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Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes has won the Democratic nomination for Arizona secretary of state.

A bipartisan bill was introduced Thursday to establish the Border Patrol Reserve through the Border Patrol Enhancement Act. It would create a 2,500 agent reserve force, increase the number of Border Patrol agents, and raise Border Patrol pay by 14%.

The Navajo Nation Commission on Emergency Management has declared a state of emergency due to flooding from recent monsoon rains. The declaration will allow local chapters to access additional resources to help mitigate the impacts of heavy rainfall and widespread flooding.

Kari Lake has declared herself the winner in the Republican race for governor, but election officials say the race is still too close to call.

Republican Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers has lost his bid for a state Senate seat after refusing former President Donald Trump’s pleas to help overturn the 2020 election results and testifying before Congress about the efforts.

The newly proposed Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022 would allow water rights to the Colorado, Verde and Bill Williams rivers and would fund infrastructure to deliver about 4,000 acre-feet of water annually to the tribe.

Grant applications are being accepted by the National Forest’s Coconino Resource Advisory Committee for forest health and restoration projects. Improvement projects are mainly done on federal lands within Coconino County, including the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests and sections of the Prescott and Apache-Sitgreaves Forests.

Former Phoenix metro Sheriff Joe Arpaio is making his third political comeback attempt. This time he's running for mayor of the affluent suburb of Fountain Hills where he has lived for more than two decades.

Steadily rising temperatures are part of what the American Medical Association and others have declared a public health crisis, affecting everything from mental health to physical health to social wellbeing.

The Bureau of Reclamation has approved funding for five western states to improve long-term drought resiliency through drought contingency plans. Kingman has been selection to receive $100,000 to improve water supply reliability.