Are back to square one. This is always an inherent risk, to step out and try to do something great for the community. Reporter how quickly things change, just a few months ago county supervisors were optimistic about a potential sale of chase field to private investors in order to renovate the 18yearold ballpark, but now those investors are backing out of the deal and pointing the blame directly at the diamondbacks. In county board of supervisors, they called the teams 117 million estimate greatly exaggerated, and they say on numerous occasions the diamondbacks refused to meet with them. The team responded late tonight saying they are offended at the notion that they are being uncooperative in the process and that the group wasnt being forthcoming about basic information regarding the sale. They also say the price tag for and right now the county is still on the hook for the lease of chase field lasting through 2020. They say they will continue to honor the deal. The county can seek ou
Everyone happy and employed going forward. Right now, because nobody wants to jobs or money away, those are the options that we were looking at, and the governor saw it and made proposals to the tribes. And governor ducey also saw an opportunity to end a squabble that has been going on for years. We have been doing this since 2009, 2011, you know, and right now we ran out of options, but he came along and helped us to bring it back to the table. Well, we think this is a good deal for the tribal nations and for arizona we have to think of, just like i have said, im going to be governor of all of the people, and this is a compact that provides opportunity for all. By shuffling the deck on the 2002 voterpassed gaming compact, the desert Diamond Casino will get to become a class three facility. That means full slots and table games and eventually a liquor license. Meanwhile, the other tribes get to finally say no more to any new casinos in the valley and more money in their pockets. For al
He was upset about attacks on muslims. 11 people were hurt including one with critical injuries. Breaking live coverage of this continuing tonight with world news when this newscast ends. You can see this on abc15. Com or our free mobile app. Steppout side and then step outside and then go back inside to grab a sweater. Rain in the valley and snow in flagstaff. As we track the rain, sleet, and snow in the higher terrain. You can see the snow shower activity picking up near pine top lakeside. The dark blues indicate a heavy band of snow showers there. Rain near holbrook. The purples a little wintry mix of rain, sleet, snow near sedona. A few spots over the last hour switch over to snow near the Prescott Valley area. Along i17 treacherous conditions for the next several hours. Rain near camp verde. We can see it from the cam in that area. Farther to the north it is snow shower activity in the park and into flagstaff. A live look right now from the flagstaff area from our arizona network.
Mother with a handful of kids living with her. One neighbor didnt want to show his face but says for a crime scene, deputies were eerily quiet. I said did you guys come in in stealth mode and they said yes because it was after the fact. They didnt come in with sirens, which i would have heard directly but they did say it was something i didnt want to know. Reporter we have been pushing for a Response Police but they say detectives are still investigating. Expect more details tomorrow. New information about a man accused of a brutal murder in phoenix yesterday. He has been identified as Brandon Sutherland and he faces two counts of firstdegree murder. He is accused of killing a man neighbors tell us he is a former marine. It happened at a Mobile Home Park and officers were called to the scene yesterday afternoon about reports of a man hitting a woman. When they arrived, police found a man and woman in their 60s dead with severe cut wounds. Sutherland was also at the scene. He surrendere
Pacaass. It is a large rodent found in central and south america, and the code name of Jose De Jesus zamorra. He and more than a dozen others had been arrested. We are really getting crushed in our region with heroin abuse and use. Reporter large quantities of heroin was discovered hidden in spare tires of cars. Some 50 wire taps led to the discovery including three assault rifles. The group was hyper vigilant about a potential Law Enforcement investigation. They were not new players. They had learned from their past mistakes reporter hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash was discovered during raids. What is perhaps most disturbing is seeing that the users of heroin are getting younger. If youre out there and contemplate historic in douglas reporter the hope is they find them before more people become addicted. Reporter this was one of the many locations raided during the operation. Guns, drugs, and cash. The latest as firefighters contain a small grass fire in jefferson county. It