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Frank Lloyd Wright house, once listed for $2.6 …

10/16/2019
PHOENIX — A cluster of overlapping circles distinguish a Frank Lloyd Wright home nestled in a rocky hillside at an edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.

Business owners wary of Phoenix light rail expansion, …

10/8/2019
After Phoenix voters rejected Proposition 105, which would have stopped the expansion of light rail in south Phoenix, business owners fear they won’t be able to stay afloat during the project’s years of construction.

Mushroom crop in southern Arizona forests capped by …

10/4/2019
Bracing winds are the white noise of the mountain, pierced only by the cheery conversation of hikers on a quest for hidden bounty: mushrooms.

Making a home for fish in the desert takes a little …

8/21/2019
By Dylan Simard Cronkite News RIO VERDE — At Bartlett Lake and other reservoirs around the state, Arizona Game & Fish Department volunteers are building plastic cubes to serve as fish …

Tiny terrors: Arizona’s mosquitoes and how to avoid …

8/20/2019
By Tim Royan Cronkite News Monsoon storms, haboobs, scorching temperatures: Let’s face it, summer in Arizona comes with some big hazards. So it could be easy to forget one of the tiniest …

Resource centers nourish parents, young children with …

8/16/2019
By Abbagail Leon Cronkite News PHOENIX — Jessica Sauter moved from San Diego to Phoenix in November, and like many young mothers, she searched for ways to keep her 3-year-old occupied. She …

West Point High School opens in Avondale with state …

8/12/2019
By Abbagail Leon Cronkite News PHOENIX — The Arizona School Facilities Board helps fund new school buildings and renovations in Arizona to relieve outdated and overcrowded classrooms …

Syringe program for addicts operates in legal gray …

8/10/2019
By Taniyah Williamson and Tanner Puckett Cronkite News PHOENIX — While the debate around laws that would allow clean needle exchange programs to operate legally in Arizona continues, one …

Childhelp center places help for abused children under …

8/6/2019
By Jessie Joe Pauley Cronkite News PHOENIX — Teddy bears, toy cars and clouds painted on sky-blue ceilings surround the small survivors of abuse and neglect. A child-abuse center in …

50 years later, Arizona still plays a big role in …

7/23/2019
By Melissa Robbins Cronkite News PHOENIX — The press release that went out July 6, 1969, began: “The United States will launch a three-man spacecraft toward the Moon on July 16 with the …

Town again shows its gratitude for the sacrifices of …

7/5/2019
By Grayson Schmidt and Tanner Puckett Cronkite News YARNELL – A fire bell rang 19 times Sunday afternoon, once for every member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost a life when the …

Making America grill again: Cost of cookouts little …

7/4/2019
By Miranda Faulkner Cronkite News WASHINGTON — Feel free to splurge on the ice cream. That’s the message from the American Farm Bureau Federation, which said in an annual survey that the …