Phoenix Opens Nine Free Sand Sites Ahead of a Wet, Windy Weekend
First Alert Weather Days run Saturday through Monday, with possible localized flooding and gusts up to 50 mph.
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Sedona Red Rock News Sold to Wick Communications After 63 Years of Family Ownership; Four More Northern Arizona Papers Change Hands
The Larson family is selling the Sedona Red Rock News and The Journal to Sierra Vista-based Wick Communications, and the Verde Independent, Camp Verde Bugle, Williams-Grand Canyon News and Navajo-Hopi Observer will move to a Wick joint venture, both effective Dec. 1.
Mesa Public Library Turns 120 With a Limited-Edition Jimmy Eat World Library Card
Designed to look like a vintage concert ticket, the card honors the Mesa-raised band and the 25th anniversary of ‘Bleed American.’ It goes out Saturday, Oct. 10, at all four branches.
Matthieu Blazy Sends Chanel Soaring With a Bird-Themed Spring 2027 Show, One Year Into His Reign
Under a flock of suspended birds at the Grand Palais, Blazy’s third Chanel ready-to-wear collection mixed classic tweeds, formfitting knits, tutus and a new stretch ‘athletic’ tweed suit, as the house rides a sales surge dubbed ‘Blazymania.’
Environmental Groups Appeal Approval of Navajo Mine Expansion; Tribal-Owned Coal Company Says Critics Have It Wrong
Tó Nizhóní Ání and San Juan Citizens Alliance asked the Interior Department to reconsider the No Name Permit for the Navajo Mine, which supplies the APS-run Four Corners Power Plant. Navajo Transitional Energy Co. says the permit is not a new mine or a 100-year approval.
George Fenton, Composer Behind ‘Gandhi,’ ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘The Blue Planet,’ Dies at 76
The five-time Oscar nominee scored more than 100 films, 18 of them for Ken Loach, wrote the music for David Attenborough’s landmark nature series and composed BBC News themes heard daily across Britain.
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Passes 1,000 Cases, the First U.S. Outbreak to Do So in 35 Years
State health officials reported 1,004 confirmed cases across 39 counties, 198 hospitalizations and five deaths since the outbreak began in late April. Demand for MMR shots has more than doubled.
Flagstaff Voters Weigh a Half-Cent Sales Tax and $40 Million Bond for Police and Fire as Early Voting Opens
Prop. 404 would raise Flagstaff’s sales tax by 0.5% for 15 years to fund 77 public safety jobs; Prop. 405 would authorize $40 million in bonds for a new fire station, a police headquarters expansion and a wildland fire facility. A city and FUSD open house is set for Wednesday.
Spain’s Sánchez Calls Snap Election for Nov. 29 After Parliament Rejects His Housing Plan
The Socialist prime minister is gambling that anger over soaring rents will rally the left, even though polls show the conservative People’s Party and far-right Vox on track for a majority.
Trump Signs Order Letting Truckers Use Tax-Free Red-Dyed Diesel on Highways Through Year’s End
Signed onstage at a Nebraska rally, the order defers the federal excise tax on highway use of off-road ‘dyed’ diesel for the rest of 2026. The White House says truckers could save over $100 a fill-up; a fuel analyst says supply, not taxes, is the problem.