Saturday, November 16, 2024

Sports betting starts in Arizona in time for NFL season

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s first sports betting operations officially opened for business Thursday in time for the start of the NFL season, with live wagers taken on college and professional sports online and at two retail locations in Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Sports betting starts in Arizona in time for NFL season

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s first sports betting operations officially opened for business Thursday in time for the start of the NFL season, with live wagers taken on college and professional sports online and at two retail locations in Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Sports betting starts in Arizona in time for NFL season

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s first sports betting operations officially opened for business Thursday in time for the start of the NFL season, with live wagers taken on college and professional sports online and at two retail locations in Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Sports betting starts in Arizona in time for NFL season

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s first sports betting operations officially opened for business Thursday in time for the start of the NFL season, with live wagers taken on college and professional sports online and at two retail locations in Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

What's wrong with Arizona's 2020 audit? A lot, experts say

PHOENIX (AP) — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona's largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

What's wrong with Arizona's 2020 audit? A lot, experts say

PHOENIX (AP) — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona's largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

What's wrong with Arizona's 2020 audit? A lot, experts say

PHOENIX (AP) — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona's largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

What's wrong with Arizona's 2020 audit? A lot, experts say

PHOENIX (AP) — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona's largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians

PHOENIX (AP) — Three Pennsylvania lawmakers were in Arizona on Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians

PHOENIX (AP) — Three Pennsylvania lawmakers were in Arizona on Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians

PHOENIX (AP) — Three Pennsylvania lawmakers were in Arizona on Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

County tells Arizona Senate to keep files, threatens lawsuit

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials on Friday directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Hero intern who helped save Giffords will run for her seat

PHOENIX (AP) — Daniel Hernandez Jr., the intern hailed as a hero for helping save the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following an attempted assassination a decade ago, announced Thursday he's running to represent her former district in Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

County tells Arizona Senate to keep files, threatens lawsuit

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials on Friday directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Hero intern who helped save Giffords will run for her seat

PHOENIX (AP) — Daniel Hernandez Jr., the intern hailed as a hero for helping save the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following an attempted assassination a decade ago, announced Thursday he's running to represent her former district in Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

County tells Arizona Senate to keep files, threatens lawsuit

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials on Friday directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

County tells Arizona Senate to keep files, threatens lawsuit

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials on Friday directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Hero intern who helped save Giffords will run for her seat

PHOENIX (AP) — Daniel Hernandez Jr., the intern hailed as a hero for helping save the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following an attempted assassination a decade ago, announced Thursday he's running to represent her former district in Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Hero intern who helped save Giffords will run for her seat

PHOENIX (AP) — Daniel Hernandez Jr., the intern hailed as a hero for helping save the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following an attempted assassination a decade ago, announced Thursday he's running to represent her former district in Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims

PHOENIX (AP) — The top Republicans in Arizona's largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election Monday, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims

PHOENIX (AP) — The top Republicans in Arizona's largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election Monday, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims

PHOENIX (AP) — The top Republicans in Arizona's largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election Monday, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Inside Arizona's election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on

PHOENIX (AP) — On the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where NBA stars like Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan once dunked basketballs and Hulk Hogan wrestled King Kong Bundy, 46 tables are arrayed in neat rows, each with a Lazy Susan in the middle.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Inside Arizona's election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on

PHOENIX (AP) — On the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where NBA stars like Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan once dunked basketballs and Hulk Hogan wrestled King Kong Bundy, 46 tables are arrayed in neat rows, each with a Lazy Susan in the middle.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP

PHOENIX (AP) — Months after former President Donald Trump's election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state's most populous county.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP

PHOENIX (AP) — Months after former President Donald Trump's election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state's most populous county.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP

PHOENIX (AP) — Months after former President Donald Trump's election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state's most populous county.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP

PHOENIX (AP) — Months after former President Donald Trump's election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state's most populous county.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions

In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access — or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions

In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access — or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions

In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access — or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent

ATLANTA (AP) — In Arizona, a Republican state senator worried aloud that his party's proposed voter identification requirements might be too “cumbersome.” But he voted for the bill anyway.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent

ATLANTA (AP) — In Arizona, a Republican state senator worried aloud that his party's proposed voter identification requirements might be too “cumbersome.” But he voted for the bill anyway.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent

ATLANTA (AP) — In Arizona, a Republican state senator worried aloud that his party's proposed voter identification requirements might be too “cumbersome.” But he voted for the bill anyway.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent

ATLANTA (AP) — In Arizona, a Republican state senator worried aloud that his party's proposed voter identification requirements might be too “cumbersome.” But he voted for the bill anyway.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Ducey says schools that lost enrollment should lose cash

PHOENIX (AP) — Schools that have lost students during the pandemic would see their funding cut under a proposal Gov. Doug Ducey outlined Monday in his annual state-of-the-state address, a speech that hardened his longstanding resistance to school and business closures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ducey says schools that lost enrollment should lose cash

PHOENIX (AP) — Schools that have lost students during the pandemic would see their funding cut under a proposal Gov. Doug Ducey outlined Monday in his annual state-of-the-state address, a speech that hardened his longstanding resistance to school and business closures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ducey: Schools must end virtual classrooms or lose money

PHOENIX (AP) — Schools that have shuttered because of the coronavirus must end virtual learning or lose funding, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday in his annual state-of-the-state address that doubled down on his light-touch approach to managing the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Victims in 2011 Giffords attack see parallel to Capitol riot

PHOENIX (AP) — As a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the U.S. Capitol this week, former Rep. Gabby Giffords could only wait nervously for news about her husband, Mark Kelly, who was barely a month into his job as a senator from Arizona.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Capitol mob recalls attack on U.S. Rep. Giffords decade ago

PHOENIX (AP) — As a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the U.S. Capitol this week, former Rep. Gabby Giffords could only wait nervously for news about her husband, Mark Kelly, who was barely a month into his job as a senator from Arizona.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ducey touts vaccine as open hospital beds hit record low

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey implored people to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they're eligible as hospital capacity on Wednesday hit a record low since the start of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ducey touts vaccine as open hospital beds hit record low

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey implored people to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they're eligible as hospital capacity on Wednesday hit a record low since the start of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders. He almost made it through.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders. He almost made it through.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

University of Arizona to require COVID-19 testing

PHOENIX (AP) — The University of Arizona will require anyone visiting campus next semester to have a negative test for COVID-19 within the previous week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Arizona governor silences Trump's call, certifies election

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday that it was President Donald Trump on the phone when he silenced a call from the White House while in the middle of signing papers certifying election results showing Trump narrowly lost the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hospitals call on Arizona to act as COVID-19 surge mounts

PHOENIX (AP) — Top hospital officials across Arizona urged the state Wednesday to take more action to stop the spread of COVID-19, making a bleak projection thst the health care system could go beyond capacity later this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden wins in presidential vote

Two battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election results in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump's legal team continued to dispute the results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tucson considers curfew to slow spread of coronavirus

PHOENIX (AP) — Tucson’s mayor called Monday for a nighttime curfew to prevent the spread of COVID-19, saying the virus is spreading rapidly and hospitals in southern Arizona are on the verge of a crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden wins in presidential vote

Two battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election results Monday in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump's legal team continued to dispute the results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Arizona certifies Biden's narrow victory over Trump

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials certified the state's election results on Monday, formalizing Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow victory over Donald Trump even as the Republican president's attorneys continued to make baseless claims of fraud about the state's vote count.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Officials urge Thanksgiving caution as virus cases soar

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona hospital officials pleaded Tuesday for people to avoid large Thanksgiving dinners as soaring coronavirus infections put pressure on the state's medical system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Arizona average of new virus cases doubles in past 2 weeks

PHOENIX (AP) — Tucson schools suspended the football season Tuesday and Arizona hospital officials pleaded for people to avoid large Thanksgiving dinners as soaring coronavirus infections put pressure on the state's medical system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kelly meets with Ducey as he prepares to take seat in Senate

PHOENIX (AP) — Incoming Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly met with Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Monday as he prepares to take office as soon as next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Democrats win big in Arizona, now a former GOP stronghold

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats have been asking the question for a long time: Is this the year Arizona turns blue? In 2020, the answer was “yes.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Former GOP stronghold of Arizona hands big wins to Democrats

PHOENIX (AP) — A changing electorate in Arizona handed historic victories to Democrats in the former Republican stronghold, with Joe Biden becoming only the second Democratic presidential candidate since 1948 to win the state. Retired astronaut Mark Kelly’s win gave the party both Senate seats for the first time in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Mark Kelly won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain, riding Arizona's changing electorate to flip a Republican Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Biden wins Arizona, flips longtime Republican stronghold

PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Biden won Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, becoming the second Democratic presidential candidate since 1948 to claim victory in the longtime Republican stronghold.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrat Mark Kelly wins US Senate race in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Mark Kelly has won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrats hopeful as Biden, Mark Kelly take lead in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s 11 electoral votes have been a safe bet for Republicans in most presidential elections over seven decades, but not this year as President Donald Trump trailed Democratic challenger Joe Biden in early returns.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP in tough fight to hold US Senate seat as Arizona changes

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Mark Kelly opened a big lead Tuesday against Republican Sen. Martha McSally in early election results for an Arizona race that will be crucial in determining control of the U.S. Senate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump, Biden fight hard for Arizona's 11 electoral votes

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's electoral college votes have been a safe bet for Republicans for most presidential elections over the past seven decades. But not in 2020.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump, Biden fight hard for Arizona's 11 electoral votes

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's electoral college votes have been a safe bet for Republicans for most presidential elections over the past seven decades. But not in 2020.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Republicans, Democrats push for last-minute Arizona voters

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Sen. Martha McSally and other GOP candidates barnstormed the state Monday as they worked to get out their voters with their traditional election eve rallies. Democrats, meanwhile, focused on campaigning at a distance as they have throughout the pandemic with digital messaging, phone banks and walking …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrats could take control of Arizona Legislature

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats have a shot at taking control of one or both chambers of the Arizona Legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years in Tuesday’s election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrats could take control of Arizona Legislature

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats have a shot at taking control of one or both chambers of the Arizona Legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years in Tuesday’s election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Renewable energy at center of race for Arizona utility board

PHOENIX (AP) — The little-watched race for control of Arizona’s utility regulatory commission could have big implications for power rates and the future of renewable energy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

ASU expert: Arizona seeing surge in coronavirus cases

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is in the midst of a surge in coronavirus cases that resembles the early stages of the summer spike that made the state one of the world’s hardest hit hotspots for COVID-19, a prominent researcher said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Haley gives boost to McSally in Arizona Senate race

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Sen. Martha McSally called in one of the Republican Party's most prominent foreign policy hands Monday to press her case that Democrat Mark Kelly has problematic ties to China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Haley gives boost to McSally in Arizona Senate race

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Sen. Martha McSally called in one of the Republican Party's most prominent foreign policy hands Monday to press her case that Democrat Mark Kelly has problematic ties to China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Arizona governor issues stay-at-home order effective Tuesday

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Doug Ducey on Monday imposed a stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus that will take effect at the close of business on Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Arizona mayors slam Ducey edict keeping golf courses open

PHOENIX (AP) — Municipal leaders criticized Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Tuesday over his decision to classify some businesses like golf courses as “essential" during the coronavirus pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'Imaginary clock': Governors reject Trump's virus timeline

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Governors across the nation on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump's new accelerated timeline for reopening the U.S. economy, as they continued to impose more restrictions on travel and public life in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'Imaginary clock': Governors reject Trump's virus timeline

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Governors across the nation on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump's new accelerated timeline for reopening the U.S. economy, as they continued to impose more restrictions on travel and public life in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Arizona death prompts warning against self-medication

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also found in an anti-malaria medication that's been touted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Coronavirus cases in Arizona climb; Guard to assist stores

PHOENIX (AP) — About 200 members of the Arizona National Guard have been activated to help with food distribution, as daily life becomes increasingly restricted by efforts to contain the coronavirus, officials said Friday. Gov. Doug Ducey also extended school closures, delayed the tax filing deadline and made it easier …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Arizona governor calls up National Guard, halts surgeries

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday he's activating the National Guard to help grocery stores and food banks, halting elective surgeries and closing businesses in areas with known cases of COVID-19.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Arizona elections chief seeks move toward all-mail elections

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's top election official asked lawmakers Wednesday to let counties run elections entirely by mail later this year if it's necessary to protect election workers and voters from the coronavirus outbreak.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Politics in time of coronavirus: Arizona quietly picks Biden

PHOENIX (AP) — The candidates canceled their rallies and stopped door-to-door outreach to voters. Then the debate that was supposed to highlight Arizona’s emergence as a national battleground was moved from a concert venue in Phoenix to an empty television studio in the nation’s capital.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Biden wins Arizona Democratic primary in coronavirus shadow

PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Biden won the Arizona Democratic primary Tuesday after the state pressed ahead with its election in the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak that has crippled parts of the nation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Tuesday's primaries offer chance for Biden to reach Latinos

PHOENIX (AP) — In Joe Biden’s pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination, he’s run repeatedly into a wall in the West, where Bernie Sanders’ strength among Latinos propelled his campaign even as he struggled with other groups.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Tuesday's primaries offer chance for Biden to reach Latinos

PHOENIX (AP) — In Joe Biden’s pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination, he’s run repeatedly into a wall in the West, where Bernie Sanders’ strength among Latinos propelled his campaign even as he struggled with other groups.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Arizona election officials say primary will be safe

PHOENIX (AP) — Election officials in Arizona say they'll be prepared for Democrats to vote in their party's presidential primary Tuesday despite the unprecedented cloud of a global pandemic and pleas by public health officials to avoid unnecessary social interactions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Uproar over mailing of primary ballots in Maricopa County

PHOENIX (AP) — A top election official in Arizona's most populous county took the unprecedented step Friday of ordering ballots for next week's Democratic presidential primary mailed to all voters who normally cast ballots at the polls to ensure they can vote with minimal exposure to the new coronavirus. But …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

5 Phoenix-area polling places moved because of coronavirus

PHOENIX (AP) — Five Phoenix-area polling places for next week's Arizona presidential primary will be moved from senior living facilities to other locations to protect vulnerable residents from potential exposure to the new coronavirus, the Maricopa County Elections Department said Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bernie Sanders contrasts himself with Biden at Phoenix rally

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders drew a sharp contrast between himself and Joe Biden on Thursday in his first major campaign rally since the Super Tuesday primaries essentially made it a two-man race.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Shooting related to gang activity

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Oregon immigration vote is a warning for Obama

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

A community 'changed forevermore' by deadly slide

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Fugitives arrested without fight

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. - Over the past three weeks, an escaped Arizona prisoner and his girlfriend bedeviled the hundreds of lawmen hunting them across the desolate highways and thick forests of the West.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Arizona gets tough on illegals

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on Friday and signed into law a bill supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug smuggling from Mexico.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Palin now gives McCain a boost

TUCSON, Ariz. - Sarah Palin lent her star power among fellow conservatives to former running mate John McCain in his tough Senate re-election campaign, telling a rally Friday that McCain pegged President Barack Obama right when he said the Democrat would swell the size of government.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO