{"id":245898,"date":"2025-09-22T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245898\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:28:10","slug":"biggest-arizona-news-stories-from-sept-19-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245898\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Arizona news stories from Sept. 19-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 From the Charlie Kirk memorial plans in Glendale to a hiker who was hospitalized in critical condition after being found on North Mountain, here are some of the top Arizona news stories from Sept. 19-21.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/what-to-know-charlie-kirk-memorial\/5752222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Everything you need to know about Charlie Kirk\u2019s memorial on Sunday at State Farm Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The life of slain conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was honored at a public memorial called \u201cBuilding a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk\u201d on Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale.<\/p>\n<p>The event is being put on by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the youth political action organization Kirk co-founded in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>For those who missed the event or want a recap of what happened, be sure to click on our live blog below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/charlie-kirk-memorial-live-blog\/5752802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ICYMI: Charlie Kirk memorial live blog: Memorial ends with Trump bringing Kirk\u2019s widow back on stage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/road-closures-charlie-kirk-memorial\/5752274\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Traffic building after road closures for Charlie Kirk memorial began Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heavy traffic built up Sunday morning as thousands headed to Charlie Kirk\u2019s memorial at Glendale\u2019s State Farm Stadium after road closures for it began on Saturday, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Public Safety\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AZDPSHwyPatrol\/status\/1969769321531629783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> on Sunday morning that the Glendale off-ramp from the Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway was closed for both north and southbound directions for the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/charlie-kirk-memorial-security\/5751815\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Police say to expect \u2018Super Bowl\u2019 level of security at Charlie Kirk memorial on Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA has told attendees to expect \u201cTSA-level\u201d security at the memorial for co-founder Charlie Kirk on Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s police department is taking a step further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is at the level of the Super Bowl,\u201d\u00a0Glendale Police Department spokesman\u00a0Jose Santiago told\u00a0KTAR News 92.3 FM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/north-mountain-hiker-hospitalized\/5752213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elderly hiker in critical condition after being rescued from Phoenix mountain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An elderly woman was hospitalized Friday after apparently succumbing to the heat while hiking in north Phoenix, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Technical rescue crews were dispatched to North Mountain around 1:15 p.m. in response to reports that a hiker was experiencing heat-related issues, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters hiked up to where the woman was and carried her down the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/grand-opening\/5752534\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New million-dollar community in Phoenix celebrates grand opening<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new neighborhood that will consist of eight homes, starting at $1.6 million apiece, is celebrating its grand opening in midtown Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>The Viridian neighborhood is located near the intersection of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/XP1S42W86kKtB8Mr9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">14th Street and Bethany Home Road<\/a>, and will host a celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Camelot Homes are the builders of the community.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTAR923\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" 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? Pass it along to the KTAR News team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/biggest-stories-sept-19-21\/5753002\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 From the Charlie Kirk memorial plans in Glendale to a hiker who was hospitalized in critical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":245899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[7155,5229,5643,1587,316,1589,7154,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-245898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-92-3-ktar","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-phoenix-and-arizona-breaking-news-and-news-headlines-home","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115247009649061721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}