{"id":117035,"date":"2025-08-04T01:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117035\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:57:10","slug":"here-are-the-biggest-arizona-news-stories-from-aug-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117035\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the biggest Arizona news stories from Aug. 1-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 From Phoenix setting a daily heat record on Saturday to a water law perhaps being the most significant in state history, here are some of the top Arizona news stories from Aug. 1-3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-weather-news\/phoenix-august-heat-record\/5735077\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix kicks off August by breaking daily heat record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A daily heat record that was set 14 years ago in Phoenix was broken on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The thermometer at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for the city\u2019s official records, reached 114 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/psr\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous record<\/a>\u00a0for Aug. 2 was 113 degrees which was set in 2011 and then tied in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>NWS had issued an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-weather-news\/extreme-heat-phoenix-august\/5734252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extreme heat warning<\/a>\u00a0for Friday and Saturday earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/davis-monthan-civilian-killed\/5734758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Security forces at Arizona Air Force base fatally shoot driver who crashed into barrier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Security forces shot and killed a civilian who allegedly tried to enter an Air Force base in Arizona without authorization early Friday, according to military officials.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.<\/p>\n<p>The civilian, whose identity was not released, allegedly refused to stop at the base\u2019s main gate on Craycroft Road. Instead, the driver crashed into a deployed vehicle barrier, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>When the vehicle backed up, members of the 355th Security Forces Squadron fired their weapons to stop the suspect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/white-tank-mountains-rescue-update\/5734919\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 man dead after rescue of 3 people in White Tank Mountains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man died after he was rescued from the White Tank Mountains on Thursday, Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan told\u00a0KTAR News 92.3 FM\u2019s Outspoken with Bruce and Gaydos.<\/p>\n<p>The aviation unit from the Maricopa County Sheriff\u2019s Office (MCSO)<a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/white-tank-mountains-rescues\/5734511\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0rescued two men and a woman<\/a>\u00a0after they called authorities due to exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p>They were flown down to waiting paramedics from the Rural Metro and Buckeye Fire Departments and then were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>One of the men, who was 21 years old, was hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>He later died, according to Sheridan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-water-news\/farmers-groundwater-rights\/5734751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leaders calling Arizona\u2019s new water law one of the most significant in state history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some state leaders are calling a bill Gov. Katie Hobbs signed into law in late June as one of the most significant pieces of legislation in Arizona\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ag-to-Urban Groundwater Conservation program, codified into law with the signing of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/office-arizona-governor\/news\/2025\/06\/governor-katie-hobbs-brokers-deal-historic-bipartisan-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 1611<\/a>, is a win for Arizona families, for farmers and for our aquifers,\u201d Hobbs said during a Tuesday event.<\/p>\n<p>The bill she signed, also known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azleg.gov\/legtext\/57leg\/1R\/bills\/SB1611S.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u201cAg-to-Urban\u201d Bill<\/a>, will allow farmers to sell their groundwater rights to housing developers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/teen-killed-crash-ahwatukee\/5734941\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teen killed in single-vehicle rollover crash in Ahwatukee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A teenager died after a single-vehicle crash on Friday morning in Ahwatukee, according to the Phoenix Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The department said officers were called to a rollover crash on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/3Z25ZBzK96STgc4u9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desert Foothills Parkway<\/a>, near Fifth Avenue and Chandler Boulevard, around 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officers found one person at the scene of the crash, who has now been identified as 16-year-old Bailey Lohman.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.gov\/content\/dam\/phoenix\/policesite\/mediaadvisories\/2025\/Fatal%20400%20W%20Desert%20Foothills%20PKWY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTAR923\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @KTAR923<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? 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