The holiday season is upon us — as well as the irritable drivers and drunken partygoers that go along with it.

A unique law enforcement operation provided training in commercial vehicle enforcement and improved the overall safety of Interstate 10 last week as officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), and their counterparts from the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and the Idaho Highway Patrol (IHP) stopped and inspected 33 commercial vehicles and took 11 of them out of service for severe violations.

Highway patrol groups are denouncing Scottsdale’s proposal to put photo radar on Loop 101, saying the city is cherry picking easy targets to make money.

An unprecedented number of police officers will cruise Valley streets to curb drunken driving as Arizona’s second deadliest holiday quickly follows a 2 a.m. last call at bars that began Aug. 25.

It’s the perfect recipe for danger — lots of sunshine, crowded lakes and Memorial Day weekend. As Arizonans flock to the lakes, hauling boats along the highways, state officials are increasing manpower on land and water to gear up for the busy and dangerous summer months.

It’s the perfect recipe for danger — lots of sunshine, crowded lakes and Memorial Day weekend. As Arizonans flock to the lakes, hauling boats along the highways, state officials are increasing manpower on land and water to gear up for the busy and dangerous summer months.

Two law enforcement agencies are turning up the heat on Loop 101 this summer, targeting speeders and bad drivers on the East Valley freeway in an attempt to reduce crashes.

Two law enforcement agencies are turning up the heat on Loop 101 this summer, targeting speeders and bad drivers on the East Valley freeway in an attempt to reduce crashes.

Tempe police, in cooperation with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, is beefing up patrols until April 25th in an effort to reduce collisions.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, working with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, will conduct a DUI task force on Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m., the sheriff’s office said over the weekend.

Snow, ice and falling rocks prompted highway patrol officers to seal off all routes from the East Valley to Payson and Show Low on Saturday.

PHOENIX - Saying she should have been consulted, Gov. Janet Napolitano on Thursday ordered the state Department of Public Safety to rescind an order that Highway Patrol driving be reduced because of high gasoline prices.

Police agencies across Arizona are launching patrols to seek out drunken drivers during the July 4 holiday.

Officers from the East Valley DUI Task Force will conduct saturation patrols Wednesday night for St. Patrick’s Day, according to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

A Mesa police officer was treated for back pain Wednesday after a car collided with his patrol car as it was parked in the gore point of the on-ramp at U.S. 60 and Stapley Drive.

WASHINGTON — A group of House Republicans say Border Patrol agents should be granted direct control over U.S. borders, even on federal lands managed by other agencies.

DOUGLAS - Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and seriously wounded a suspect near Douglas Thursday morning.

An unprecedented number of police officers will cruise Valley streets starting this weekend to curb drunken driving as Arizona's second-most deadly holiday quickly follows a 2 a.m. last call at bars that began Tuesday.

Scottsdale police have stepped up traffic patrols on the northern stretch of Scottsdale Road and on Pima Road to reduce fatalities on the busy and deadly routes.

Elected officials often want to be perceived as “doing something” about an issue, particularly when it is an emotionally charged one of life and death.

YUMA - A vehicle filled with suspected illegal immigrants rolled over early Monday, resulting in nine deaths, authorities said. The single-vehicle accident occurred on a dirt road about a mile west of U.S. 95 when the driver of a large SUV carrying up to 22 people attempted to make a U-turn with Border Patrol agents in pursuit and the vehicle rolled over when he lost control, a Border Patrol spokesman said.

While piloting the lone plane in the Arizona Department of Public Safety's airborne highway patrol program earlier this week, Geoff Jacobs told his passenger the tale of a stop during a similar patrol in Payson.

WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday to divert some of the money President Bush requested for the war in Iraq to instead increase patrols against illegal immigrants on the nation's borders and provide the Coast Guard with new boats and helicopters.