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Colorado River

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Phoenix Businessman Sentenced To Big House In Murder-For-Hire Scheme, Other Felonies

    Robert Arcieri, a former Phoenix businessman and exceptionally devious criminal who was on the lam for a quarter-century, was sentenced to ten years in prison this morning. ​The 73-year-old was sentenced by Commissioner Carolyn Passamonte after plea bargaining to the following char ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Drought Eases in Arizona; Phoenix Area Now "Moderate"

    Image: U.S. Drought MonitorArizona's drought is actually easing -- for the western part of the state.​ After the storm like the one the Valley had last night and all the wildfires, you'd think Arizona was one giant dust bowl.You'd be wrong.Despite "exceptional," bone-dry conditions in the sout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Four Peaks ML209

    Zach Fowle​The beer: ML209 The brewer: Four Peaks Brewing Co. Style: American Malt Liquor ABV: 8.2 percent Malt liquor isn't a style that's often touched by craft brewers, mainly because the general public defines them as cheap, crappy-tasting alcohol delivery engines -- decidedly un-craft. But ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

    Haymarket Squares Aren't Afraid to Get Political

    Zach Fowle​The beer: ML209 The brewer: Four Peaks Brewing Co. Style: American Malt Liquor ABV: 8.2 percent Malt liquor isn't a style that's often touched by craft brewers, mainly because the general public defines them as cheap, crappy-tasting alcohol delivery engines -- decidedly un-craft. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Carving Your Name Into 1000-Plus-Year-Old Petroglyphs Could Earn You 60 Months Probation...At Least

    www.savingantiquities.orgTrent was here​A North Carolina man was sentenced to 60 months probation for scratching his name into petroglyphs along the Colorado River that are more than 1,000 years old.In addition to the probation, Trenton Austin Ganey must pay $10,000 restitution and complete 100 co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Missing Marine Found Dead in Yuma Canal

    The body of Corporal Joshua Barron was found in a canal last night.​The body of a Marine reported missing a week ago was recovered in a canal in Yuma.Yuma County sheriff's officials confirm that the body of Corporal Joshua Barron, a Marine from Standish, Maine, was found dead in a canal last night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Another Marine Reported Missing in Yuma

    MCAS YumaCorporal Joshua Barron was last seen on March 15.​For the second time in just over a month, a Marine stationed in Yuma has been reported missing.The Naval Criminal Investigation Service and local police are investigating the disappearance of Corporal Joshua Barron, a Marine from Standish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Drought Might Go Medieval on Southwest, Researchers Say; 60-Year Dry Period Possible

      "I'm-a get medieval on your ass." -- Marcellus Wallace, spokesman for Mother Nature?​A 60-year drought, the likes of which hasn't been seen since medieval times, may be in store for the Southwest this century, University of Arizona researchers report. A summary of scientific f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    California Man Arrested in 1982 Murder of Woman Whose Head Was Found Floating Down Arizona Side of Colorado River

    San Bernadino County Sheriff's Office Jimmy Joe Cox​After an eight-year cold case investigation, police in California think they've got the man responsible for murdering a woman nearly 30 years ago and putting her dismembered head in the Colorado River.Jimmy Joe Cox, now 71, was arrested ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    May 14 In Blogs: ACLU, Ghost Lounge, Cielo Kitchen, and The Gringo Mask

    ​​​​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: ACLU's Anti-SB 1070 Lawsuit; Bud Selig Waffles; Sarah Palin Weighs In; Er ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    Dirt Devil: In the Heated World of Off-Road Racing, Pete Sohren Drives and Talks Hard

    ​​​​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: ACLU's Anti-SB 1070 Lawsuit; Bud Selig Waffles; Sarah Palin Weighs In; Er ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Losers' Ball at Sail Inn

    Dex and Sara Romweber rockin' it.​It was ironically named The Losers' Ball, but if you know anything about how people market stuff nowadays, you'd correctly guess that Sail Inn's show had incredibly cool musicians playing for a bunch of incredibly cool people. That started right at the top of the ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 10, 2009

    “Nowhere to Hide: Three Artists in the Desert” at ASU Art Museum Talks About Environmental Peril Without Adding to the Conversation

    Dex and Sara Romweber rockin' it.​It was ironically named The Losers' Ball, but if you know anything about how people market stuff nowadays, you'd correctly guess that Sail Inn's show had incredibly cool musicians playing for a bunch of incredibly cool people. That started right at the top of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Brewer Writes EPA: Closure of Coal Plant Could Hurt CAP

    ​Governor Jan Brewer wrote the Environmental Protection Agency Monday, warning that new regulations being imposed on the state could close the Navajo Generating Station that provides electricity to Central Arizona Project canals.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Hot Links: Uranium Mining, Balsillie in Court, and SRP Rates

    ​Uranium mining could resume near the Grand Canyon this year, after the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued an air-quality permit to Denison Mines. The company plans to work the Arizona 1 mine, which hasn't been mined for two decades. Conservationists and Native American groups oppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Hot Links: Cardinals, the Blue Basket Bandit, and Alcor

    ​In a football preseason opener, the Arizona Cardinals lost 10-20 to the Pittsburgh Steelers, on Steeler turf last night. The Cardinals' only touchdown in the game was fourth-string quarterback Tyler Palko's 20-yard pass to Onrea Jones...A hiker has died in the Grand Canyon after running out of wa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe: "Layering Time"

    ​In a football preseason opener, the Arizona Cardinals lost 10-20 to the Pittsburgh Steelers, on Steeler turf last night. The Cardinals' only touchdown in the game was fourth-string quarterback Tyler Palko's 20-yard pass to Onrea Jones...A hiker has died in the Grand Canyon after running out of wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Arty Girl: Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe at Phoenix Art Museum

    Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe. Rock formations on the Road to Lee's Ferry, Arizona, 2008. Left inset: William Bell, 1872. Plateau North of the Colorado River near the Paria. (courtesy National Archives) Right inset: William Bell, 1872. Headlands North of the Colorado River. (courtesy National Archives) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Tempe Music Festival, Country Thunder, Bruce Springsteen and (Way) More Over the Weekend

    Wait! Before you check out all the content from our weekend coverage, grab a big cup of coffee and relax. It was a big weekend and as such, there's a lot here. Take it in and enjoy it.  Tempe Music Fest 2009 This weekend Tempe Music Fest 2009 united us once again from scattered Valley citizenry t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2009

    Alan Jackson Keeps It Old School at Country Thunder

    The annual Country Thunder festival at the dusty Canyon Moon Ranch just outside of Florence is country music's version of a cattle drive, where over four days some of the bigger names in country music are herded on stage to bleat their biggest hits, then lassoed off to make way for the next artist. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    Grand Slam

    Shutterbugs show the Canyon in an awesomely new light

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    No one is saying you should waste water, but in Phoenix it's hard to come up with a reason not to

    Shutterbugs show the Canyon in an awesomely new light

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    Vaya Con Dios

    A rugged hike across the Grand Canyon leads to a life decision to leave New Times and see what the future holds

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Deep House Daze

    DJs Pete "Supermix" Salaz and bad boy Senbad burn wax at their bangin' Wednesday-night bacchanal, Batucada.

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Getting the Shaft

    A water dispute puts both the economy and the environment at risk

  • News

    August 9, 2001

    Trouble in the Sac

    Nevada's wastewater is causing sex problems in fish. But will Arizona get screwed by the solution?

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Yazzie's Razzle-Dazzle

    With his 160-foot mural in a major museum and his face on the cover of a magazine, artist Steven Yazzie still loves his hometown

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Letters 03-23-2000

    With his 160-foot mural in a major museum and his face on the cover of a magazine, artist Steven Yazzie still loves his hometown

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Reaching Out

    Phoenix Parks Department balances bosks and ball fields in its plans for Reach 11

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Beach Blanket Bacchanal

    XXX marks the spot at Lake Havasu, "amateur porn capital of America"

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    How Grand Was My Canyon

    Glendale scribe dishes the dirt on world's biggest hole

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Johnson's Waterloo?

    Democrat makes a good point, but overplays his hand in questioning Hull's Nevada ties

  • Culture

    September 11, 1997

    Western Union

    Dual canyon exhibitions illustrate gulf between painting and photography

  • News

    July 31, 1997

    Flashes

    Dual canyon exhibitions illustrate gulf between painting and photography

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Same Dam Story

    Lake Powell's high waters are flushing the Grand Canyon again. Is it Mother Nature's fault or the Bureau of Reclamation's?

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    A People Betrayed

    Recently discovered documents indicate that the lawyer who represented the Hopi Tribe in crucial negotiations with Peabody Western Coal Company was working for the mining company at the same time

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Water Over the Dam

    Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Nature Boy

    Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    FLASHES

    Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

  • News

    April 27, 1995

    RAFTS OF REGULATIONSGRAND CANYON RIVER RUNNERS ANSWER TO A NEW FEDERAL AGENCY--THE COAST GUARD

    Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

  • News

    April 20, 1995

    WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

    DEL WEBB'S 5,600-ACRE NEW RIVER DEVELOPMENT HAS SPAWNED CONTROVERSY. BUT NEWS COVERAGE HAS IGNORED THE WATER WHEELING AND DEALING THAT COULD CARPET ARIZONA'S VIRGIN DESERT WITH SUBURBAN SPRAWL.

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    BUYING A GILA MONSTER

    FARMERS IN THE GILA RIVER BASIN HAVE ALREADY SUCKED DOWN $500 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT PORK. NOW THEY WANT ANOTHER $20 MILLION FOR A SENSELESS FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECT.

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    ARIZONA'S ISLAND PARALYZE

    THE STATE HAD GRAND HOPES FOR DEVELOPING ITS $80 MILLION ISLE IN LAKE HAVASU. IT'S BEEN A REAL BEACH.

  • News

    December 8, 1993

    SNOWBIRDS OF PREY

    ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER, WINTER IS OPEN SEASON ON POLITICIANS

  • News

    December 1, 1993

    CANAL KNOWLEDGE

    ARIZONA HASN'T STARTED PAYING FOR CAP, WHICH ALREADY NEEDS $100 MILION IN REPAIRS

  • News

    January 27, 1993

    RATS! SNITCHING FOR TH SLEAZIEST COPS IN THE STATE ISN'T GOING TO LOOK GOOD ON YOUR RESUME!

    ARIZONA HASN'T STARTED PAYING FOR CAP, WHICH ALREADY NEEDS $100 MILION IN REPAIRS

  • News

    December 2, 1992

    TAKING DEQ TO THE CLEANERSMINORITIES GET STATE'S EAR, DEMAND "ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE"

    ARIZONA HASN'T STARTED PAYING FOR CAP, WHICH ALREADY NEEDS $100 MILION IN REPAIRS

  • News

    August 19, 1992

    THE COST OF TOXIC SPILLSHERE'S HOW YOU'LL PAY FOR MOTOROLA'S CONTAMINATION

    ARIZONA HASN'T STARTED PAYING FOR CAP, WHICH ALREADY NEEDS $100 MILION IN REPAIRS

  • Music

    May 27, 1992

    GIMME SHELF LIFE

    THE STONES LEAVE NO BUCK UNEARNED

  • News

    April 22, 1992

    DOWN THE DRAIN ARE WE HAVING A CRISIS YET?

    THE STONES LEAVE NO BUCK UNEARNED

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