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1 car crashed into 4 other cars on a Valley road. A driver is now being investigated for DUI.
PHOENIX — A man has been detained and is being investigated for DUI after crashing into four other cars, according to the Phoenix Police and Fire Departments. Phoenix police told 12News that officers were called to the intersection of 19th Avenue and McDowell Road, right by the Arizona State Fair Grounds, at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday due to multiple collisions in the area.
Tempe man, clinic linked to $85.6M in fraud schemes
A local man and an unrelated Tempe clinic are the focus of separate state and federal cases alleging over $85.6 million in Medicaid and Medicare fraud. A federal indictment accuses Adam Mutwol, 45, of Tempe, of conspiring with Gilbert Nurse practitioner Daud Koloesho, 44, to illegally bill the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and American Indian Health Program (AIHP) for substance abuse treatments that earned them over $51.6 million in illicit payments.
Updated FEMA flood map now includes more Apache Junction homes
APACHE JUNCTION, AZ (AZFamily) — FEMA is updating their floodplain map and some people in part of Apache Junction are learning this week their homes are now in flood zones. FEMA updates flood maps about every five years. The report floodplain zones are areas with a 1% chance of...
Tempe, churches plead for bottled water donations
The City of Tempe has launched its annual bottled water drive to help unsheltered people and others in need stay hydrated. And it’s getting help from Hundred Mile Brewing, which is raffling off a $100 gift card for donors. Through July 31, the city and Hundred Mile Brewing are...
Flash flood warning issued for Coconino County
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Coconino County starting at 6:03 p.m. July 20. The warning expires at 7:45 p.m. July 20. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in the area from Strawberry to Pine. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is...
Arizona schools cracking down on students using cellphones in classroom
PHOENIX (AZFamily) —Schools across the state are cracking down on students using their cellphones in the classroom. Some require students to put their phones away, while other school districts lock them up. Sixteen-year-old Chloe Sakala is a Sandra Day O’Connor High School in Phoenix student. She said seeing...
Arizona Created a Navy to Start a Dam War with California
I'll preface this article by saying I'll do my best to steer clear of a bunch of "dam" puns --less the one in the title. My prepubescent mind will want to get the best of me, so know that I'm really trying to behave. States have been battling who gets...
CrowdStrike outage made a big AZ impact. Experts say it raises resiliency questions
Experts say a widespread technology outage that closed health care facilities, ensnarled travel and disrupted emergency services worldwide on Friday highlighted the fragility of technological systems that are increasingly globally interconnected and the need for improved user resiliency. The issues stemmed from a software update issued by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that provides...
Global computer outage snarls Arizona’s early voting, raises alarm about November
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here.A global Microsoft-based computer outage early Friday crippled the electronic systems Arizona’s two largest counties use for early in-person voting, causing election officials to quickly divert to backup plans to keep early voting open for the state’s primary election.The breakdown affected the devices that Maricopa and Pima counties use at voting locations to check voters in, verify voter eligibility and print ballots. It did not affect the machines the counties use to count ballots, which are not...
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