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By: Nick Ciletti Posted 6:35 AM, Oct 08, 2025 PHOENIX — As we commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, we are taking a closer look at how the Valley’s Latino communities rebounded financially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, results of a joint study were released, spotlighting two Arizona communities, including parts of South Tucson and South Phoenix, and what…

Chris Daniels Updated Tue, October 7th 2025 at 4:54 AM SEATTLE — If you can stand at the corner of Broadway and Union, you can see how Seattle is at a crossroads. A man is standing at a bus stop smoking fentanyl, as school kids walk by, fresh from a meal at 206 Burger, owned by…

Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard October 01, 2025 / 12:02 pm Washington state’s minimum wage will surpass $17 per hour in 2026. It will rise 2.8% to $17.13 per hour, starting Jan. 1, the state Department of Labor and Industries announced Tuesday. The current $16.66 per-hour wage already leads the nation, though California and parts of New…

John Beifuss Oct 1, 2025 Playback Memphis, a nonprofit theater group, is rebranding itself as everystory. The organization uses improvised enactments of audience stories to promote community well-being. The group’s first performance under its new name will be on Oct. 11. Since 2008, Playback Memphis has practiced what it describes on its website as “a unique art…

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with federal agents forming a crime-fighting task force in Memphis, Tennessee. By  ADRIAN SAINZ and TRAVIS LOLLER Updated 6:06 PM CDT, October 1, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday rallied members of a federal…

By Lauren Martinez  Wednesday, October 1, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Some San Jose residents are still trying to figure out their next steps after a fire heavily damaged their apartment complex. On Thursday, the San Jose Fire Department responded to a blaze at the David Avenue apartments. The Red Cross opened a shelter at…

Ana Burk, Lillian Boyd, Sona Gevorgyan, Tufan Neupane and Tori Smith/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University Sept. 29, 2025 PHOENIX – The Phoenix Police Department shared details of Turrell Clay’s Jan. 10 arrest and subsequent death in news and video releases intended to show transparency about situations when officers use force. His…

Madeline Nguyen, Emma Croteau and Naomi Jordan/Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU Sept. 29, 2025 PHOENIX — Turrell Clay lived out the painful last afternoon of his short life in broad daylight, under a wintry desert sun. When he stripped off his shirt and climbed atop a Maryvale home, baring…

Alessandra De Zubeldia, L. M. Boyd, Owen Alfonso and Moses Havyarimana Sept. 29, 2025 Evelyn De León heard police officers yelling from outside her house on a winding residential Maryvale street on a Friday afternoon in early January. Fear seeped into her as she recalled the moment when, two years earlier, she stared down the…

The owners of Estelita’s Library are fundraising for their next ambitious endeavor, a nearly $28M affordable-housing development on Beacon Hill. Paris Jackson Shannen Ortale Sep 26, 2025 Seattle is in a housing crisis, with affordability one of the many challenges. One couple is on a mission to build what they call “self-determined” affordable housing. Edwin…