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The Arizona Diamondbacks celebrated their return to the postseason with the typical party, a champagne-soaked fun fest in the clubhouse that eventually included a dip in the Chase Field swimming pool behind the right-center field wall.

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A red-flag warning has been issued for much of Arizona. The National Weather Service in Phoenix says peak wind gusts will reach 30 to 40 miles per hour in the lower deserts. Higher terrain will see even stronger winds.

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It's the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, and Arizona's role in assimilating Native children continues casting a dark cloud on the Southwest.

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State fairs certainly didn’t start in Arizona, although the fair and the fairgrounds predate statehood. But if you visit the Arizona State Fair, you might see some things that are uniquely Arizona.

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A Washington state man who falsely claimed to be a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona to sell his artwork at downtown Seattle galleries was sentenced Wednesday to federal probation and community service.

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Long-term exposure to air pollution has increasingly been linked to strokes, which affect almost 800,000 Americans each year. Now, a meta-analysis shows short-term exposures pose heightened stroke risks, too.

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Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday.

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Researchers at Arizona’s public universities are partnering with the mining community to find new ways to reuse copper mining waste rock.

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The Friday NewsCap 🎙️

Gaelle Esposito of Creosote Partners and Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic joined The Show to talk about Sinema’s election strategy, Hobbs skipping confirmation for agency directors and more.

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a local pet groomer with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale. The business is accused of sexual harassment and retaliation against employees.

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A man was detained at the Crossroads of the West gun show at the Mesa Convention Center last weekend after attempting to purchase two firearms with a fake ID, officials said.

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Do you ever wonder what your kid's teacher is thinking? This week, we're hearing from Arizona educators for the latest collection in our SOAPBOX series, where listeners tell their own true stories. Next up is Lisa Scinto.

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Getting rid of the stuff in our homes can be difficult and time-consuming. But for Lewis Buzbee, parting with one specific kind of item is more challenging than the rest: books.

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Years after the Interior Department displaced a traditional garden from a blight-infested site, NATIVE HEALTH of Phoenix hasn't forgotten about its roots.

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Northern Arizona University has announced it’s designing a new medical school intended to prepare doctors for primary-care work in the state’s rural, underserved and Indigenous communities.

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While what we call “the fall arts season” here in the Valley lasts for weeks. And around here, theater, visual art, live music and dance tend to happen indoors, where it’s air-conditioned.

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Phoenix is America’s hottest and fastest growing city and on the frontlines in a fight against drought, heat and wildfire. How do these problems affect Arizonans and what's being done to solve them? Get answers by listening to the InHospitable podcast. https://t.co/hTYysXhbVA

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The boyfriend of a slain Navajo woman whose case epitomized a movement was convicted of first-degree murder this week in a federal court in Phoenix.

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Phoenix ended its last fiscal year on June 30, 2023, with a budget surplus of nearly $19 million but its economic forecast is gloomy.

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Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee, the top elected Republican in Arizona, says nothing in state law defined what an "executive deputy director" was, and there was no legal basis for Gov. Katie Hobbs' decision.

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