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Rare Tornado Warning, Independent Streak, and Flag Football Star

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1976, the frontier-era Cochise Hotel in the railroad hamlet of Cochise was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Your milk says it expired seven days ago. Some people pour it straight down the drain, and others pour a glass without a second thought. It’s one of the oldest standoffs in the kitchen. Is the date on the label a hard deadline, or just a suggestion? Researchers at Ohio State have an answer. And milk is just the start. We break down the verdicts on that canned soup from last summer and the mystery bag in your freezer, too. So who has been right all along, the tossers or the keepers? Ayla has the full story on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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Chiricahua Becomes National Park

Chiricahua became Arizona’s fourth national park and the nation’s 64th after President Trump signed legislation upgrading the Cochise County national monument.

Known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks, the 12,000-acre site near Willcox is famous for towering rock spires and draws about 60,000 visitors a year.

Willcox Mayor Greg Hancock called the designation an investment in rural America, and local leaders expect more tourism dollars for hotels, restaurants, and small businesses.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said planned changes will give the park the infrastructure needed for growth, while the legislation also preserves tribal access for ceremonies.

Symphony Halts Season

The Phoenix Symphony will stop performing after its Nov. 1 concert and begin laying off musicians the next day, citing financial difficulties.

Symphony leaders said it is unclear when programming will resume, and the board plans to release a recovery plan.

The orchestra cited ongoing deficits and donations that fell short of expectations, noting most endowment gifts cannot cover day-to-day costs.

The orchestra has performed in Phoenix for nearly 80 years, and board Chairman Mo Stein called the vote to pause the most difficult decision ever facing the board.

Storms Bring Rare Tornado Warnings

Severe storms swept across Arizona on Tuesday night and Wednesday, prompting rare tornado watch and warning advisories in the state.

The last known tornado watch advisory in Arizona was issued in October 2010. Forecasters said the escalation to warnings was based on radar-indicated rotation.

In the Valley, a supercell Tuesday night dropped hail larger than 1 inch on parts of Chandler and Mesa, with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph.

A flood watch is also in effect, and Tucson faces an 80% chance of thunderstorms today before sunny skies return Friday.

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➤ Clifton: A flash flood tore through town overnight Tuesday, partially burying vehicles in debris. Crews cleared roads in the Flats area and Wards Canyon as more rain threatened. (More)

➤ Mesa: A storm Tuesday night damaged homes, toppled trees, and knocked out power near University Drive and Gilbert Road. A charter school switched to virtual classes pending a damage assessment. (More)

➤ Statewide: Nearly 109,000 students now take part in the state's Empowerment Scholarship school voucher program, according to updated enrollment counts. (More)

➤ Flagstaff: A Habitat for Humanity starter home program that puts most of the roughly $1,000 monthly rent toward down-payment savings will expand to Winslow, Payson, and Fredonia. (More)

➤ Statewide: Updated voter registration data shows unaffiliated and other voters now make up the state's largest registration bloc at 1,527,483, narrowly topping Republicans’ 1,522,925 and Democrats’ 1,239,489. (More)

➤ Gilbert: The mother of an 18-month-old boy found alive in a hospital morgue hours after being declared dead in February is questioning his medical care. (More)

➤ Tucson: Police arrested a suspect accused of stealing copper wire from a radio tower, with officers recovering several pounds of copper after a short foot chase. (More)

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➤ The Phoenix Suns played their season opener at Portland on Wednesday night. (More)

➤ Lacie Nemchick of Highland High School in Gilbert became the state’s first flag football player to receive a full-ride scholarship offer from a Power Four school, Nebraska. A Manning Passing Academy graduate, she leads the state in passing yards and has thrown 54 touchdowns. (More)

➤ Gold Canyon’s Superstition Mountain hosts the Senior PGA Professional Championship starting today, with 264 club and teaching pros ages 50 and older chasing 35 spots in the 2027 Senior PGA Championship. (More)

➤ Arizona men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd voiced frustration that forward RJ Godfrey’s eligibility remains tied up in Georgia courts as the No. 5 Wildcats prepare for their Nov. 2 opener against No. 22 UCLA in Las Vegas. (More)

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➤ The Arizona family behind Big League Wiffle Ball bought Connecticut-based The Wiffle Ball Inc., the original Wiffle ball maker founded in 1953. (More)

➤ The owner of a Glendale money-services business sued the federal government to recover nearly $500,000 in cash and checks seized in a February 2025 raid. The government's response was not immediately available. (More)

➤ Will.i.am returned for a second year to teach AI Agentics at Arizona State University, where the top three student projects will receive funding through Amazon Web Services. (More)

➤ A Phoenix trade school said AI data centers spreading across the state are boosting demand for skilled workers, with openings for jobs that require hammers, drills, and wire cutters. (More)

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➤ A Southern Arizona exterminator cautioned residents about an uptick in pests trying to get indoors, saying recent rain and cooler temperatures are driving them inside. (More)

➤ Scottsdale ranked No. 8 and Tempe No. 11 among America’s best college towns for 2027 in a WalletHub study, with Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, and Flagstaff also in the top 70. (More)

➤ The Rosendin Family Foundation charity golf tournament presented a $90,000 grant to the 100 Club of Arizona to buy portable decontamination showers that reduce firefighters' exposure to toxic substances. (More)

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➤ Passengers began vomiting mid-flight, forcing a priority landing and a hazmat response in Germany. (Hear Details)

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Gate Dispute, Robocalls, and a Bobcat Family

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 2011, 16-year-old swimmer Missy Franklin of Centennial broke a world record for the 200 meter backstroke at the Berlin World Cup event.

What's the wildest animal that's ever wandered through your neighborhood? Hit reply to let us know. Then head to Et Cetera to read about the bobcat family that spent a week living in a Littleton homeowner's backyard.

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Lafayette Drops Flock

Lafayette’s city council voted unanimously Tuesday to end its Flock Safety contract and remove all 30 of the city’s license plate reader cameras.

The decision ends a surveillance program that began in 2022, following weeks of resident pushback over privacy and concerns about the cameras tracking their movements.

Police had credited the cameras with aiding 267 cases, 65 arrests, and 14 stolen vehicle recoveries in 2024 and 2025, and the city will cover them until Flock removes them.

Lafayette and Brighton also passed temporary bans on new data center applications Tuesday, with Brighton’s lasting one year and Lafayette’s lasting 18 months.

Bow Mar OKs Gate Amid Border War

Bow Mar’s board of trustees unanimously approved moving forward Monday with an engineering firm to build a gate at the tiny town’s Sheridan Boulevard entrance.

The town approved $307,000 for gates that would open only for residents, guests, and emergency vehicles, and the first could be installed by Thanksgiving.

Denver and Littleton have warned of lawsuits and even gates of their own, arguing the plan would block their residents from using public roads.

Town leaders had paused construction in September to weigh a scaled-back plan with a single gate after pushback from both neighboring cities.

Celebrity Priest Agrees to Media Fast

The Rev. Chad Ripperger, a prominent Catholic exorcist in the Denver Archdiocese, agreed to a one-year break from public speaking and interviews.

Archbishop James Golka asked for the fast during a recent meeting, and the archdiocese said Ripperger readily agreed and remains a priest in good standing.

Ripperger recently said aliens are "just demons" during a nearly three-hour Shawn Ryan Show interview that racked up about 2.8 million views.

He will use the year to focus on the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother, the Keenesburg-based community he founded, and the arrangement will be reviewed at the one-year mark.

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➤ Statewide: Colorado still gets 27 million unwanted robocalls a month, and scammers now take an average of up to $4,000 per successful call, according to CoPIRG. (More)

➤ Also Statewide: About 7 in 10 Colorado kids live in areas short on pediatric providers, and nearly 1 in 3 face significant shortages, mostly in rural areas, a new report found. (More)

➤ Chaffee County: Russia freed former teacher Stephen Hubbard, 74, after more than four years in prison. His sister, who lives in the county, is heading to Texas to reunite with him. (More)

➤ Poudre School District's board held a special meeting Oct. 20 on a plan to close nine schools and consolidate two others, with a final vote scheduled for Oct. 27. (More)

➤ Golden: USPS is reviewing whether some contractors handling mail at the Golden Post Office lacked required security clearances as Jefferson County ballots enter the mail. (More)

➤ Rio Blanco County: Deputies are searching for two horses that escaped a camp near Pagoda Peak, with sightings near Vaughan Lake and a possible one in Grand County. (More)

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➤ The Avalanche fell 4-3 at New Jersey Tuesday despite two late goals from Artturi Lehkonen, their third loss in four games before hosting Tampa Bay on Friday. (More)

➤ Deion Sanders said the Buffaloes remain united through a four-game skid as 2-4 Colorado prepares to visit Oklahoma State on Saturday as 13.5-point underdogs. (More)

➤ The 2026 U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team, including Colorado Springs-based Amber Glenn and Danny O’Shea, was inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame. (More)

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➤ The San Luis Valley’s unconfined aquifer hit a record low after losing nearly 72,000 acre-feet in a year, threatening the potato industry as a water court weighs fixes. (More)

➤ Even highly educated Colorado job seekers are spending six months to more than a year hunting for work, with employer silence as their top complaint, a new survey found. (More)

➤ NoCo Cat Cafe signed a lease at 239 Linden St. in Old Town Fort Collins and hopes to open its second location there in February or March 2027. (More)

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➤ A Littleton homeowner spent a week watching a mother bobcat raise three kittens in her backyard before the family appeared to move on this week. (See Bobcats)

➤ Luna is now Denver’s most popular name for both dogs and cats, according to Rover, with Charlie second on both lists and outdoorsy names like Spruce on the rise. (More)

➤ Receding water at Lake Dillon has exposed Old Highway 6, which has sat underwater for about six decades, for the first time since the 1980s. (More)

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