Nicole Grigg

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services working to make sure states like Arizona have resources to handle the heat

ABC15 has heard from dozens of people by email who have the same frustrations about repeated power outages this summer

The ABC15 Investigators have learned that there is no standardized way that the deaths are counted across the state

A federal utility provider with more than 10,000 customers across central Arizona will conduct two studies around power outages. The San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP) tells ABC15 that they have approximately 102 damaged power poles across various locations of their service area. SCIP is run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which serves customers on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila River Indian Reservation, and homes outside of reservation boundaries.

Outages impact people living across central Arizona from Coolidge and Casa Grande to areas in Pima County

An out-of-state officer has filed multiple complaints with the Tempe Police Department after he felt he was targeted for being Black after he was arrested for squealing his tires.

Miguel Moreno, 70, was the family patriarch so it was a difficult decision when his daughters had to place him in memory care. Moreno’s daughters, Mina Hernandez and Adriana Moreno, had to get creative in moving their father to an assisted living facility in Tucson. “I recall driving super slow,” said Hernandez, “He loved a filet sandwich from McDonald's, so we went through the drive-thru so that he could have something yummy to eat.”

The sisters arrived at Park Senior Villas, La Cañada on July 31, 2023, where they said they found a facility that was going to help him with a higher level of care for his dementia.

The Chandler Police Department has referred charges for OD Harris and his wife Elizabeth Ward after an investigation found the couple was allegedly involved in the damage of a political sign at the end of July.

Arizona’s attorney general says new legislation is needed to track when vulnerable seniors wander away from care facilities. The ABC15 Investigators have been reporting on what are called “elopements” for months. The long-term care industry refers to these unsupervised wandering that leads to residents leaving facilities as “elopements.” The exact number that occurs is unknown though because no Arizona state agency tracks them. “We don't even know how big this problem is because the state of Arizona doesn't track it,” said Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes in an exclusive interview with ABC15