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Ruth Alvarez walked out of the Lower Buckeye Jail on Thursday morning after agreeing to a plea deal with Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery.

Position: Senior News Reporter. Started with KTAR July 4, 1999. Favorite food: Steak and shrimp, and any food on campouts.

Arizona Storage Inn in Phoenix recently sold for $1.9 million, or about $51 per square foot.

Thousands of fans packed a sold-out Comerica Theatre in downtown Phoenix last night to catch a rare performance from singer Elizabeth Grant aka Lana Del Rey in between her Coachella stops.

Here at DPJ, we're all about sharing what we love. Beyond the stories that make us love downtown, we often come across things that catch our eye, tingle our senses or have us dancing in delight.

If you haven't been building your bitters collection, it's time to start. Bill and Lill Buitenhuys , the couple behind AZ Bitters Lab , explain that chefs have spice racks and bartenders equip themselves with an arsenal of bitters, which act as the seasoning element to finish and round out any cocktail flavor.

A transgender woman of color named Monica Jones was convicted last week for walking down the street.

Bad news for folks looking to jump on the bike share train in Phoenix: The Grid Bike Share program launch has been postponed until after this summer.

Sandra moved from the small border city of Yuma, Arizona to study Broadcast Journalism at Arizona State University in the late 90s.

The Phoenix Veterans' Affairs Health Care System has come under fire for allegations of negligence and delayed care .

Originally from southern California, I began working in radio in 2010 at my community college station DJing late night shows on the school's jazz station, 88.5FM KSBR.

A judge in Phoenix will hold a hearing Wednesday in which lawyers for former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper will challenge the evidence used to keep him in jail without bail on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted two women in Arizona.

If you were born somewhere between the late 1980s and the early 2000s and are currently living in metro Phoenix, good news: You're doing at least one thing right.

Cottonwood and the Old Town Association are promoting Cottonwood this month with billboards placed along the Interstate in Phoenix.

An attorney for an Arizona woman convicted of fatally beating her husband with a hammer urged jurors Tuesday to spare his client's life.

The Arizona Senate has failed to revive a proposal granting a private Christian university a major break on its property taxes.

The Boys & Girls clubs of Metro Phoenix next week will debut a new teen center named for Bob and Renee Parsons.

There are few people in popular music today as prolific as Robert Pollard . Pollard is best known as the leader of the influential indie rock band Guided by Voices, lo-fi legends whose albums are densely packed with pocket-sized exercises in hooky rock magic, and he's also released a steady stream of solo recordings and offshoot projects such as ... (more)

A Mesa man was accused of shooting a flare gun at his son-in-law and then trying to fatally stab the other man.

East Valley police said they've completed an operation resulting in numerous arrests and the recovery of hundreds of guns as well as thousands of stolen items.