday revealing fire damage in a …
August 2, 2019
Arizona’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they took out of the company. The court filing marks the first time the high …
July 3, 2019
A fire in an underground utility vault killed one worker, injured a second and cut power to numerous high-rise buildings Monday in downtown Phoenix, possibly for a few days, authorities said. The explosion happened Sunday night while two workers for …
June 24, 2019
With Arizona’s monsoon season quickly approaching, state transportation planners plan to begin installing a new dust-detection system on Interstate 10. The Arizona Department of Transportation recorded 85 dust-related crashes along the busy freeway from Phoenix to Tucson from 2010 to …
May 24, 2019
Lawyers for an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care facility have filed a $45 million notice of claim against the state. The precursor to a lawsuit says the woman allegedly was raped repeatedly before giving …
April 26, 2019
Phoenix, Ariz. officials failed to advance an effort that aimed to reduce pedestrian deaths by improving street safety in the city. The Phoenix City Council voted 4-4 this week on the motion to direct city staff to develop a strategy …
April 25, 2019
Arizona ended a decade of resistance to restrictions on using a cellphone while driving when Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law this week outlawing holding a phone behind the wheel. It is now the 48th state to ban texting and …
April 3, 2019
An Arizona man who died from injuries sustained in a crash three months after purchasing a used Honda Civic has become the 16th fatality in the U.S. linked to defective air bags at the center of one of the biggest …
July 18, 2018
The National Weather Service says the storm that swept across northern Arizona over the weekend amounted to a 100-year event. The Arizona Daily Sun reported that those types of storms have a 1 percent chance of happening every year and …