Don Bolles

Suspect in Rogue Bar Stabbings Surrenders Himself to Scottsdale Police

See also: Stabbing at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar After Argument Leaves Two InjuredThe man accused of stabbing two people at the Rogue Bar this past weekend has been arrested by Scottsdale Police Department. According to a department report, Adam Logan Graham, a 36-year-old resident of Tempe, was taken ... More >>

Win Tickets to Don Bolles (Germs) DJ Set at Rogue Bar

See also: Don Bolles Keeps His Nose Clean See also: Arizona Republic Reporter Don Bolles Was Blown to Pieces 33 Years Ago Today See also: Rebel Yell @ Rouge Bar (Slideshow)Punk rocker Don Bolles shares a name with a particularly legendary AZ Republic reporter in Arizona lore (the dude got blown up). ... More >>

Mighty Sphincter On Alice Cooper, Phoenix's Punk Past, and The Future

​2012 is looking to be a comeback year for infamous Phoenix-born "deathrock" combo The Mighty Sphincter. The mythic band -- part of the same Placebo Records scene that birthed JFA, International Language, and many, many more -- has always been lead by songwriter Doug Clark, and he says that ... More >>

Halloween at Bar Smith

Melissa Fossum​Last weekend was full of fun Halloween parties, and Bar Smith exceeded expectations with this week's edition of Sticky Fingers. Don Bolles of The Germs headlined this hipster dance party full of movie stars, sexy costumes, and people dressed as tacos on Friday, October 28. Check ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Loren Battle, Don Bolles of The Germs, Anvil, Charlie Shooter, Honey Tonk CMAs

Charlie Shooter​ Regardless of where you end up this Halloween weekend, do us a favor: show up in costume. Halloween may not be until Monday, but that's a school night, so we won't blame you for getting 'yer spookified ya yas out this weekend. Each Friday we pick five must-see shows, join us for t ... More >>

New Times' Writers, Designers and Photographers Win Honors from Arizona Press Club

Phoenix New Times walked away with nine first place awards Saturday night at the state Press Club's 2010 Best Journalism in Arizona contest -- including for the paper's comprehensive immigration series, "Amongst U.S."The newspaper received more than 30 awards for work during 2010.Sarah Fenske, ... More >>

Press Club Honors Staffers

Phoenix New Times Takes 13 First-Place Awards in AZ Press Club Competition -- Including Designer of the Year

Jasmine Hobeheidar and Peter Storch sweep two Press Club design categories, take three first places, and Storch wins Designer of the Year. ​ Phoenix New Times writers won 26 awards - including 13 first-places -- over the weekend at the Arizona Press Club awards banquet for work publishe ... More >>

Komodo Dragon Exhibit to Open at Phoenix Zoo; Funded by $1 Million Marley Foundation Grant

The great wealth amassed by infamous Arizonan Kemper Marley Sr., who died in 1990, has ensured the man's name will be heard -- and seen -- for years to come. The guy had ties to the mob and a generally bad reputation (except when it came to making money). He was implicated, though nev ... More >>

Check Into the Motel for the Dead at the Icehouse on Dia de los Muertos

In the past 20 years or so, Americans of all ethnicities throughout the country -- especially here in the Southwest -- have been making a big deal of Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration that spans several days and just happens to coincide with All Souls and All Saints D ... More >>

Max Dunlap, Mastermind of 1976 Don Bolles Car Bombing, Dies in Prison

  Max Dunlap, who was convicted in 1993 of masterminding the 1976 fatal carbombing of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, died in prison today at the age of 80. Dunlap, a jury concluded, ordered the attack on Bolles. Dunlap always asserted his innocence, and the Republic story linked abo ... More >>

Arizona Republic Reporter Don Bolles Was Blown to Pieces 33 Years Ago Today

A few hours ago, we were driving in the vicinity of the Clarendon Hotel on 4th Avenue south of Indian School Road when it struck us: It's June 2, the anniversary of a day that will live in infamy (to steal a line)  in Arizona and in journalism circles around the nation. At about 1 ... More >>

The Bird Interviews Arizona’s Only Mexican-Born Governor About His Memoir and Connection to Kemper Marley, the Man Behind Don Bolles’ Assassination

Al Sitter, Longtime Investigative Reporter and Don Bolles Contemporary, Dies

 Soon after I moved to Phoenix to work for this paper a generation or two ago, I asked a colleague named Andy Zipser about the competition down the street at the Republic and its then-sister paper, the afternoon Gazette. Zipser was a kick-ass reporter who recently had won the state's Don ... More >>

Arizona Republic Buyouts: 28 experienced edit staffers agree to quit

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New Times Earns 17 Arizona Press Club awards

Tracing the roots of the Yum Yum Tree

Honor Roll

New Times captures eight first-place wins in state journalism contest

Goldwater Uncut

You've seen the G-rated HBO documentary on the Arizona legend, but there was so much more to Goldy than that

Karma and Camus

The cure for existential munchies

Uncle Gonzo

A remembrance of days in Phoenix with madman journalist Hunter S. Thompson

Press Club

Winners Circle

Spiked

Bad jokes and corporate canoodling sum up Cinco affair

Winning Style

New Times writers win big at annual Press Club fete

Sloshed Cause

Two landmark Valley cocktail lounges are on the rocks

Whistleblower From Hell

All whistleblowers are not created equal.

Press Club Honors Silverman

Reporter wins NT's sixth consecutive Journalist of the Year award

Haunted by Spirits

John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business

Crime Reporter's Notebook

Key figure in Bolles murder case takes secrets to his grave

Letters

Winning Form

The Museum That Couldn't Think Straight

It's named after Kemper Marley, the apparent inspiration for the murder of newsman Don Bolles. It's full of inaccuracies, racism, Chamber of Commerce blather and third-rate gimmickry.

Kemper Fidelis

NEW TIMES DONINATES PRESS CLUB COMPETITIONWE WIN TOO MANY AWARDS TO FIT IN THIS HEADLINE

THE PLUMBER'S LAWYER ACQUITTED HIM WELL

WHAT DOES NEAL ROBERTS KNOW?

CASINOS CHECKED OUT BABBITTHIS DENIALS OF GAMBLING DON'T FIT RECORD

ANATOMY O

WHEN BRUCE BABBITT SURFACED AS THE TOP CHOICE FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, A WASHINGTON, D.C., NEWPAPER PLAYED FAST, LOOSE AND SLOPPY WITH HIS PAST

MURDER TRIAL? WHAT MURDER TRAIL?

BILL DENNEY TRIES TO FIGURE OUT THE SCORE

EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY

COVER CHARGES

BOTTOMS UP

THE BOLLES TRIAL GOES INTO RERUNS

MURDER MYSTERY

In Their Own Write

BOLLES FIGURE TAKES FIFTH----AGAIN AND AGAIN

DRUNKEN DRIVING LANDS NEAL ROBERTS IN JAIL

The Bolles Case

Eyeball to eyeball

One More Death In The Bolles Case

Tales from the funeral service for Brad Funk, 57, the shadowy figure of the 1976 Don Bolles murder case