Arizona
‘It’s a disaster’: Some Arizona drivers left frustrated as roads have been hit hard by recent storms
Some in Wickenburg annoyed over state of roads
Current storms have wreaked havoc on a few of Arizona’s main highways, and a few drivers in Wickenburg say potholes on a stretch of roads of their space is turning into a residing nightmare. FOX 10’s Stephanie Bennett experiences.
WICKENBURG, Ariz. – Current storms are wreaking havoc on a few of Arizona’s main highways, with the I-40 from Flagstaff to Kingman, in addition to the Highways 60 and 93 close to Wickenburg being a number of the hardest hit.
In Wickenburg, residents say they’ve popped tires and broken their automobile’s alignment. Some within the space even say it is a residing nightmare.
“Blood Alley. That’s what we name it,” mentioned Elaine Elekas. “Now with all of the potholes, it is a catastrophe, and persons are consistently weaving and attempting to keep away from one another, truck drivers. It’s extremely, very harmful.”
“I used to be not anticipating them in any respect,” mentioned Keila Hookland. “I drove up this manner again in October, and it was not as unhealthy.”
The sudden dents within the floor come up quick and are sudden, particularly at night time.
“It was type of terrible. There have been potholes all alongside the way in which. You type of have to remain virtually on the aspect of the street like that emergency shoulder space simply because the potholes are good the place your tires are, and also you don’t wish to hold hitting them.”
Space residents say the potholes began getting insufferable a couple of months in the past. Many have requested ADOT to deal with the problem, however officers with the division say the potholes are due to the unprecedented winter climate and up to date rainstorms, which can be delaying their restore efforts.
“We’re doing the non permanent patching within the cooler climate, after which as soon as it is dry and heat, our crews can are available and lower out a few of these unhealthy sections, and apply the everlasting patchwork. We all know that we’ll be busy up in [Northern Arizona] all spring and summer season, with that type of patchwork alongside I-40,” mentioned Garin Groff.
Nonetheless, space residents say they need everlasting options, and never patches.
“Extra time they’ve tried to restore, and the repairs have been re-repaired, and now, potholes are occurring along with the place the repairs have been,” mentioned Stephen Hamilton.
“What I might hope to see is that they might say someway, we will get some emergency funds to fully re-pave this,” mentioned Elekas.
ADOT has a number of giant initiatives within the works throughout the state, however not so much by way of repaving the affected sections. They’ll have a gathering in April that can be open to public remark, and they’re additionally asking for drivers suggestions on-line.
Portholes on a stretch of street close to Wickenburg
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Christmas is over, but the stores and malls are busy one day later—shoppers either returning gifts that weren’t quite right or spending some of that holiday cash.
“A lot of the stores we went to, you had to wait in lines just to get from one store to the other,” said Jeannie Mac. “It was pretty busy.”
When you think of holiday shopping, you often think of items flying off the shelves.
“There are a lot of discounts at target, 50% off all decorations. You’d be surprised. The shelves are a little empty,” said shopper Joseph Caruana.
But the day after Christmas, many of those items end up back in-store. This year, returns are expected to add up to 17% of all merchandise sales, according to a recent report by the National Retail Federation. It’s about $890 billion in returned unneeded or unwanted gifts.
However, not everyone was there for returns or exchanges.
“Everyone enjoyed the presents, so didn’t have to return anything, thankfully,” said Max Miely.
Many people Arizona’s Family spoke with were mainly there looking to spend their holiday money, including Jenn Neild, who was visiting from Canada.
“We’re just looking around for some post Christmas deals, Boxing Day deals,” she said.
Boxing Day is traditionally a holiday similar to Black Friday, celebrated in the U.K. and Canada.
It was a good opportunity for shoppers who came out ready to use their holiday gift cards or, in other cases, to claim their Christmas gifts.
“We just went to go get my cousins ear pierced for her Christmas present and we’re going to be shopping for pajamas and different things,” said Morgan Uperesa, another shopper.
Because Dec. 26 and Dec. 27 are historically the busiest days for returns, the Better Business Bureau advises you to bring any receipts to the store.
If you don’t have one, they say you should know the rules on returns without it.
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ARIZONA — Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon says the progress of running back James Conner has been “good” this week as the team prepares to battle the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17.
Gannon, however, wouldn’t elaborate more on Conner and didn’t reveal if he’d play in Saturday night’s primetime battle.
Conner is dealing with a knee injury suffered in the second half of Week 16’s loss to the Carolina Panthers, a 36-30 overtime defeat that saw Arizona’s postseason dreams officially end.
Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon said James Conner’s progression from his knee injury has been “good.”
JG did not go further as to whether or not he’ll be good to go on Saturday. — Tyler Drake (@Tdrake4sports) December 26, 2024
Conner was a limited participant in the two prior practice days for Arizona and if he is again the same for Thursday, it’s likely he’ll officially be ruled questionable when the injury report drops later today.
“We’ll see how he goes throughout the week. I know he wants to play, so we’ll do what’s best for him first and then what’s best for the team,” Gannon said of Conner earlier this week.
Once again, Conner has been one of Arizona’s top players throughout the course of the season, once again eclipsing the 1,000-yard rushing mark as the engine of the Cardinals’ offense.
The ink just dried on Conner’s two-year extension to stay in Arizona, as the running back was set to test the free agent market before the Cardinals re-signed him earlier in the year.
If he can go, Conner hopes to help play the role of spoiler in Los Angeles, as the Rams can win the NFC West with a victory over Arizona and a little help.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Gunshots reportedly rang out at Terminal 4 of Phoenix Sky Harbor on Christmas night.
Airport officials tell Arizona’s Family that police responded to reports of gunfire around 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday.
One security checkpoint and the PHX Sky Train was temporarily closed as part of the investigation, however the areas have since reopened.
At this time, police have not confirmed if anyone is injured or if anyone has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
Arizona’s Family has a crew on scene. Check back for updates
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