{"id":26269,"date":"2025-06-30T04:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26269\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T04:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:49:09","slug":"biggest-arizona-news-stories-from-june-27-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26269\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Arizona news stories from June 27-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 From the death of hiker Hannah Moody being attributed to heat exhaustion to the Oak Ridge Fire burning more than 1,800 acres in Navajo Nation, declaring a state of emergency, here are some of the top Arizona news stories from June 27-29.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/hannah-moody-cause-of-death\/5722378\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottsdale hiker Hannah Moody\u2019s death ruled as accidental<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The death of Hannah Moody, whose body was found last month at a Scottsdale recreation area, has been ruled accidental, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Moody\u2019s primary cause of death is listed as \u201cenvironmental heat exposure\u201d on the Maricopa County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omecasestatus.maricopa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case status website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moody, 31, went missing after going for a hike at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve on May 21<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/avondale-convenience-store-crash\/5722787\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avondale police pursuit ends with vehicle crashing into store, leaving 2 dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A vehicle crashed into an Avondale convenience store overnight after police tracked it from allegedly fleeing a traffic stop for reckless driving, leaving multiple people dead, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger of the fleeing car, identified as 16-year-old\u00a0Julian Lugo-Estrada, died at the hospital after the crash. The vehicle\u2019s adult driver, 18-year-old\u00a0Sergio Lara-Garcia,\u00a0died after receiving treatment at the hospital, Phoenix police said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-weather-news\/extreme-heat-phoenix-temps\/5722059\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extreme heat over 100 heading to metro Phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another wave of extreme heat is heading to metro Phoenix, with temperatures expected to climb back above 110 degrees before the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the National Weather Service has issued an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/showsigwx.php?warnzone=AZZ543&amp;warncounty=AZC013&amp;firewxzone=AZZ132&amp;local_place1=Phoenix%20AZ&amp;product1=Extreme+Heat+Warning&amp;lat=33.4483&amp;lon=-112.073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extreme heat warning<\/a>\u00a0for Sunday morning through Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose days we\u2019re expecting temperatures anywhere from 110 to 115 degrees,\u201d NWS meteorologist Chris Kuhlman told\u00a0KTAR News 92.3 FM\u00a0on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-politics-news\/state-budget-signed-hobbs\/5722451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State budget signed by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the state budget sent to her desk by the Senate on Friday, averting a government shutdown with just days to spare.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate powered through an amended version of its $17.6 billion bipartisan spending plan after the House approved it Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>A budget needed to be signed before midnight Monday to prevent Arizona from experiencing its first government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/oak-ridge-fire\/5722996\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navajo Nation declares state of emergency as Oak Ridge Fire burns over 1,800 acres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Navajo Nation declared a state of emergency on Sunday afternoon due to the growing Oak Ridge Fire that burned through more than 1,800 acres, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Evacuations have been ordered for some residents in northeast Arizona due to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Oak Ridge Fire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1C6Pn1nCqH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started on Saturday<\/a>\u00a0around 1:48 p.m. southwest of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/MGvGBHQSA9jRvHbm8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Window Rock<\/a>\u00a0and was allegedly ignited by two wood haulers cutting fresh oak, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19KxBihZeR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren<\/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\/weekend-wrap-arizona-stories\/5723139\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/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\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 From the death of hiker Hannah Moody being attributed to heat exhaustion to the Oak Ridge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26270,"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-26269","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\/114770514094754788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269","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=26269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}