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  • THURSDAY 5 stories to watch in Arizona

    High winds are expected in the Prescott area Thursday as firefighters battle the Doce Fire and hundreds remain under evacuation order. The next media fire briefing will be held at 3pm. A community meeting will be held to brief those affected at 6pm in the Prescott High School ...

  • Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes religious property tax bill

    Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have expanded property tax exemptions for religious organizations, while also signing another bill that blocks unemployment benefits for church workers.Both measures were top priorities for conservatives during the 2013 legislative session that ended Friday and had support from the influential Center for Arizona Policy.Brewer said in a veto ...

  • Halfway Fire burning in northern AZ

    Fire Weather Warning issued June 19 at 6:58PM MST expiring June 20 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Apache; Coconino; Navajo… Fire Weather Warning issued June 19 at 6:58PM MST expiring June 20 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Apache; Coconino; ...

  • MCSO Man shoots brother kills self

    MESA, AZ - Two men are dead after one brother shot the other and then himself Wednesday night. MCSO spokesman Brandon Jones said the shooting happened around 6:20 p.m. near Crismon and Broadway Roads. Jones said one of the brothers is 19-years-old and the other is 22-years-old, but they are not sure which one was the shooter. The motive for the shooting is unknown at this time. Stay with ABC15 ...

  • Arias sentencing to move to January

    PHOENIX - A judge on Thursday could determine whether or not a re-trial of the sentencing phase in the Jodi Arias case will be postponed until January 2014. Prosecutor Juan Martinez has asked Judge Sherry Stephens to reject the defense team's request to delay until next year, saying none of the reasons offered in their motion warrants a ...


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Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

In this remake of John Carpenters 1976 cult classic Assault on Precinct 13, itself a modern urban riff on Howard Hawks Rio Bravo (1959), the filmmakers keep the basic nightmare scenario, but add new elements of backstory, characterizati ... ...

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  • Man arrested in Phoenix for alleged molestations

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Authorities say the co-founder of a vigilante border group is in custody for allegedly having sexual contact with three girls under the age of ...

  • Wildfire burning 5 miles east of Tusayan

    TUSAYAN, Ariz. (AP) -- Authorities say there's a new wildfire burning in northern Arizona and smoke is visible from Grand Canyon National Park and surrounding ...

  • Bill banning OHV enforcement on fed lands signed

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a mini-sagebrush rebellion by signing a bill barring state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing off-highway vehicle laws on closed federal ...

  • Hate crime Construction site shot at

    FLORENCE, AZ - An evidentiary hearing is scheduled Wednesday, June 19 for a man who allegedly shot at four individuals with potentially racist intentions. On Monday at 11:50 a.m., the Pinal County Sheriff's Office responded to shots fired at a construction site in the Magma Ranch housing development section of Florence, Ariz. Three construction workers and a sheriff's deputy were shot ...

  • Bill allowing new Coconino College taxes vetoed

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Gov. Jan Brewer has flexed her fiscal conservative muscles by vetoing a bill that would have allowed Coconino Community College to seek voter approval to permanently increase its primary property tax ...

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