Fourteen percent of Arizona's population, 881,000 people, live in poverty, according to new income figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. The state poverty figure is slightly above the national...

Margie A. Emmermann, director of the Arizona Office of Tourism, has been chosen as the 2008 State Tourism Director of the Year by her peers in the Travel Industry Association. "This is a...

News ) - A 33-year-old Mexican man previously charged with transporting illegal immigrants in a vehicle crash that killed nine people has been indicted on more serious charges.A federal grand jury in...

Ford Motor Co. , alleging that defective design left him paralyzed from a rollover accident in 2007 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.The suit filed...

A proposed ballot measure to raise the state sales tax by one penny and put that money toward roads and transit will not be on the November ballot. The Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday said a Maricopa...

New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007 nationally, the first annual decline since 2001. The bureau...

email FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AP) - It's going to be at least six months before popular Havasu Canyon in northwestern Arizona -- west of Grand Canyon National Park's headquarters -- will be reopened...

email Customers of a northwest side furniture store are finding themselves without the product they ordered after the store unexpectedly closed its doors. According to a release from the local Better...

plans to start steel-bar production early next year at its previously idle mill in Kingman, Ariz. Nucor expects the capital improvements necessary to restart production will total $30 million. ...

SHAWANO, WI (AP) - A remade Harley-Davidson motorcycle might be easy to spot in the parade of thousands of riders in Milwaukee this weekend for the company's 105th anniversary celebration. Steve...

Arizona students score above national average on SAT Arizona students are scoring lower on their SAT scores in reading and math, but remain above the national average, education officials said. It...

email PHOENIX (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney was expected to arrive in Phoenix Wednesday morning to speak at the American Legion National Convention. Cheney follows Republican presidential hopeful...

is hiring revenue officers in Phoenix and Tucson to help collect delinquent taxes. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and have a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, such as operation...

email Southwest Airlines is announcing the cut of nearly 200 flights for this winter. Airline officials say they were trying to avoid flight cuts similar to other carriers. The airline is expected to...

Editor's Note: The Arizona Daily Wildcat caught up with former Wildcat swimmer Lacey Nymeyer to discuss her experience at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Nymeyer discussed her interactions with...

I realized this summer that Americans are seriously in trouble. I'm not referring to the ridiculously high gas prices we are forced to pay, even though they have shaped the way we've made our travel...

A man being investigated in four states, including Utah, as being the leader of a well-run automobile theft operation was captured Tuesday night near Phoenix. Rey David Villegas, a known gang member...

Pima County Superior Court Judge Michael J. Cruikshank sentenced 28-year-old Roman Alfonso Lopez-Valle on Tuesday to nine years in prison after a jury convicted him last month of manslaughter in the...

email Extended hours for the Mariposa Port of Entry could mean more quality produce and better security. With the start of peak produce season just four months away, U.S. Customs and Border...

email PHOENIX (AP) - A powerful summer storm rolled into the Chandler area Monday afternoon leaving behind a path of destruction. At Chandler Municipal Airport, two small, single-engine airplanes...

email Six thousand blue 95-gallon recycling containers will be delivered to the city's Recycling Center at 1224 North Avenue at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 28 as the City of Sierra Vista gears up...

email KINGMAN, AZ (AP) - A judge in Kingman has denied a request to have Arizona's case against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs sent back to a grand jury. Jeffs' attorney, Michael...

email Three open seats on the governing board of Tucson's largest school district now have only three candidates. Former candidate Michael Hicks will not be able to participate in the Tucson...

email A Marana Army National guardsman is accused of human smuggling. Border Patrol agents stopped a car on State Route 191, east of Naco Saturday afternoon. They found 4 illegal immigrants from...

email HOUSTON (KTRK) - Caught on video: a Harris County Sheriff's deputy is seen punching a suspect and putting him in a choke hold while in court. It happened to Joseph Torres who was in...

email DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) - Border Patrol officials say a Mexican woman has broken both ankles trying to cross a border fence in southern Arizona. Spokesman Rob Daniels says an agent patrolling east...

A Tucson woman accused along with her boyfriend of killing his two children, cut a deal with prosecutors Monday. Reina Gonzales pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree murder; she will serve 22...

For a few upcoming games, Diamondback fans can get their fill on as many treats as they want for one flat price. That's right, all-you-can-eat at the ballpark. Chase Field is introducing the...

LOS ANGELES - Now it's John McCain's turn to make age jokes about himself. Walking onto the set of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Monday afternoon, McCain had the funnies cued up: "You...

email The fall semester began Monday at the University of Arizona. This year there are more than 37,000 students. The freshman class alone is 6,800 strong. Along with all the students come the cars...

J.D. Wallace , KOLD News 13 Reporter A theft of several computers from a new charter school campus set students back a few days. The principal of the new eastside Sonoran Science Academy said that...

email A 260-pound naked man running around on the University of Arizona campus Monday is accused of trying to sexually assault a university employee. It happened around 4:45 a.m. University police...

email Talks over spring training baseball moving to the town of Marana have progressed beyond first base. Three Marana officials will be heading to Denver at the end of next month to try and make the...

Most bank robberies are pretty non-confrontational and often happen without many people inside even knowing about it until it's all over. But one bank job last week was anything but...

email The case of a Tucson teenager accused of injuring two police officers during a standoff last spring will not go to trial. A judge ruled today that 17-year-old Travis Hylton is mentally...

What if getting a massage or facial raised money for the food bank? Well, it can this Friday during the Westward Look Sonoran Spa's Evening Under The Stars. For a $60 donation, you can enjoy...

email SACRAMENTO, CA (AP)- John McCain told a crowd at a fundraiser that his wife was traveling to the breakaway former Soviet Republic of Georgia. McCain said his wife, Cindy, was supposed to be...

email SAT scores for last year's high school seniors are flat, but the good news is more students than ever are taking the test. And more of them are minority and low-income students. The College...

email "We just got tired of all the crime creeping up." Judy Bosnos owns Pink Porch Antiques near the corner of Grant and Country Club. She took us around back to show us what taggers had done to...

email The western states may decide who heads to the White House come November. Republicans held the majority of top leadership positions prior to 2002. Since then, states such as Montana, Wyoming,...

email If residents near the Santa Rita Mountains thought they would have to stomach the idea of a copper mine in order to receive Central Arizona Project water, a group of business and community...

email Fourteen illegal immigrants have been rescued from the desert near Ajo, Ariz. They called 911 from a cell phone Sunday on the Barry Goldwater Gunnery Range. Their call went through to the...

email CHINO VALLEY, AZ - Normally, Pigweed is fine for grazing, but conditions in Prescott have not been normal, says a range nutritionist. "We've had a very lush growth of weeds, so the plants...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said Marana no longer exists in a flood plain, making mandatory flood insurance for hundreds of families...

email Rincon and University High Students were having their lunch Monday afternoon when lightning stuck the campus at 421 N. Arcadia Blvd. No injuries have been reported. The area around the building...

Click the play button on the video window to the right to see the story Copper thieves are at it again in Tucson. Police report thieves stole about 2,500 feet of wire from a dozen streetlight poles...

Tucson are jammed with riders.The bus line has seen dramatic growth over the past two years as the cost of gas and diesel fuel soared. Ridership in July was up nearly 19 percent compared with July...

Judy Knox , who oversees JavaXpress. "And if we are fast, we tell people not to expect that next time."More than a coffee shop, JavaXpress is a classroom. Its staffers are middle-school students at...

You can't see them, smell them or taste them, but according to recently released studies, Tucson's groundwater supply contains trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs.A study published by the...

Editor's Note: The Arizona Daily Wildcat caught up with former Wildcat swimmer Lacey Nymeyer to discuss her experience at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Nymeyer discussed her interactions with...