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COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Like there wasn’t enough reason to get wild at Blazin’ M Ranch.

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Glam metal band Slaughter will be the headliner on Saturday night and former Guns N’ Roses drummer and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame member Steven Adler will be featured at this year’s Thunder Valley Rally Sept. 16-17, TVR announced April 6.

SEDONA, Ariz. — Registration is now open for one of Red Rock State Park’s most popular events — a full moon hike scheduled for April 15.

PHOENIX — State, federal and local cooperators participated in a multi-day wildland fire training at Lake Pleasant, beginning March 30, to promote best and safe practices on incidents and strengthen agency coordination and cooperation to ensure a unified response, in an effort to provide for the safety of Arizona’s people and communities.

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a fatal crash closed a short segment of southbound Interstate 17 at the Sunset Point Rest Area, delaying traffic inbound into metro Phoenix the morning of April 11.

CORNVILLE, Ariz. — A homeowner got a surprise the morning of April 5, when a javelina took up residence inside their car overnight.

Babbitt Ranches, in collaboration with the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), has announced special rules in effect for the complex on the CO Bar Ranch.

Tribal casinos, restaurants, movie theaters, campgrounds, museums, movie theaters and other businesses now can operate at 75 percent capacity.

Until now, the FDA had cleared fourth doses only for people 12 and older who have severely weakened immune systems.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A single, desperate cry for help went through to family members too late to save a woman's husband after the Indiana couple had been lost in Nevada's high-desert wilderness for more than a week. "37.757753, -117.809568. Help."

KINGMAN – The Kingman Police Department is investigating the accidental shooting of a 15-year-old high school student on a Kingman Unified School District bus.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Emergency dispatchers play a critical role in public safety, acting as the vital first link between citizens in distress and the medical, fire and law enforcement resources that can help them.

It was not a blast from the past fortunately for a Gila Street neighborhood.

“This outlook that NOAA is saying, that we’re going to develop or have worsening drought, it’s not surprising, it’s not unexpected,” said Erinanne Saffel, Arizona’s state climatologist.

The Arizona Trail Riders are hosting the annual Camp Wood Enduro Race April 9 – 10. Organizers anticipate up to 100 participants.

Troopers fired back fatally shooting him. Authorities identified the suspect as Charles Carswell.

To accommodate the work, people traveling through the steep-sided canyon can expect major traffic flow restrictions and a limited number of full closures.

Authorities have identified a man who was struck several times by vehicles on Interstate 40 near Winslow and died.

KINGMAN – Mohave Community College’s Neal Campus in Kingman was on lockdown starting about 4 p.m. April 1, after reports of a possible shooting incident in a nearby neighborhood.

SAFFORD, Ariz. (AP) — A 12-year-old southern Arizona girl missing for more than a week has been found safe in South Carolina and a man is facing charges of kidnapping and custodial interference, authorities said March 30.

PHOENIX (AP) — A major overhaul of large parts of Arizona's K-12 school funding formula backed by a school choice group and the Republican leader of the House Education Committee got last-minute approval in the House Appropriations Committee March 28.

Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation March 30 to outlaw virtually all abortions after 15 weeks, preclude transgender girls from participating in women's sports, and make it illegal for doctors to perform "irreversible gender reassignment surgery'' on minors.

The woman came out on the tracks in front of a moving Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway train, according to police.

Here’s what they can’t do: Pretty much everything else.

Senators from Maine and Montana want the Biden administration to clarify the impact of more people visiting the country’s national parks.