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  • 1,000 Words: Snow-day initiative

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 10, 7:15 am ET  

    Juan Bright, left, and Steven Ng explain how their igloo they built on Monday has been shrinking. The pair, with the help of four friends, spent most of their snow day from Northern Arizona University packing Tupperware storage containers to make the bricks for the igloo. On Tuesday, they were able to stand up inside the igloo, but the headroom has shrunk as the igloo melts. (Jake Bacon/Arizona ... Full Story »

  • Superintendent bids formal farewell

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 10, 7:14 am ET  

    It was a formality because the money is already gone, but the Flagstaff Unified School District governing board approved a smaller soft capital budget Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Cocaine bust nets half pound, arrests

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 10, 7:14 am ET  

    Agents with the Metro anti-narcotics task force arrested two men on cocaine charges Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Semi rolls on I-40 in Flagstaff

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 10, 7:14 am ET  

    A semi crash at the Interstate 40 and 17 junction closed the westbound lanes of I-40 for part of Wednesday afternoon. Full Story »

  • Pair involved in six heists sought by FBI

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 10, 7:14 am ET  

    PHOENIX (AP) -- The FBI is seeking the public's help in identifying two people who have robbed six banks and credit unions across northern Arizona since early September. Full Story »

East Valley Tribune

  • Harkins acquires IMAX theater at Arizona Mills

    East Valley Tribune – 1 hr 8 mins ago  

    Nerdvana: Harkins Theatres has acquired the IMAX theater at Arizona Mills mall in Tempe. Full Story »

  • Officials: Gift to school would help Chandler

    East Valley Tribune – Thu Dec 10, 9:20 pm ET  

    Giving the Chandler Preparatory Academy charter school a quarter of a million dollars in city funds to spruce up and move into a vacant north Chandler commercial building will encourage area redevelopment and bring in new sales tax revenue, city officials say. Full Story »

  • Maricopa County in turmoil: Thomas, Arpaio vs. supervisors, judges

    East Valley Tribune – Thu Dec 10, 8:51 pm ET  

    An ongoing showdown involving two of Maricopa County's top elected officials, the county's Board of Supervisors and the judges that preside over the county's courts has escalated into a high-stakes standoff involving criminal charges, search warrants and political posturing that appears to grow more complex by the day. Full Story »

  • Turn it up: Music, smiles at Christmas show

    East Valley Tribune – Thu Dec 10, 8:24 pm ET  

    For the past six years, Sue Porter has spent countless hours volunteering her time to organize an annual free Christmas concert showcasing a variety of musical groups, choirs and performers. Full Story »

  • Union grocery workers approve 3-year deal

    East Valley Tribune – Thu Dec 10, 7:54 pm ET  

    Grocery workers at Fry’s, Safeway and Smith’s voted to ratify a new contract, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 announced Thursday. Full Story »

KTVK 3TV Phoenix

  • Man says he killed wife to end her suffering from illness

    KTVK 3TV Phoenix – 1 hr 3 mins ago  

    PHOENIX – A man was arrested for murder after allegedly killing his terminally-ill wife. Sanford Garfinkel, 51, was arrested in Tucson on Thursday. He reportedly called police in the morning and said he killed his 56-year-old wife. Doctor-assisted suicide is legal in some places, but a husband killing his terminally-ill wife? Garfinkel told authorities he did it to end her suffering. He then ... Full Story »

  • Woman convicted in husband's death talks to 3TV

    KTVK 3TV Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 7:32 pm ET  

    azfamily.com's Marissa Wingate has an exclusive interview with Marjorie Orbin, who is speaking out after being convicted of killing her husband and then dismembering his body. Full Story »

  • Cocaine packages found in gas tank

    KTVK 3TV Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 2:17 pm ET  

    SAN LUIS, Ariz. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $1.4 million worth of cocaine Wednesday at the San Luis port of entry south of Yuma. While processing travelers and conducting routine inspections, CBP officers directed a 40-year-old man to a secondary lot for further inspection. Agents X-rayed the man's Isuzu Rodeo and found packages of cocaine inside the gas tank. The ... Full Story »

  • Police searching for woman last seen in Tonopah

    KTVK 3TV Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 1:32 pm ET  

    PHOENIX -- Police are searching for a 43-year-old woman who hasn't been seen since December 5. Lenora Kay Wanstreet, who goes by the name Kelly, was last seen at 8'30 p.m. on foot in the area of 331st Avenue and Salome Highway in Tonopah. Wanstreet is 5 feet tall, 120 pounds, with blue eyes and blond shoulder length hair. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket with frills on the ... Full Story »

  • Stoddard released from jail

    KTVK 3TV Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 1:17 pm ET  

    PHOENIX – The Maricopa County detention officer who chose to go to jail after being found in contempt of court is a free man. The state court of appeals granted Adam Stoddard his freedom on Thursday after spending 10 days in jail. On his attorney’s advice, Stoddard refused to take any questions from the press upon his release nor did he discuss the conditions he endured while incarcerated. His ... Full Story »

CBS 5 Phoenix

  • Anthem Tree Gets New Topper

    CBS 5 Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 8:50 pm ET  

    A fierce winter storm with 70-mph winds snapped 15 feet right off the tip of tallest Christmas tree in Arizona, but instead of cutting down another tree, volunteers gave the old one a new top: a very large Santa hat. Full Story »

  • Grocery Workers Ratify New Contract

    CBS 5 Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 8:35 pm ET  

    Grocery workers across Arizona have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract with the Fry's, Safeway and Smith's supermarket chains, union officials say. Full Story »

  • 5 Men Indicted In Ponzi Scheme

    CBS 5 Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 8:35 pm ET  

    Four Arizona men and a Texas resident have been indicted in a $160 million Ponzi scheme, authorities said. Full Story »

  • Crews Search For 7-Year-Old Boy In Canal

    CBS 5 Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 7:50 pm ET  

    Rescuers are searching for a 7-year-old child who fell into a Mesa canal near Loop 202 and University Drive. Full Story »

  • Asarco Paying $1.8B To Clean Up 80 Sites

    CBS 5 Phoenix – Thu Dec 10, 7:05 pm ET  

    Environmental settlements with copper miner Asarco LLC will pay for cleanup at more than 80 polluted sites in 19 states, the government says. Full Story »

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The Wickenburg Sun

  • This Week in Wickenburg History

    The Wickenburg Sun – Thu Dec 10, 11:08 am ET  

    The first anniversary of the advent of Rotary International to Wickenburg was celebrated Tuesday evening of this week at El Recreo Pavilion, where members of the local “Out Wickenburg Way” Rotary Club, their ladies and guests numbering 117, held a dinner-dance in celebration of the club’s first birthday. Full Story »

  • They walk with cross

    The Wickenburg Sun – Thu Dec 10, 11:08 am ET  

    Phoenix First Assembly church member John Peter is obeying a heavenly vision by carrying an eight-foot cross through Arizona to Los Angeles, Calif., planning to arrive at his destination by Christmas Eve. He is accompanied by fellow church members and friends “Yogi Bear,” Rudy Johnson, Eddie Sanchez and Jesse Alas. Full Story »

  • First Christmas to be remembered

    The Wickenburg Sun – Thu Dec 10, 11:07 am ET  

    As a way to remember the events of the first Christmas, Wickenburg’s Community Alliance Church will stage a reenactment at the Wickenburg Sun, at 180 N. Washington, on Thursday, Dec.17. Full Story »

  • Chamber appreciates its members, sponsors

    The Wickenburg Sun – Thu Dec 10, 11:07 am ET  

    As we get together with family and friends to celebrate this holiday season, I’d like to take just a moment to thank all of our faithful chamber member businesses and sponsors for their support. Full Story »

  • Wittmann outsells Wickenburg

    The Wickenburg Sun – Thu Dec 10, 11:07 am ET  

    I stand corrected. A true gentleman and sage of the real estate community corrected me on an article of a few weeks ago. It seems I said that 30 years ago the real estate contract was only three pages and not the more than nine as it is today. Full Story »

Ahwatukee Foothills News

  • Sailor needs community’s help as he struggles to come home

    Ahwatukee Foothills News – Wed Dec 9, 6:54 pm ET  

    Chris Kujawa trained as a Navy Corpsman, a medic who patrolled with Marines in Iraq. But instead of using his training to keep them alive, he now needs help as he struggles, paralyzed from the chest down, after a horrific summer automobile accident... Full Story »

  • Falling televisions can be deadly

    Ahwatukee Foothills News – Wed Dec 9, 3:09 pm ET  

    With the holidays fast approaching, who doesn’t want to find a 52-inch, plasma, flat-screen under the tree? But watch what you wish for. In his 24 years as a Phoenix firefighter and paramedic, Capt. Alex Rangel had only seen one case of a... Full Story »

  • County Supervisors Stapley, Wilcox indicted

    Ahwatukee Foothills News – Wed Dec 9, 1:09 pm ET  

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced today that the Maricopa County grand jury has indicted Supervisors Donald T. Stapley Jr. and Mary Rose Wilcox. PDF: Read the full indictments here Stapley has been indicted on 2 counts... Full Story »

  • Man arrested for terrorizing neighbors with bombs

    Ahwatukee Foothills News – Mon Dec 7, 12:54 pm ET  

    Phoenix police arrested a man early Friday morning that they say has been terrorizing an Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhood with explosive devices. Robert Franklin, 52, was booked into jail for possession of marijuana, but additional charges are... Full Story »

  • State budget solutions eluding lawmakers

    Ahwatukee Foothills News – Sat Dec 5, 3:24 pm ET  

    No one thought fixing the state’s budget would be easy. But no one thought it would be virtually impossible, which is where things stand today, with a $1.6 billion deficit for this fiscal year, which ends June 30, and a projected $2 billion deficit... Full Story »

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