Police are cracking down on crime in an unexpected place – the Agua Fria River bottom in the west Valley. The land is owned by Maricopa County Flood Control District, and crime down there is ...

It has been months since we first reported on a crime crackdown effort along the bottom of the Agua Fria River in the West Valley, and now, Avondale Police officials say the measures are working.

A river-bottom brush fire Wednesday night in the Fillmore area threatened power poles and closed some traffic lanes for a time. The incident was reported shortly before 7:15 p.m. in the Santa ...