Jason Barry
Reporter
Arizona's Family
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.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
An Arizona girl spent more than a week in the hospital where doctors scrambled to save her leg after she was bitten by a rattlesnake.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2024 at 5:25 AM EDT
|By Lauren Kobley, AZFamily Digital News Staff, Jason Barry and Gray News staff
A number of groups are condemning the billboards, saying they promote unsubstantiated, racist claims about Haitian immigrants.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 8:15 AM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
They were cited for storing items in plain view and were fined $50. The fines were increased to $100 monthly for non-compliance in June, July and August.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2024 at 3:49 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A mother in Arizona is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an association put together by parents and teachers at her child’s school.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2024 at 3:43 AM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
Two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, she went to the emergency room, where doctors found cancerous tumors all over her body.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A family is remembering their loved one who died in a tragic accident while working at a warehouse.
Updated: May. 17, 2024 at 7:38 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
An HOA in Arizona is spending a lot of money on legal fees and lawyers and residents aren't happy about it.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2024 at 3:46 AM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
Friends, family and healthcare workers lined the hospital’s halls to pay tribute to the brave little girl who gave three others the gift of life.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2024 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
Former Major League Baseball player J.J. Hardy is building a miniature baseball field in the backyard of his Arizona home, and some neighbors aren’t happy about it.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2024 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Jason Barry
There’s some fear and confusion at a park in Arizona where some fake alligators are causing people to do a double take.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2023 at 9:40 AM EST
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
Family members Wednesday said Christmas will never be the same.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2023 at 11:12 AM EST
|By Jason Barry and Amanda Alvarado
They both hope their story will inspire others.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
An Arizona mother says she is learning how to walk again after experiencing severe back pain.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2023 at 11:23 AM EDT
|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 4:51 AM EDT
|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 9:41 AM EDT
|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: Jun. 8, 2023 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A UPS driver is calling it a career after spending 50 years making deliveries.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 8:32 AM EDT
|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: Feb. 15, 2023 at 4:47 PM EST
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A family says their child was attacked by an out-of-control dog at an area park.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 4:41 PM EST
|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: Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:06 PM EDT
|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. 2, 2022 at 1:56 PM EDT
|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: Jul. 22, 2022 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
An all-out “cookie war” is heating up in the metro-Phoenix area.