Gabriel Pietrorazio
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Coal is perhaps most closely associated with Appalachian states like West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky — or Wyoming, the nation’s leading producer of the fossil fuel. But the coal-mining business was once thriving in northern Arizona as well, atop the Colorado Plateau.
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Jill Ryan/KJZZSalad and Go, the drive-thru chain that started in Arizona more than a decade ago, is closing all stores on Wednesday. -
Gage Skidmore/CC BY 2.0The New York Times on Tuesday reported Hobbs, facing a Friday deadline, is planning to choose former Mesa Mayor John Giles to run for the new role of lieutenant governor. -
Getty ImagesA new report issued by the Canadian government shows a 25% decline in travel by Canadians to the U.S. in 2025 compared to 2024. -
SRPSunday's record passed the previous high set earlier this year, on July 24, by 111 megawatts.
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A notice posted on the Federal Register this week details a $150 million government contract with Burke Law Group to represent unaccompanied immigrant children. A multimillion-dollar contact with nonprofits across the country to do the work expired Friday. -
The indictments against five alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel members come as the U.S. State Department offers more than $100 million worth of rewards for information. -
Commissioners voted to repeal the rules in July, stating that they had expired and the utilities had exceeded their target. Mayes contends the 2020 deadline was a target, not an official expiration. -
The highway will be closed between the towns of Superior and Miami amid the ongoing Queen Creek bridge replacement project. -
A judge in Yavapai County has sentenced the former director of a housing charity to about 63 years in prison for white collar crime. -
The Scottsdale Unified School District is considering whether to close more of its campuses. A public hearing has been set for Sept. 22. -
Maddie French — aka the Bug Girl — just graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in illustration and launched the Bugafier, a walk-up booth where she’ll draw you on the spot as a bug. -
Childcare is notoriously expensive. The market value in our state is $10,764 a year. That’s nearly as much as a year of in-state tuition at ASU. -
YouTuber Peter Santenello has traveled to 85 countries and lived in five of them. But, for his first book, he turned his lens on his own country. -
Pima County is looking for a new operator to run Old Tucson Studios. Colorado-based American Heritage Railways says it will not extend its current lease, which runs through April 2027.
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Hasina's speech marked the second anniversary of her ouster. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter following nearly two months of protests in 2024 that left nearly 1,400 people dead, according to the United Nations. -
The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration.
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Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil. -
Morby's Little Wide Open is a love letter to a part of the country he finds endlessly inspiring. -
Candidates backed by twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party have won 24 of the 34 seats decided in the first two phases of voting, the election commission, said Wednesday.
