Jason Barry
Reporter
Arizona's Family
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He is a nine-time Rocky Mountain Emmy Award winner who is best known for his weekly Dirty Dining reports, which highlight local restaurants with major health code violations.
Jason was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Miami.
An avid sports fan, Jason follows the Diamondbacks, Cardinals and Suns with his wife, Karen, and son, Joshua.
His favorite stories to cover are the station’s Pay it Forward segments, which reward members of the community with $500 for going ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty to help others.
Jason started his career at WBTW-TV in Florence, SC, before moving to WALA-TV in Mobile, AL. He was named the Associated Press Reporter of the Year in 2002.
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|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
An Arizona community is mourning the loss of a math teacher who was killed this week after a semitruck crashed into his car.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 1:51 AM MST
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
The 63-year-old man had to be airlifted out of the Grand Canyon after separating his shoulder during a hike with his friends.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 6:41 AM MST
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
The Phoenix woman said she is still trying to figure out why an angry driver came after her.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 5:36 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
One of the biggest mistakes motorists make is stopping in the middle of the highway or slightly pulling over with their brake lights on.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2023 at 4:42 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
If trees haven’t been cut back in a while, they create a “wall in the wind” that can be knocked over in a big storm.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2023 at 6:15 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The Grays had their furniture, clothing and family photos go up in flames because of their neighbor.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:13 PM MST
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A UPS driver is calling it a career after spending 50 years making deliveries.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Not everyone is convinced the big golf merger is the right thing to do.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 5:59 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
A Glendale doctor says more than a dozen chemotherapy drugs are in short supply.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 5:50 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
He was rushed to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where he was given 28 units of anti-venom.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 5:51 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Marie Abega knows she’s got quite a story to tell her son when he’s older.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 6:01 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The complaints have been brought to the attention of Arizona’s Department of Transportation.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 5:48 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The bizarre bug got its name because of its ability to cause blisters on people’s skin.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 4:57 PM MST
|By Ben Bradley, Alexis Cortez and Jason Barry
Game and Fish staff found people were leaving muffins and scrambled eggs for the animals.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:32 AM MST
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
An expert said the recent coyote attacks on kids are alarming because it’s extremely rare for coyotes to be that aggressive with people.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 5:57 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
As a precaution, the toddler is being treated for rabies.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:14 PM MST
|By Athena Kehoe and Jason Barry
A tiger cub that was previously listed for sale illegally on social media has found a new and safe home.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 10:59 AM MST
|By Jason Barry
A WWII and Holocaust exhibit was vandalized at Desert Canyon Middle School.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 7:54 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
A cyber security expert says the key is to have an ongoing dialogue with your kids about handling social media situations.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 2:47 PM MST
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A family says their child was attacked by an out-of-control dog at an area park.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 3:48 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
A Super Bowl LVII Operations Center is monitoring every big game event both in Phoenix and across the Valley.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 3:37 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The homes cost less to build, they look like any other new home for sale and that’s the idea.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:18 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
A Glendale psychology professor is using magic to help his students understand difficult concepts.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:14 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Aaron and Tony Gonzales have created a unique scorpion defense system called Slick Barrier.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:51 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Critics say eliminating the tax would hurt revenue for public safety, libraries and more.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Two suspects were caught posting a "For Sale" sign in a family's yard with bananas, a racial slur, and the family's son's name.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 4:40 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The order prohibits authorities from enforcing sleeping and camping bans on anyone who can’t get a bed in a shelter.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 2:41 PM MST
|By Jason Barry and Andrew McMunn
An Arizona family is grieving the loss of a 29-year-old husband and father who was killed Monday in an apparent act of road rage.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 5:43 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Taiwan-based company TSMC is bringing two major developments to north Phoenix, and it means good things for Arizona's economy.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 5:25 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
There’s been some speculation that whoever put up the dinosaurs is trying to brighten the neighborhood that is surrounded by trash and debris and hundreds of homeless people.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 5:08 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Sister Joan said she has no plans on retiring any time soon.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 5:03 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
There were 6,685 eviction cases in September- the highest number in Maricopa County since 2008.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 6:07 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The safety measures may not be working as well as state officials had hoped.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 5:08 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
California just passed more than a dozen new abortion laws designed to protect patients and providers.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:16 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Some laws are fairly minor, others more controversial.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:08 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The Lt. Governor would be of the same party as candidates running for Governor, and they would run on the same ticket.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 7:39 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
They are health monitoring devices that cows wear, to track how many steps they take, and how well they are eating, sleeping and breathing.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 9:17 AM MST
|By Ben Bradley and Jason Barry
PayPal's CEO says they "have found his conduct unacceptable and in conflict with our values."
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:15 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The film is designed to draw attention to how dangerous walking, riding and driving can be in big cities worldwide.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:26 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Arizona’s new legislative District 22 no longer has any candidates running for state Senate.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 2:47 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
The warehouse includes an elaborate plant production system that uses vertical farming and automation to grow high-quality plants without any sun, soil, or pesticides, and uses minimal water.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 10:27 AM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Jason Barry
Silversmith was booked on one count of first-degree murder.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 2:06 PM MST
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
A homeless family was found living in a makeshift Arizona campground with 150 dogs that were well cared for, according to officials.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:47 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
By far, the biggest issue was the lack of ballots available on primary day, forcing voters to wait for hours or come back later if they wanted to cast their ballot.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:56 AM MST
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
The political prankster had no idea his fun little stunt would create such a buzz on social media,
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:51 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
A number of TikTok videos have sparked a new trend that’s teaching people how to steal these cars and SUVs by using a USB cord.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 2:10 PM MST
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
An all-out “cookie war” is heating up in the metro-Phoenix area.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 6:29 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Some homeowners have to decide whether pay out-of-pocket for service right away or deal with no air conditioning for a few days.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:47 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Chandra Barnes says there’s honey on the wicker furniture, dripping along the walls and puddles on the ground.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 5:52 PM MST
|By Jason Barry
Calling in sick was not an option for thousands of outdoor workers across the Valley on Monday.