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To help stave off another round of mandatory cutbacks, water leaders for Arizona, Nevada and California are preparing to sign an agreement that would voluntarily reduce Colorado River water to the lower basin states by 500,000 acre-feet — enough to supply about 750,000 households for a year — for both 2022 and 2023.
Dec. 15, 2021
A University of Arizona astronomer was an adviser for “Don’t Look Up,” a movie about two scientists who learn that a comet is about to strike the Earth.
Dec. 14, 2021
A bill honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed Dec. 13, and now statues of the women will be placed in the U.S. Capitol to join other women who helped shape America.
Dec. 14, 2021
The intersection of sports, politics and culture isn’t a new phenomenon. The Show spoke with former New York Times sports columnist William C. Rhoden to learn what has and hasn't changed about the crossover.
Dec. 14, 2021
The Short Creek community spans across northern Arizona and southern Utah, and it was settled by a breakaway sect of the broader Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that continued to practice polygamy after the church banned it. Producer Glenn Meehan documented the area and its sexual abuse in a new documentary, "Keep Sweet."
Dec. 14, 2021
There’s a corn shortage in Mexico. And it’s hampering an all-important Mexican Christmas tradition: tamales.
Dec. 14, 2021
As the median price of homes is on the rise here in the Valley, that has left the idea of affordable housing on the sidelines for many people. And the inequity is growing — just as it has in other parts of the U.S.
Dec. 14, 2021
The proposal would give Republicans an edge in one of the districts and move Democrats to a district where they already have an electoral advantage.
Dec. 14, 2021
The omicron variant is now in Maricopa County. Health officials say they’ve identified six COVID-19 cases involving omicron, the latest strain of the virus. <br><small><b>→ <a href="https://kjzz.org/coronavirus" target="_blank">More Arizona coronavirus news</a></small></b>
Dec. 13, 2021
'Emotionally, mentally, physically exhausting.' Valley COVID-19 ICU nurse on her pandemic experience
The last 20-plus months have been difficult for lots of people, but perhaps no more so than for frontline health care workers, who have been treating COVID-19 patients pretty much nonstop.
Dec. 13, 2021
