Arizona News

• Arizona News

  Brewer wrestled with decision on Medicaid proposal

  Posted 1:12 PM 5/19/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - The weekend before Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer made her State of the State address in January, she practiced two versions of her speech prepared: One with a Medicaid expansion in it and one without it.The Republican governor ended up announcing during her Jan. 14 address (More)

  
  

• Adv. - more news below

• Arizona News

  Phoenix firefighter dies from injuries suffered in fire

  Posted 10:09 AM 5/19/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - A firefighter has died from injuries he suffered while fighting a mulch fire in southwest Phoenix.
  
  Authorities say 23-year-old Phoenix Firefighter Bradley Harper was critically injured late Saturday afternoon when he became pinned between two fire vehicles.
  
  Harper died Sunday morning.
  
  Harper had been a Phoenix firefighter for two years.

  
  

• Arizona News

  Phoenix police officer dies in fatal hit-and-run

  Posted 9:58 AM 5/19/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - A police officer who was conducting a DUI stop on a vehicle in west Phoenix died after another vehicle struck him and then fled the scene.Phoenix police say investigators are searching for the SUV that struck 29-year-old Officer Daryl Raetz around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. (More)

  
  

• Sports

  Padres Beat Iowa Cubs 4-2

  

  Posted 8:38 PM 5/18/2013

  The Tucson Padres scored three runs in the first inning on way to a 4-2 win over the Iowa Cubs Saturday at Principal Park. The Padres have won five of their last six road games and advanced to four games over .500 for the first time in team history.The two newest Padres put Tucson (More)

  
  

• Sports

  McCarthy throws shutout for 1st victory of year

  

  Posted 8:17 PM 5/18/2013

  MIAMI (AP) It took nine starts, but Brandon McCarthy finally got his first win with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  McCarthy pitched a three-hitter for his first win since being struck in the head by a line drive last season, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Saturday (More)

  
  

• Adv. - more news below

• Sports

  12th-inning inside-the-park grand slam pushes Salt Lake past Pima

  

  Posted 8:12 PM 5/18/2013

  ST. GEORGE, Utah - Salt Lake (UT) Community College lead-off hitter Malia Campos legged out an inside-the-park grand slam home run in the top of the 12th inning to help lead her #2-seeded Bruins to a hard-fought 8-5 victory over #5-seed Pima (AZ) CC in the semifinal game of the 2013 NJCAA (More)

  
  

• Local News

  Over 150 people working to control Soldier Basin Fire

  

  Play Video

  Posted 7:36 PM 5/18/2013 by Erika Flores

  PATAGONIA-More than 150 fire personnel are busy battling a new wildfire in Southern Arizona.

  The "Soldier Basin Fire" is about five miles east of the Nogales Airport and seven miles south of Patagonia.

  It has burned more than 800 acres.

  "It's very dry. I'm not surprised," (More) • Video (1)

  
  

• Arizona News

  Body found in a canal, now indentified

  Posted 2:44 PM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  Scottsdale, AZ- Scottsdale police has identified a body found in a canal as 78-year-old Edward Allan Brawley. 

  Police believe Brawley was riding his bike along the canal and somehow fell into the water.The canal is located near Hayden Road and Indian Bend.  

  On thursday (More)

  
  

• Arizona News

  Ariz deputies arrest 15 on human smuggling charges

  Posted 10:32 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - Maricopa County sheriff's deputies have made another round of arrests as part of an effort to crackdown on human smuggling.Deputies say the first group of 10 Mexican nationals was arrested after the van they were traveling in was stopped Thursday north of the valley. (More)

  
  

• Adv. - more news below

• Arizona News

  AZ man indicted in Idaho on wire fraud charges

  Posted 8:30 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal prosecutors say an Arizona man fraudulently wired $450,000 to his personal accounts through an Idaho-based Internet business, using the money to enrich himself, pay for his home and bolster his retirement and investment accounts.Christopher Myers of Cave (More)