Luke Air Force Base

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El Mirage Council Proposing to Jack Up Tax Rates, Water, Sewer, and Garbage Rates Again; Protest Planned at City Easter Event

El Mirage officials are hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza -- "the greatest Easter event El Mirage has ever seen" -- on March 30 at Bill Gentry Park, 14010 N. El Mirage Road. As children get their photos taken with the Easter Bunny, color eggs, pet ponies, and romp around in a bouncy house, El Mirage ... More >>

Max Wilson, One of Five County Supervisors, to Retire and Resign His Post of March 11; Cites Health Concerns

Max Wilson, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, announced today that he will retired and step down from his post on March 11 due to health concerns. The real-estate developer was appointed to his seat representing the west Valley in 2002 and won his third full term on t ... More >>

Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan

With President Obama's re-election, the empty threat from the people who just loathe the Leader of the Free World has changed from "I'M MOVING TO CANADA" to "WE'RE SECEDING."By "we're seceding," we're referring to the roughly 18,500 people who signed a petition on the Internet, asking the White Hous ... More >>

El Mirage Mayor Laments That Complaining Residents are Uninformed, But Doesn't Inform Them About City Presentations Offered To, Um, Inform Them

El Mirage Mayor Lana Mook bemoans that residents in her community are lodging fact-starved concerns and complaints with the city. Her solution? She gets city employees to address these oft-complained about topics with PowerPoint presentations and handouts at a public meeting, but she doesn't both ... More >>

Downed Motorcyclist on Loop 101 Struck by Semi and Passenger Car; Neither Vehicle Stopped

A semi-truck and a passenger struck a downed motorcyclist lying in the middle of a lane on the Loop 101 at about 10:30 p.m. last night, and neither vehicle stopped. It's unclear whether the motorcyclist was killed by those impacts, or from the wipe-out that preceded the collisions. The Department of ... More >>

Luke Air Force Base Stabbing Deaths Ruled Murder-Suicide

​The bizarre deaths of two people at Luke Air Force Base over the weekend has been ruled a murder-suicide, authorities announced this morning.The bodies of Gaudioso Gamilla, 62, and Vilma Gamilla, 61, were found stabbed to death inside the base's post office Sunday night after their son, who lives ... More >>

September 22 In Blogs: Taxidermy, R.E.M., Hula's Modern Tiki, and Rebecca Zahau

​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:

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 17, 2011

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 10, 2011

Will El Mirage Ever Be Able to Emerge From the Shadow of Luke Air Force Base?

Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Spree Wasn't First Arizona Rampage

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is fighting for her life.​The Saturday shooting rampage in Tucson that felled Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others, six of whom died, wasn't the first such mass-killing spree in Arizona.Listed below are other Arizona mass shootin ... More >>

El Mirage Finds Itself at a Crossroad; Acting City Manager Rick Flaaen Faces Tough Decisions

ABC15.comLocal media grilling former El Mirage City Manager B.J. Cornwall about his pay raises.​El Mirage once again finds itself at a crossroad. The departure of B.J. Cornwall, the city's longest tenured city manager, leaves City Attorney Rick Flaaen in charge of a community in a financial crisis ... More >>

U.S. Air Force Likely to Assign F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Luke Air Force Base

​Although environmental studies are not yet complete, word is out that the U.S. Air Force considers Luke Air Force Base in Glendale the "preferred" home for its newest war bird: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The studies being conducted by the Air Force are key to determining the impact of the mili ... More >>

El Mirage Mayor Michelle Kern Wants Her Successor To Put Residents' Needs Above The Needs of the State, Luke Air Force

El Mirage Mayor Michele Kern​El Mirage Mayor Michele Kern isn't seeking re-election, but she hopes that whoever replaces will focus on the residents and make decisions that are in their best interest. She has serious reservations about whether Lana Mook, a mayoral candidate in the August 24 electi ... More >>

El Mirage Probably Will See Complete Turnover on City Council, Effectively Silencing Concerns Over Potential Noise-Impact of F-35s On Residents' Quality of Life, Property Values

Luke Air Force Base sits just outside of El Mirage, and is on a short list to receive a fleet of F-35's.​Looks like major change is on the horizon for El Mirage, a West Valley city where five out of seven seats on the City Council are up for grabs. The deadline for potential candidates ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 13, 2010

April 23 In Blogs: SB1070, Zack de la Rocha, Beer, and John McCain

​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: Barack Obama Weighs In on SB 1070, Calls Russell Pearce Bill "Misguided" Jan Brewer Sig ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer and Crew of AZ Officials Pimping Luke Air Force Base to Washington

​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs, and a host of state and local business people are lobbying top Air Force officials to convince them that Luke Air Force Base is the best place for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The F-35 is the latest war bird coming off the mili ... More >>

Glendale Assails El Mirage for Not Bending Over "In All Ways" to Luke Air Force Base

​El Mirage just can't catch a break.For decades, the small West Valley community has been steamrolled, dismissed, and mocked by neighboring cities, mostly because they believe that El Mirage and its policies pose a threat to Luke Air Force Base.The city was recently assailed by Glendale over d ... More >>

Hot Links: Luke Air Force Base, Condors, and 200 Gallons of Gas

​A shooting at Luke Air Force Base killed one man and injured another. Air force base officials confirm that base security opened fire on two men who drove a stolen car through the base gate. Both men were taken to a hospital, and no one on the base was injured. Glendale police are investigating t ... More >>

Hot Links: Prostitution, Luke Air Force Base, and Chihuahuas

​Three women who worked at a massage parlor in Yuma have been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution ring out of the business. Won Shil Shim, Muae Park, and Hyun Joo Song, all Korean citizens, were charged after an ongoing investigation into the Somerton parlor. Shim was released on more th ... More >>

Sunday: Taste of the Park

This Sunday brings another chance to eat, drink, and be merry in the name of charity. Taste of the Park, Litchfield Park's third annual culinary festival, will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on October 18 in downtown Litchfield Park, at Old Litchfield Rd. and Wigwam Blvd. And it actually benefits a variet ... More >>

DJ Dossier: Slippe

​The never-ending economic nightmare hasn't been a complete tragedy for everyone. In fact, for folks like DJ Slippe it's been something of a boon. As more and more drinkers and urbanites spend less and less of their money at Valley nightclubs, some club owners have turned to the underage crowd t ... More >>

Mayors' Meeting Recorded by Mayor -- Well, Maybe Not, But Some People are Still Ticked

The Arizona Republic's Ceceilia Chan has an amusing story today about a meeting of west Valley mayors that was supposed to be for their ears only, and a mischievous mayor who brought a tape recorder. The meeting was pushed by El Mirage Mayor Fred Waterman, (pictured), whose town has been affected b ... More >>

Terry Goddard Wins Case Against Maricopa County to Limit Building Around Luke AFB

State Attorney General Terry Goddard has won a lawsuit against Maricopa County to limit new building permits near Luke Air Force Base, taking down one obstacle to the facility's desire to be the official home of the F-35 fighter jet.  Lawsuits targeting Maricopa County have made up a ... More >>

Pela gets sentimental over an old cemetery

Someone is rebuilding the Norton House where West Washington Street meets Black Canyon Highway, and they deserve an award

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

TNA TKO

Jett and her faithful manservant, Kreme, pop by Pantera's for a Tuesday night of Foxy Boxing.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Fourth Dimension

Freedom rings throughout the Valley

Shamrock This Town

St. Paddy's Day revelry gets the green light

Best Place To See a Peacock West of Central Avenue

Wildlife World Zoo

Boom Towns

Valley celebrations re-create rockets' red glare

Fear, Facts and Fruitcake

Letters from the week of June 20, 2002

The Danger Zone

Top guns at Luke Air Force Base say the Duncan Family Farms are a military hazard

Go, Fourth

Where to catch the really big fireworks

Parting Shot

Forced out of the military over refusal to take part in a controversial anthrax immunization program, an ex-serviceman finds his protest was in vein

Shot to Hell

Mandatory participation in military's anthrax vaccine program pushes plunger on medical controversy

Tales Out of School

It's tough to be a teen. But what happens when your friends and family are all in gangs? Five students talk about growing up in the Valley's roughest neighborhoods.

American Pyro

Sun City Disease

Every 10 years, retirement communities sweat local school-funding increases and flare up in anti-tax fever. This year's infection is in the Dysart Unified School District.

Insects in Cinema

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Feline in the Sky

Letters

Boom, Boom on the Range

Where endangered Sonoran pronghorn antelope play under the roar of U.S. Air Force jets on live-fire bombing exercises

THE FATAL SOLUTIONAIR FORCE MECHANIC SAYS HIS LEUKEMIA IS LINKED TO SOLVENT CONTAINING DEADLY BENZENE