A hit-and-run in Arizona escalated to a road rage incident with gunfire. No injuries were reported, one suspect was caught, and others fled into the desert.

Staffing is so low the department can only patrol two of the state’s 15 counties after midnight: Maricopa and Pima.

The northbound lanes of State Route 87 in Mesa are closed as authorities search for suspects accused of firing shots at another vehicle before fleeing into the desert.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said two cars were involved in a hit-and-run collision near State Route 202 and Scottsdale Road.

Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers confiscated nearly 554 pounds of cocaine hidden within boxes on a tractor-trailer in Holbrook on Monday. The department estimates that cocaine is worth anywhere from $16.

On Wednesday Hobbs announced $17 million in funding for the Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic, or SAFE, initiative. The funds will also go toward combating human trafficking. The funds will support law enforcement agencies "to address critical challenges in Arizona’s border communities," a news release from the governor's office said.

Arizona Department of Public Safety has provided more information on what happened in Wednesday's fatal crash near Nogales. At 3:43 p.m., a passenger sedan lost control and struck another vehicle on southbound I-19 at kilometer 12, near Rudy Road.

Westbound Interstate 10 was closed in west Phoenix on Wednesday morning after a shooting that remains under investigation, authorities said.

An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper pulled over semitruck driver 31-year-old Amarjeet Singh Matharu, who was suspected of showing multiple signs of criminal activity, according to the DPS. The trooper found 553.8 pounds of cocaine stashed in the ...

The number of Arizona children dead at the end of a gun barrel has jumped a stunning 171% over the last decade. The November report, by the state’s Department of Health Services’ Child ...

Promoted as a school safety program, an Arizona bill would require training and certification for any school personnel to carry firearms on campus.

Hobbs announced $17.2 million in funding from the SAFE (Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic) initiative "to support local law enforcement’s border security work, drug interdiction efforts and combatting human trafficking.