Arizona Lottery sales surge as jackpots fuel state budget boost

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — With Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot exceeding $500 million, Arizona Lottery players are dreaming big while unknowingly contributing to a significant boost in state funding. Arizona lottery ticket sales surged dramatically this...

Defyne Plastic Surgery Announces Expansion of Scottsdale Practice, Uniting Global Expertise With Arizona Innovation

Published on October 8, 2025 at 04:10 EDT Source: Defyne Plastic Surgery SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ(PinionNewswire) — Defyne Plastic Surgery, led by Harvard-trained microsurgeon Dr. Oren Tessler, is proud to announce the expansion of its groundbreaking...

Cost, care, control: Families in rural Arizona choose midwives over hospitals

A Healthcare Crisis Behind Bars

“This is a third or fourth call for help. I haven’t been able to keep food, liquids, meds down in days […] I feel like I am very close to death. Can’t hear, seeing lights, hearing voices. Please help me,” wrote Madaline Pitkin on April 23, 2014....

Health restored, speed is back in Parker Kingston’s court

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Arizona Cardinals sign punter Pat O’Donnell

The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has signed punter Pat O’Donnell to the active roster. The signing took place today at the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center in Tempe, AZ. O’Donnell (6-4, 220) is a...

Arizona Gov. Hobbs orders flags to fly at half-staff to honor firefighter killed in motorcycle crash

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered state government buildings to fly flags at half-staff on Sunday. Hobbs issued the edict for the interment of firefighter EMT Glenn Collins, who was killed in a motorcycle crash on his way to work in...

Arizona lawmaker plays victim after she was caught on hot-mic calling female co-worker 'morbidly obese'

An Arizona school board member who was caught on a hot mic calling her district's nutritional director 'morbidly obese' Carine Werner, a Scottsdale Unified School District board member and Arizona state senator, has faced a petition calling for...

Is Andy Biggs' claim about free health premiums true? 

Rep. Andy Biggs' recent claim about high income people paying no money for health insurance premiums via the Affordable Care Act exchange is either very rare or not true. Biggs, an Arizona Republican who is running for governor, said in a "Good...

This 49ers Q&A Remains Unnamed: If healthy, is it an embarassment of riches for offense? Is the 2025 team progressing or getting lucky?

We’re back with a second 49ers mailbag. We still don’t know what we are going to call this segment that is replacing Punterville articles in importance, but we have a few suggestions. I’m leaning on “Ask Pato” as my contribution for naming...

Arizona congressman calls for end to government shutdown

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, wants Democrats to “come to their senses” and end the government shutdown. Hamadeh told The Center Square that Democrats’ reasons for the federal shutdown keep changing. That includes...

College Football Predictions Week 7 Today: Arizona Outlasts BYU, Bama Takes Down Mizzou

Photo By - Imagn Images. Noah Fifita gets ready to throw downfield. Marathoners are idiots. The concept is based on a story of a Greek messenger, Philippides, racing to Athens to relay a claim of victory, only to die as soon as he said, “We have...

Widespread ‘fact-checker’ failure on public health benefits for illegal immigrants

In trying to win the public relations battle over the shutdown, Republicans have argued that the Democrats’ budget would grant health benefits to illegal immigrants. “That’s false,” NPR says. “This is false,” according to the Associated Press....

Battery energy storage system fire in Arizona: Are Staten Island sites at risk?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A massive fire broke out at a battery energy storage system facility in Peoria, Arizona, earlier this month, requiring a large-scale response from multiple area fire departments and the shutdown of surrounding streets. The...

Readers sound off on health care inequality, Gaza ceasefire and inflation refunds

Mamdani presents a path to health system fixes Manhattan: As a long-time health policy activist and a primary care doctor in the South Bronx, health care is important to us in the mayoral race. We know a lot about Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor....

Arizona teacher ‘infuriated’ by medical credit card pitched as payment plan

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (InvestigateTV) — Kerry Morgan is house-hunting for her forever home in Texas. The Apache Junction, Arizona, woman says a new grandbaby is on the way, and she wants to be closer to family. “Now, with the credit hit, I’m...

Southwest Health Education Collaborative fuels future healthcare workforce

Several Yuma County organizations have come together to launch a new Area Health Education Center to expand opportunities for students aiming to enter the healthcare workforce, strengthening various associated career pathways in southwestern...

Mindfulness Won’t Burn Calories, but It Might Help You Stick With Your Health Goals

Most people know roughly what kind of lifestyle they should be living to stay healthy. Think regular exercise, a balanced diet and sufficient sleep. Yet, despite all the hacks, trackers and motivational quotes, many of us still struggle to stick...

Former Arizona health director recounts life full of plot twists in memoir 'You Don't Know Jack!'

Anyone who grew up here in the Valley in the 1990s might recall a memorable anti-smoking tagline, designed to gross you out: “Tobacco: the tumor-causing, teeth-staining, smelly puking habit.” The line was part of a campaign by Arizona’s health...

Tony Dixon and Friends brings heart, experience to mental health awareness

There's a difference between speaking and communicating. According to a 2025 study by the University of Arizona, the average person speaks 13-thousand words per day -- and that does not include words typed on our phones and computers. How much...