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The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

Republican lawmaker threatens to not vote on any bills over election result

The new member of the legislature is in a race with an automatic recount
Ballots in Maricopa County.

Candidate files election lawsuit

Abe Hamadeh says there were widespread errors and inaccuracies.
Interstate 10 traffic jam.

No Construction/Closures On Arizona Highways over Thanksgiving Weekend

ADOT Warns Travelers of Heavy Traffic
File photo of a hospital hallway.

Health insurance open enrollment sees lower premiums

Officials are pointing towards the Inflation Reduction Act for more affordable plans.
COVID19

COVID numbers rising in Arizona again

Most of the state is considered having a medium transmission rate.
This August 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a double rainbow from the ranger station porch at Indian Garden, which is now called Havasupai Gardens, in Grand Canyon National Park. The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park. The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced Monday, Nov. 21, that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.

Grand Canyon park changes campground name that haunted tribe

The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.
A Pima County correctional officer glances inside a cell at the county jail.

Pima County jail faces 2nd inmate suicide in a week

Corrections officers and the jail's medical staff attempted life-saving measures but the inmate was pronounced dead.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now

The delay came as Maricopa, the state's most populous county, finished counting the last remaining ballots .
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Missing Migrant Program Summit brings awareness to risk of migrant deaths

Officials from local, national and non-governmental agencies came together to exchange ideas.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise County delays election certification

Some county supervisors are questioning the certification of voting machines.
A rotisserie turkey cooked to a golden brown.

Thanksgiving dinner costs rise

The cost of turkey is higher than it has been since the early 1990s.
A Mexican gray wolf at the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in New Mexico in 2011.

Updated recovery plan for Mexican wolves aims to reduce human-caused deaths

The plan aims to further protect the endangered wolves through increased law enforcement, education and outreach to communities near where the wolves live.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

Recounts on tap in Arizona races as county counts end

The contest between Republican Abraham Hamadeh and Democrat Chris Mayes for attorney general is so close that a recount is certain.
Since the 1980s Tucsonans have replaced their green lawns with decomposed granite and opted for plants like palo verde trees and cacti, which can endure long periods of drought and extreme heat.

Phoenix and Las Vegas agree to get rid of decorative grass

The worsening drought brought the agreement from 30 western water agencies.
Sharon Stetter, co-chair of the Bisbee Arts Commission showcases an exhibit of 130 local artists. November 2022

For Art's Sake

The Bisbee Arts Commission celebrates artists from the community of Lowell.
Yamiche Alcindor, NBC News Washington correspondent and host of Washington Week on PBS, received the 2022 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona School of Journalism on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Yamiche Alcindor receives the 2022 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the UA School of Journalism.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson talks with the founders of the new African American Museum of Southern Arizona at the University of Arizona

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