Email Author Ray Stern

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 8, 2010

  "Gold Rush"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 25, 2010

  "Chronic Future"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 15, 2009

  "Concrete Bungle"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  SCA Scandal

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Valley Fever

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published May 31, 2007

  "What Happened in Vegas..."

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 31, 2007

  "What Happened in Vegas..."

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 8, 2007

  "Gotcha!"

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 19, 2007

  "Money for Nothing"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "ICE Meltdown"

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2007 Stories by Ray Stern

• Information Blockade

  published December 13, 2007

  Maricopa County law enforcement violated the constitutional rights of this newspaper and its readers in October, going so far as to subpoena the... More >>

• Bombs Away

  published October 11, 2007

  The police lieutenant played golf every Tuesday afternoon, and his buddies were always welcome to join him. Sergeant Chuck Mount, a decorated... More >>

• The Bulgarian Job

  published October 11, 2007

  On a warm November day two years ago, a gold, '80s-model Mercedes sedan sped down Northern Avenue, jockeying through the thick lunchtime traffic.... More >>

• The Bong Show

  published August 16, 2007

  The glass glows dull red, like a campfire ember, above the gas torch. The young artist, sitting on a stool in front of a wooden bench with a metal... More >>

• Money for Nothing

  published July 19, 2007

  The phone call from the collection agency back in May should've been expected. The caller was looking for Todd Davis, the CEO of one of the... More >>

• What Happened in Vegas...

  published May 31, 2007

  In April 2005, local entrepreneur Robert J. Maynard Jr. was beyond broke. At 43, with an ex-wife and two kids, he told the... More >>

• Diet From Hell

  published May 10, 2007

  Health food was always on the menu at the small south Scottsdale apartment where Blair and Kimu Parker lived with their three children.... More >>

• The Algiers Connection

  published April 12, 2007

  Sofiane Laimeche isn't a terrorist. Says he never has been. Doesn't know any, either. True, U.S. authorities think his friend from... More >>

• How To Beat a Photo-Enforcement Ticket

  published February 8, 2007

  • Don't speed or run red lights. (Don't run red lights. Well, okay, but never speed? Hello!) • Know where the cameras are: Paradi... More >>

• Gotcha!

  published February 8, 2007

  The beginning of last year was hectic for Francesca Cisneros, an energetic young businesswoman who was heading up a new mortgage office in... More >>