AP Arizona

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press TWIN ARROWS, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a former Navajo chairman and president, has received a lifetime achievement award from a Flagstaff-based environmental group. The award given Tuesday by the Grand Canyon Trust recognized Zah’s role in promoting Navajo language and culture, inspiring youth, strengthening tribal sovereignty and protecting the

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 93 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death, the first in four days. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals since the pandemic began to 43,241 cases with 1,594 known deaths. Based on cases from Dec. 24-Jan. 6, the Navajo Department of Health issued

PHOENIX (AP) — Newly released figures show the number of suspected migrant deaths counted in Arizona’s borderlands was little changed in 2021. Tucson-based Humane Borders said Tuesday the remains of 226 people were found last year near Arizona’s border with Mexico. The  group works with the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office to map where migrants’

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — After a record-breaking day last week of COVID-19 tests, officials at Sonora Quest Laboratories say Arizona’s largest diagnostic testing lab will expand its operation and be able to take on thousands more samples. Sonora Quest went through almost 30,000 COVID-19 PCR tests on Jan. 4, the most

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Neo-Nazi who helped lead a campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison. A jury convicted Kaleb Cole in September of having sent Swastika-laden posters to journalists and employees of the Anti-Defamation League in Washington

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday in the first negotiations between the parties since labor talks broke off Dec. 1. The planning of the meeting was disclosed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the negotiations who

By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The family of a Phoenix police officer critically wounded in an on-duty shooting nearly a month ago says he is stable, on a ventilator and recognizes those around him. Police had said previously that Tyler Moldovan’s multiple gunshots included one to the head, and the family’s statement

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday in the first negotiations between the parties since labor talks broke off Dec. 1. The planning of the meeting was disclosed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the negotiations who

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona politician in prison for running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands has lost an appeal of one of his sentences. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a six-year sentence given in Arkansas to Paul Petersen, a

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Longtime Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry now is recovering at home after a period of hospitalization and rehabilitation. Huckelberry was hit by a car while bicycling in downtown Tucson on Oct. 23. Huckelberry’s family says he sustained a serious head injury and broken ribs. His wife, Maureen, says her husband continues

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 79 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no deaths for the third consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals since the pandemic began to 43,277 cases with 1,593 known deaths. Navajo Nation officials  reported 270 cases and one death Friday, 220 cases with

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all. The move is a reaction to the severe hospital staffing shortages

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all. The move is a reaction to the severe hospital staffing shortages and

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A second Starbucks store near Buffalo, New York, has voted to unionize. It’s one of a growing number of the chain’s stores seeking to organize workers. Workers at the suburban Buffalo store voted 15-9 in favor of representation by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.

By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey wants to set aside $1 billion to remove the salt from sea water and bring it to Arizona. The Republican governor outlined the proposal for a major legacy project during his eighth and final state of the state address on