Regional

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - The Prescott VA is keeping pace with its fellow VA facilities across the state and nation, as well as with area hospitals, on COVID-19 vaccine distribution to medical personnel and vulnerable veteran patients.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol locked down Wednesday after protesters breached barricades amid violent clashes between President Donald Trump's supporters and Capitol police.

By law, the FBI is responsible for investigating the most serious crimes within Indian Country—homicide, child sexual assault, kidnapping and violence against women among them.

It was an opportunity to call attention to what has been described as an epidemic of murder and abuse faced by Native American women.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - The owner of a recently closed Seattle business that dealt with the management of research cadavers was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 29, after “diligent work” by Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives investigating the dumping of human remains in Prescott this week.

The new, mutated version was first identified in Britain. The variant has also been found in several other countries.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has decided to include people aged 75 and older — over 534,000 residents — in the second phase of distribution of vaccinations against COVID-19, state officials announced Dec. 29.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Human body parts, that authorities say may have been intended for medical research, were found last weekend northwest of Prescott.

The compilation is designed to be food for thought rather than an invitation to hit the road.

Gov. Doug Ducey's office announced Dec. 23 his appointment of Brian Furuya to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Kenton D. Jones.

The legislation will next head to President Donald Trump for his signature.

SEDONA — A Bullhead City woman who went missing in the Mojave Desert more than a year ago has been found.

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care.

SEDONA — A Sedona police officer was injured and a suspect was shot during a call for a reported stolen vehicle at the Sedona Airport Dec. 20.

PHOENIX (AP) — At least seven Mexican wolf pups have successfully cross-fostered into wild packs since last spring, Arizona Game and Fish Department officials said.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A veteran law enforcement officer has been named as police chief in Flagstaff, the city announced Dec. 21.

FLAGSTAFF — Three towering concrete stacks that were the most visual reminders of a coal-fired power plant that operated for decades along the Arizona-Utah state line came down Dec. 18.

Jupiter and Saturn have gradually been moving closer to each other for months, and on Dec. 21 the two worlds will be at their closest

On Dec. 14, the Navajo Nation received 3,900 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 and started vaccinations immediately.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Flagstaff is suing a Canadian energy company to try to block drilling of a well the company plans near ranch land the city bought in 2005 to secure its underground water supply.

PHOENIX – Step inside Biosphere 2’s tropical rainforest, which thrives beneath an enormous glass dome, and visitors are met by a wall of warm humidity and lush greenery. The sprawling complex north of Tucson in Oracle provides climate-change researchers unique opportunities to test theories in ways that would be impossible in the field.

As President-Elect Joe Biden edges closer to inauguration, stakeholders are hopeful his administration will place the restoration of the monument as a priority.

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. - On Dec. 8, the Prescott Valley Police Department arrested a Prescott Valley teenager for the Dec. 3 early morning shooting into the occupied home of a Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is back in the middle of Capitol Hill's confusing COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600 direct payment to most Americans but eliminate a $300-per-week unemployment benefit favored by a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators.

While we wait for a timeline and more information, there’s no doubt scammers will be scheming.