Gila Bend

Farmers, Ranchers, Foodies Party At Tapino Kitchen Wine Bar Shindig

WHITEWASH? WHAT WHITEWASH?WHILE GOVERNOR SYMINGTON TOOK THE BOWS FOR GETTING RID OF ENSCO, THE PROTESTERS TOOK THE LUMPS

GILA BENT HAS SUFFEREDLIKE JOB BUT WITH MORE COMPLAINING

COMPILE DRIVERS ARIZONA MUSICIANS SHINE ON THREE NEW, DIVERSE COLLECTIONS

THE BAD NEWS BEARERS

EVICTIONS, SUBPOENAS, REPOS--CONSTABLES SPEND THEIR LIVES GIVING PEOPLE GRIEF. NOW THESE HARBINGERS OF HEARTBREAK JUST MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN PINK SLIPS.

A System Gone Mad

Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 30, 2006

Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 27, 2006

Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 12, 2009

Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

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

Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

We're all destroying the earth, and buying an organic handbag ain't gonna help

Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

Murder City

P-town's scratch-master sharpens his talons over Mayor Goober's crime stats, markers for dead cops and Jarrett Maupin's anti-N-word campaign

Gila Bound

In its way, hellish Gila Bend's in a real estate boom like the rest of the county. Could it be Phoenix's next big bedroom community?

Hot Links: Solar Power, Polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, and Arby's Assaults

Phoenix may get its first solar power plant, if the city can procure about $1 billion in private investments. The proposed site for the plant is 1200 acres at the Valley's only active landfill, between Buckeye and Gila Bend...A Phoenix couple came home to find a body in their kitchen, and the murder ... More >>

Contaminated Splendor

Painted Rock Reservoir's beauty is deceiving. It's one of the most toxic sinkholes in America

Street Brawl

Dragsters wage war at "Battleground AZ"

Get Over It

Believe it or not, we're walking on air

Here's Ropin'

Memorial Rodeo hits the ring

Run of a Bitch

FOOT WORK

Lourdes of the Rings

For Kay Torrez and her fellow New Age wanderers, meandering through sprawling desert labyrinths is anything but a lost cause

HEALTH'S KITCHEN

For Kay Torrez and her fellow New Age wanderers, meandering through sprawling desert labyrinths is anything but a lost cause

SECOND HELPINGS

For Kay Torrez and her fellow New Age wanderers, meandering through sprawling desert labyrinths is anything but a lost cause

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 30, 2009

For Kay Torrez and her fellow New Age wanderers, meandering through sprawling desert labyrinths is anything but a lost cause

A Different Breed: Deputy Ray Cook Started His Career Long Before Sheriff Joe Arpaio Was Invented

For Kay Torrez and her fellow New Age wanderers, meandering through sprawling desert labyrinths is anything but a lost cause

Lisa "I'd Indict A Half-Eaten Ham Sandwich" Aubuchon To Be Sheriff Joe's New Towing Program Czarina? Priceless, but Doubtful

We recently wrote half-kidding (just half) that Andy Thomas henchwoman deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon would be on her way to a new gig with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in no time. ​  Then, late last week, we got word that this failure of a prosecutor had been  ... More >>

Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a Casino in the West Valley -- Now It's Up to the Feds to Make It Happen or Break Another Promise to the Tribe

We recently wrote half-kidding (just half) that Andy Thomas henchwoman deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon would be on her way to a new gig with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in no time. ​  Then, late last week, we got word that this failure of a prosecutor had been  ... More >>

Gila River Indian Community Sues Tohono O'odham Nation Over Proposed West Valley Casino

Ned Norris, chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation ​The Gila River Indian Community filed suit in federal court against the Tohono O'odham Nation in a bid to prevent it from building a West Valley resort-style casino.The Tohono O'odham bought 135 acres near 91st and Northern avenues ... More >>

Guitar Hero Controversy, Courtesy of Tucson's Loren Dircks

Loren Dircks takes aim at the Guitar Hero generation​Loren Dircks has been a fixture in Tucson's music scene for more than two decades, first as a founding member of "country metal" stalwarts Gila Bend and currently as a solo performer and frequent collaborator with fellow Tucsonan Al Perry. Dirck ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Takes .50 Caliber Machine Gun To Desert, Looking for Undocumented

Oh, jeez, it's too hot for da tank... This just in: MCSO's fearless leader Sheriff Joe is heading into the desert today to hunt for illegal aliens in the oven-like temperatures. And he's breaking out the big guns, or at least one of them -- a .50 caliber machine gun, in case they run into ... More >>

Space Age Lodge Has a Burger That's, You Know, Out of This World

Oh, jeez, it's too hot for da tank... This just in: MCSO's fearless leader Sheriff Joe is heading into the desert today to hunt for illegal aliens in the oven-like temperatures. And he's breaking out the big guns, or at least one of them -- a .50 caliber machine gun, in case they run into ... More >>

The Space Burger: A Cosmic Experience on the Road to San Diego

​You've seen this, right? If you've driven to San Diego, you have. Right off the main drag through Gila Bend, the Best Western Space Age Lodge and Restaurant was opened in 1965 by Al Stovall, a friend of President Eisenhower and supplier of metals and plastics to the federal government during WW ... More >>

Pinal County Man Shoots Ex-Wife at Church; Suspect Still Loose

Dominic Donatella​Police in Pinal County are looking for a man they believe shot and killed his ex-wife in the parking lot of a church last night.The Pinal County Sheriff's Office got a call around 7 p.m. yesterday from a man at the Christ the Victor church in Florence saying shots had been fired ... More >>

Suspected Pinal County Church Shooter Found Dead in Desert

Dominic Donatella​The man who police say shot his ex-wife in a church parking lot on Tuesday was found dead in the desert from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.We hate to say it, but we kinda had a feeling this was how this story would end.The Pinal County Sheriff's Office found the body o ... More >>

One-on-One Time With a Pinal County Deputy -- Whose Claim He Was Shot by a Drug Smuggler Is Full of Holes -- Produces Startling Results

Dominic Donatella​The man who police say shot his ex-wife in a church parking lot on Tuesday was found dead in the desert from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.We hate to say it, but we kinda had a feeling this was how this story would end.The Pinal County Sheriff's Office found the body o ... More >>

Louie Puroll Case: Click Below to Hear Tape-Recordings of Pinal County Deputy Talking Cartels and Death Threat Against New Times Writer

We've done a few pretty intense stories on Pinal County sheriff's deputy Louie Puroll and his troubled (and troubling) account of getting shot in the desert south of Phoenix last April 30. Pinal County sheriff's deputy Louie Puroll ​The stories were entitled "Pinalcchio" and "Whitewash," ... More >>

Two Suspected Illegal Immigrants -- Both Children -- Feared Drowned in Canal Near Gila Bend After Running From MCSO Deputy

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office fears that two suspected illegal immigrants -- both under the age of 18 -- drowned in a canal near Gila Bend after fleeing a car pulled over by a sheriff's deputy last night.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong says the sheriff's dive team is headed to an area of the ca ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy Louie Puroll To Be Fired, Agency Sources Say

Sources inside the Pinal County Sheriff's Office tell me that Sheriff Paul Babeu is prepared to fire controversial deputy Louie Puroll tomorrow.​These sources say that an internal affairs investigation sustained all of the allegations against Puroll stemming from a series of wide-ranging interview ... More >>

Louie Puroll Firing Put in Second Place by Chandler Mall Standoff

The best thing that happened to Louie Puroll and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office yesterday was the standoff out at the Chandler Mall, a made-for-TV incident that put the deputy's firing deep into second place, news-wise. ​ Still, by now everyone who follows local news knows Pinal County S ... More >>

Louie Puroll Gets Fired for Lying

The best thing that happened to Louie Puroll and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office yesterday was the standoff out at the Chandler Mall, a made-for-TV incident that put the deputy's firing deep into second place, news-wise. ​ Still, by now everyone who follows local news knows Pinal County S ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu Vs Feds In Endless Jibber Jabber

So, according to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, armed conflict between his deputies and members of the Mexican drug cartels are imminent, probably "in the next 30 to 60 days."Paul Babeu​Yet, on the heels of that prediction, here's a concurrent story in which Alan Bersin, the head of the fed ... More >>

Arpaio's Deputy Claims a Slight, 50-Year-Old Latino Attacked Him

So, according to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, armed conflict between his deputies and members of the Mexican drug cartels are imminent, probably "in the next 30 to 60 days."Paul Babeu​Yet, on the heels of that prediction, here's a concurrent story in which Alan Bersin, the head of the fed ... More >>

Border Agents Killed by Train Were Tracking "Drug Traffickers," According to AG Tom Horne -- Which is News to Border Patrol Authorities

James KingTom Horne apparently knows something Border Patrol doesn't. That or he's making things up.​Two Border Patrol agents were killed this morning when their unmarked SUV was hit by a train near Gila Bend, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is already implicating illegal drug traffickers i ... More >>

Border Agents Killed in Train Wreck Identified. Drugs Found on Group Sought by Agents -- AG Tom Horne Apparently Did Know Something Border Patrol Didn't

Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas and Hector Clark​The identities of the two Border Patrol agents killed this morning when their SUV collided with a train have been released. In addition to the release of the agents' identities, it turns out Attorney General Tom Horne was right -- members o ... More >>

Roommate Arrested in Murder of Man Found Buried Near Gila Bend

Robbie Brown admitted to murdering 26-year-old Eric Morales, whose body was found partially buried in the desert near Gila Bend​Eric Morales, 26, was found murdered and partially buried in the desert North of Gila Bend last month, and yesterday the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced it's a ... More >>

Cops Think "Uncle Jerry" Morrow Molested Nearly 20 Young Boys

MCSO"Uncle Jerry" Morrow.​If there was a pervert hall of shame, "Uncle Jerry" Morrow would certainly be a first ballot inductee -- he admitted to being a pedophile, and police suspect he's molested nearly 20 kids dating as far back as 1976.Morrow was arrested last night at his home at 4807 South 3 ... More >>

Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry's "Fornicating" Quote About Prince Harry's Visit Makes Headlines Worldwide; Town Manager Says UK Reporter Got It Wrong

Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry​ "Fornicating" is a great word that probably doesn't get enough use these days, but did Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry say it while talking about Prince Harry?Britain's Daily Mail quotes Henry as saying about the son of the Prince of Wales: 'There are probably some fa ... More >>

Five Phoenix Hot Spots for a Potential Prince Harry Sighting

Hey, Harry! We're ready for our fairy tale to begin! We hear that Prince Harry, a.k.a. The Real Prince Charming, is now just an hour and a half away near Gila Bend for the final leg of his Apache helicopter training. We know he's already made a couple road trips to San Diego during his st ... More >>

Election 2011: School Bond and Override Elections Mostly Fail in Maricopa County; See Results Here

​ Voters in 23 school districts were asked yesterday to help raise money by approving either a sale of bonds or allowing for extra money to be spent in an "override.""No" was the answer most often received, according to unofficial election tallies.See how your district fared in our handy list: ... More >>

Prince Harry Remark by Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry was Made Up, Tabloid Admits; Mayor Releases Letter by Prince

Prince Harry wrote a letter to Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry after a British tabloid "trapped" the mayor with false quotes.​ Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry didn't really say he was worried about Prince Harry "fornicating" in his town, a British tabloid admits. The Daily Mail published an ... More >>