Maricopa man sentenced in death of AZ police officer
Carlos Galvan was sentenced to 44 years in prison for second-degree murder in the death of Tohono O'odham Officer Bryan Brown. Police say Galvan confronted Brown in 2020, threatening him with a broken bottle. Galvan then jumped inside Brown's police cruiser and hit him.
US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B energy transmission project in Arizona
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California.
Native American tracking unit in Arizona could be expanding
Since 1974, the elite unit has tracked smugglers across the 2.8 million acres of the Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona and the 76-mile stretch of land bordering Mexico.
Services for Tohono O'odham police officer killed in August set to take place on September 12
Services for a police officer who was killed in Southern Arizona in August will take place on September 12, according to officials with the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Arizona tribal leader: Work to build border wall hurts sacred land
A Native American leader from Arizona grew emotional Wednesday as he told a congressional committee about the pain members of his tribe feel about U.S. officials blasting through land they consider sacred to build part of President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Arizona crews blast national monument hill for border wall
Environmental advocates, elected officials and Tohono O’odham Nation leaders have raised concerns about the project, including the destruction of saguaros, the use of water from an underground aquifer, the potential impact on migrating animals and the destruction of land consider scared by some Native Americans.
Police: Man arrested in connection with bank robbery where dye pack exploded, left pink cloud trail
Officials with the Glendale Police Department say a man is under arrest in connection with a bank robbery earlier in the month.
Casa Grande man gets 17 ½ years in prison for fatal shooting
A Casa Grande man has been sentenced to 17 ½ years in federal prison for a 2018 murder on the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix.
US judge blocks Canadian company's copper mine project in Arizona
A federal judge has overturned the U.S. Forest Service's approval of plans for a new copper mine in southeastern Arizona in a decision that comes amid a larger battle across the West over the use of public lands for mining.