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Michael Lacey Talks About Selling New Times and Village Voice Media to Trusted Colleagues

Michael Lacey Says Newspaper Chain He Co-Founded Will Continue Quality Journalism Under Its New Ownership

Michael Lacey says he wouldn't hesitate to put his children in the care of the management team that just bought the newspaper chain he helped start 42 years ago. In fact, he feels like that's almost what he did. It was announced Sunday night that Village Voice Media had agreed to sell its 13  ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Joins Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik on the Hook for 2007 Arrests of VVM Executive Editor and CEO

See also: Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution See also: Who's Sorry Now? Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career See also: New Times Will Appeal Ninth Circuit Court Decision See also: Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio Et Al to Be Heard by Full Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals See also: Joe ... More >>

Andrew Thomas' Ex-Special Prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik Appointed to Real Estate Board by Governor Jan Brewer

File this one under "outrage du jour": Dennis Wilenchik, the former special prosecutor whose runaway investigation of New Times resulted in the wrongful arrests of Village Voice Media Editor Michael Lacey and VVM CEO Jim Larkin, has been appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to sit on Arizona's Real Esta ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Lawyer Grilled by Ninth Circuit About Why Sheriff Should Remain Exempt from New Times' False-Arrest Lawsuit

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​Editor's note: This post was written by Peter Jamison, who covered the hearing for us and our sister paper, the SF Weekly: An 11-member panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had tough questions today for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's ... More >>

New Times Wins Appeal; Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio -- et al -- to Be Heard by Full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

www.northersun.com​The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today that it will re-hear New Times' lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and others over the 2007 arrest of its founders on bogus charges that it published an article about "secret" grand jury testimony about a grand ... More >>

New Times Will Appeal Ninth Circuit Court Decision on Its Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio, Andrew Thomas, and Others

New York Times Criticizes Salvador Reza's False Arrest

Reza's false arrest: Not big enough for the Republic?Though the false collar of Phoenix's best known civil rights leader by a goon squad of sheriff's deputies has rated only begrudging coverage in the Arizona Republic, the New York Times evidently thinks the incident significant enough to condemn.In ... More >>

New Times Appeal in Lacey vs. Arpaio Heard by Appeals Court Panel

​Should Sheriff Joe Arpaio, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and former Special Prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik be held accountable for their investigation into this newspaper -- and the jailing of its owners?That question is now in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ... More >>

Lacey Named New YORK Times Phoenix Bureau Chief -- Stop the Flippin' Presses!

We read that in yesterday's Romenesko, a well-read insider blog about the media that appears on the Poynter Institute's excellent Web site. ​ Huh?! The boss of Village Voice Media and Phoenix New Times (who usually looks a little better than in this photo) didn't tell u ... More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up

An Opportunity to Stand Up

Joe Arpaio Raises Cash for Bill Hunt in Orange County, Ask A Mexican's Gustavo Arellano Dogs Arpaio

Gustavo Arellano has some fun with Joe about 29 seconds inDespite horrendous mismanagement of his department, corruption, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into his office, and a federal grand jury looking to indict his sorry self, Sheriff Joe remains popular in some quarters outside of Mar ... More >>

Arpaio Brings His MCSO Circus to ASU's Cronkite School, and Deputies Admit Destroying Public Records

Joe Arpaio's Meet the Press Moment Interrupted to the Tune of Bohemian Rhapsody

photo by Adriane Goetz Joe, showing a little leg...You cheeky devil, youSheriff Joe Arpaio's circus came to ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism Monday night, only to be cut short by the sounds of a pro-immigrant ditty, sung to the tune of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.The evening was filled with protest ... More >>

U.S. Attorney in Indiana Takes Page From Prince of Darkness Dennis Wilenchik

Readers of our paper will recall the hullabaloo back in 2007 that led to the bizarre arrests here in the Valley of the chain's owners, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. ​  The sordid affair revolved around a sweeping subpoena drummed up by "special prosecutor" Dennis Wilenchik, a med ... More >>

Bug Sweeps in County Offices Being Investigated as Possible Corruption; County Workers Visited by Deputies at Homes

We just heard from a reader whose friend -- a Maricopa County employee -- was visited in the last few days by deputies from the sheriff's office. The employee told them she didn't want to talk and they went away, our source says. The anonymous reader says the county's finance department workers rec ... More >>

New York Times Slams Arpaio's Dumb New Reality Show

I'm on the run this a.m., but I would be remiss if I did not point your attention to this excellent article by David Carr in Sunday's New York Times online concerning our clown of a sheriff, "A Star Turn for a Sheriff on Fox TV." Unlike a lot of other media writers who just end up blowing our top co ... More >>

Contradicting His Office's Previous Statements, Chief Deputy David Hendershott Now Claims He Ordered the New Times Arrests

David Hendershott Tries to Take One for Andrew Thomas, but Somebody's Not Telling the Truth

New Times’ Lawsuit Continues, Stern’s “Disorderly Conduct” Charge Dropped, and We Ask a Judge to Force Joe to Release Video of a Suffocated Inmate's Last Minutes

Federal Judge Dismisses Certain Claims in New Times' Lawsuit Against County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Case Will Move Forward

Joe Arpaio’s men fail to justify criminally charging New Times reporter Ray Stern in a public records dispute

New Times adds 17 Arizona Press Club awards to our list

New Times Honored for Ethics in Journalism

New Times Earns 17 Arizona Press Club awards

New Times owners sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio, County Attorney Andy Thomas and lawyer Dennis Wilenchik

Phoenix New Times, Village Voice Executive Editor Mike Lacey Responds

Lacey, Larkin receive award

New Times founders honored for support of civil liberties

AZ ACLU honors New Times founders Jim Larkin and Mike Lacey as Civil Libertarians of the Year.

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 6, 2008

The Bird digs up more dirt on Arpaio's henchmen soaking up the sun in Honduras

Disgraced ex-special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik's op-ed tripe in the Arizona Republic.

Our Community Under Siege

Where do we turn when law enforcement threatens citizens like a grim force of nature?

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 13, 2007

Information Blockade

The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media — the public's right to know be damned

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 22, 2007

Wilenchik's a Liar, and There's More

Besides personally demanding our arrests, Andy Thomas' special prosecutor sought to bankrupt New Times over a misdemeanor and lock up our lawyers

County Attorney’s office (finally) files "Notice of Intent to Dismiss" charges in Lacey/Larkin matter.

PHX attorney Mike Manning demands that Thomas, Arpaio and Wilenchik not destroy docs related to Lacey/Larkin arrests.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 8, 2007

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 25, 2007

Who's Sorry Now?

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants us to apologize to Sheriff Joe. Fat chance

UPDATE: NEW TIMES FOUNDERS MIKE LACEY AND JIM LARKIN RELEASED FROM SHERIFF'S CUSTODY, VOW TO FIGHT ON.

IN YOUR FACE! FURIOUS PUBLIC BACKLASH FORCES COUNTY ATTORNEY ANDREW THOMAS TO DROP CASE AGAINST NEW TIMES.

BREAKING NEWS: NEW TIMES FOUNDERS MICHAEL LACEY AND JIM LARKIN ARRESTED!

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

New Times To Merge With Village Voice

Combination creates nation's premier alternative media company

Big Scam Theory

Downtown Phoenix has always had its high points, but the Civic Center boondoggle isn't one of them