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Overview
Arizona's daily press is led by the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, the state's largest newspaper and the main paper for the legislature and the courts, and the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. The Arizona Daily Sun covers Flagstaff and northern Arizona, the Yuma Sun covers the southwest corner, the Sierra Vista Herald covers Cochise County, and the East Valley Tribune, the Daily Courier in Prescott, the Mohave Valley Daily News and the White Mountain Independent cover their regions. Phoenix New Times and the Tucson Sentinel publish investigative and court reporting online.
Arizona newspapers publish the legal notices that state law requires for trustee sales, probate and government hearings, they carry obituaries for every county, and their archives hold decades of court and crime coverage searchable by name.
Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.
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Arizona Newspapers
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Major Arizona newspapers and what they cover
The Arizona Republic covers Maricopa County, the fastest growing county in the country, along with state government, the Maricopa County Superior Court and the Attorney General. The Arizona Daily Star covers Pima County, the University of Arizona and the border. The Daily Sun covers Coconino County and the Navajo Nation's western edge, and the Navajo Times in Window Rock is the main newspaper of the Navajo Nation itself. County weeklies such as the Casa Grande Dispatch, the Payson Roundup, the Green Valley News and the Verde Independent carry the board of supervisors, justice court dockets and sheriff's reports.
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Historic Arizona newspapers online
The Arizona State Library's Arizona Memory Project digitizes historic newspapers from every county, and Arizona titles from the territorial period appear in Chronicling America. The Arizona Historical Society in Tucson and the State Library in Phoenix hold newspaper microfilm statewide, and the Arizona Republic's own archive is available through most public libraries with a library card. The University of Arizona Library holds the Daily Star and Tucson Citizen on microfilm.
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Legal notices, public notices and obituaries in Arizona
Arizona requires trustee sale notices, probate notices to creditors, name changes, tax lien sales and county and city hearings to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and the Arizona Newspapers Association runs a statewide public notice search. Obituaries run in the Republic and the regional dailies, and the Arizona Republic obituary index at the Phoenix Public Library covers older deaths. Because Maricopa County and Pima County superior courts post case records online, a name found in newspaper court coverage can be checked against the court file in minutes.
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Straight answers
Arizona Newspaper Directory, questions
What is Arizona's largest newspaper by circulation?
The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. It covers Maricopa County, state government and the courts statewide, followed by the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson.
Where can I read historic Arizona newspapers free?
The Arizona Memory Project from the State Library and Chronicling America both offer free digitized Arizona titles, and the Republic's archive is free through most public libraries.
Where are Arizona trustee sale notices published?
In a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property sits, and the Arizona Newspapers Association's statewide public notice search collects them.