PAGE — A stretch of U.S. 89 in northern Arizona is closed in both directions because of a pavement problem about 25 miles south of Page.

SEDONA — Highway 89A between Sedona and Interstate 17 has been reopened after being closed Sunday night and early Monday morning due to heavy snow and ice on the pavement.

PAGE — Gov. Jan Brewer has signed an emergency declaration so the state can seek federal money to pay for repairing a northern Arizona highway that remains partially closed since pavement buckled on Feb. 20.

PAGE — The U.S. Department of Transportation will release $2 million for initial emergency repairs to a highway in northern Arizona.

A basic digital photography class will be held at Central Arizona College, taught by local freelance photographer Jim Cowlin through the college’s community education program on Nov. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Fall in Arizona unfolds in four acts. The prelude is under way in the San Francisco Peaks and the countryside around Flagstaff. Soon fall will make its debut in Oak Creek, then the White Mountains, ending with a grand finale at Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior.

Fall in Arizona unfolds in four acts. The prelude is under way in the San Francisco Peaks and the countryside around Flagstaff. Soon fall will make its debut in Oak Creek, then the White Mountains, ending with a grand finale at Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior.

Travelers are still being warned to stay away from parts of northern Arizona after last week’s powerful storms, according to the Arizona’s Emergency Operations Center.

Firefighters may not take the drastic step of closing I-17 this holiday weekend — but they ask Valley residents to consider it closed nonetheless.

BEIJING - Order is restored in international basketball. The United States is back on top, but not by that much anymore. Culminating a three-year mission to end years of embarrassment, the U.S. Olympic team survived a huge challenge from Spain, winning 118-107 Sunday in the gold-medal game.

Transplanted Easterners may believe they’ve left the spectacle of autumn behind, but there are plenty of places in Arizona to satisfy that yearning for the oranges, pinks, yellows and reds of fall.

Transplanted Easterners may believe they’ve left the spectacle of autumn behind, but there are plenty of places in Arizona to satisfy that yearning for the oranges, pinks, yellows and reds of fall.

Scottsdale golfer Parker McLachlin received an exemption into the next week’s FBR Open, tournament chairman Pat McGinley announced Saturday.

Whatever your cup of tea, you’re likely to find it in the Prescott area this weekend. With five events going on there and in neighboring Prescott Valley, Arizona’s territorial capital offers travelers of all ages and interests reasons to stop and stretch their legs.

Inside Arizona: Spring training is just one of the exciting happenings that makes Surprise a city on the move. Surprise, located in the northwest Valley, has emerged almost overnight.

When a University of Arizona criminology professor asked a class of about 100 students how many of them would be willing to “turn the switch” on a death row inmate to facilitate an execution, Terry Rubey was the only one who raised his hand.

Arizona’s dove season is rapidly approaching, and although it won’t be a banner year, hunters can expect some of the best dove hunting in the nation for the state’s Saturday through Sept. 15 early season and Nov. 23 to Jan. 6, 2008, late season hunts.

There are about 3,000 reasons to get out and hike. You ate them all during your Thanksgiving feast.

There are about 3,000 reasons to get out this weekend and hike. You ate them all during your Thanksgiving feast. Remember the turkey, mashed potatoes smothered in gravy, green bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls with butter and pumpkin pie with whipped cream?

America West Airlines is finding it difficult to make money flying passengers, so the carrier is trying to bolster its bottom line by flying more mail and freight in the belly of planes.

Time to get out of Dodge, music fans! With the official start of summer only about a month away it's time to pack up the car with some road music, a variety of munchies, cold drinks and maps, and hit the open highway for a place where you don't see those funky heat mirages rising off the blacktop.

Time to get out of Dodge, music fans! With the official start of summer only about a month away — although here in the Valley the unofficial official start of summer is usually somewhere around the first week of March — it's time to pack up the car with some road music, a variety of munchies, cold drinks and maps, and hit the open highway for a place where you don't see those funky heat mirages rising off the blacktop.

Jennifer Johnston is keeping her eyes trained on the rugged western slopes of the Goldfield Mountains. The winter-browned peaks are poised to erupt in brilliant springtime wildflowers, and Johnston, park manager at Usery Mountain Regional Park northeast of Mesa, is hoping to spot the spare but elegant Mariposa lily.

NEW YORK - The headlines say oil prices have fallen 15 percent this year. Gas station receipts tell a different story - the cost of filling 'er up has slipped from about $35 to $33. Big deal.