Subject: Salt River Pima & Maricopa Nation

• REFUSE TECHNOLOGY REFUSEDLANDFILLERS SEE DEVICE TO REDUCE TRASH IN THE EARTH AS PIE IN THE SKY

  February 17, 1993

• STRONG MEDICINE

  WHEN ITS YOUTHS FALTERED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE TRIBE LOOKED WITHIN

  June 23, 1993

• BURNING QUESTIONSWHY WOULD ANYONE SET FIRE TO ARIZONA'S SCENIC LANDSCAPE?

  September 22, 1993

• 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.

  April 20, 1995

• Original Recipe

  Chicken-scratch music predates the railroads in Arizona, but mainstream audiences are just now getting a taste for the stuff

  May 16, 1996

• Safari Tales

  Forty years ago, the Valley's most exotic resort put Scottsdale on the tourist map

  May 22, 1997

• Crime Spree on the Reservation

  Teen-gangster Crips on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community got high on crystal meth and cheap beer and terrorized the reservation with drive-by shootings, murder, beatings, fire-bombings and robberies for two years--until the feds busted them fo

  July 3, 1997

• Code Blues

  A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  August 14, 1997

• Lotto Blotto?

  October 1, 1998

• Saint Lucre

  At 2 a.m. at an Indian casino, one can get broke and cynical

  January 21, 1999

• BEST QUASI-CELEB SIGHTING

  Ivan Makil and Annette Alvarez at Trader Joe's

  September 30, 2004

• New Phoenix Suns Shooting Guard Jason Richardson Popped for DUI

  Another day, another accused athlete. The last few days have seen local sports celebs Charles Barkley, Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald, and Indy 500 driver Danica Patrick in the news for various incidents. This week it's Phoenix Suns player Jason Richardson, who -- like Barkley -- was busted on New Year's Eve on suspicion of driving drunk. Early reports of Richardson's arrest began showing up on in the comments sections of the articles about Barkley, and the news was confirmed today by

  January 5, 2009

• Hot Links: ASU Settles in Rape Case, Lawmakers Ponder Tax Code Overhaul; Tribe Allows Liquor Sales for Loop 101-Area Restaurants

  So-called "date rape" cases will be handled differently at the state's three universities because of a lawsuit settlement -- no more sweeping cases under the rug. State lawmakers are considering a change to tax code -- critics say that's code for tax hike. Drink up on Indian land: The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has voted to allow alcohol sales at restaurants, opening a new revenue stream for developers. Concerns about speed cameras have Democrat and R

  February 3, 2009

• Cops Host Fundraiser for Family of Mesa Baby Killed by Dog

  If you're in Mesa today and looking for something to eat, why not stop by a fundraiser for a police family suffering a tragedy?Mesa cops and members of the Fraternal Order of Police will be hosting an event from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the FOP Mesa Lodge 9, 1452 E. Main Street, to benefit Marcus Rudolph and his wife, Mirna Ramirez.Last month, the couple's pet dog attacked and killed their two-week-old girl as she lay in a bassinet. Rudolph is a seven-year veteran with the Mesa Police Departme

  April 8, 2009

• Brother's Keeper

  November 1, 2007

• Remains of the Day

  More than a dozen Indian burials have been discovered during light-rail construction

  July 20, 2006

• Cafe Roulette

  Fine food and casinos rarely mix well in the Valley

  October 2, 2003

• The Money Pit

  Angry customers say a Valley log home builder has stolen their dreams and pocketed their cash

  November 8, 2001

• Slot Luck

  Diners luck out with Casino Arizona's new upscale Cholla restaurant

  February 8, 2001

• Fallen Idol

  Questions surround death of charismatic Yavapai leader

  May 18, 2000

• Night & Day

  January 7 - 13, 1999

  January 7, 1999

• A Different School of Thought

  The state's unabashed enthusiasm for charter schools stops at the borders of Indian reservations

  July 23, 1998

• OUTLETS of Hostility

  Egoconsumed developers, lobbyists, flacks, detectives and lawyers generate fear and loathing a la Barbarians at the Gate. The reason? Two proposed outlet malls the Valley doesn't really need.

  November 2, 1995

• SLOTS OF ALLEGATIONSTHE SALT RIVER TRIBE IS AWASH IN INTRIGUE OVER ITS GAMING FUTURE

  June 15, 1995

• ROADS TO RUIN

  IF PROPOSITION 400 PASSES, TAXPAYERS WILL COUGH UP BILLIONS FOR FREEWAY CONSTRUCTION. IF ONLY MAG ADOT KNEW WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO SPEND IT.

  October 20, 1994

• Tempe Community Workshop for Papago Park

  June 25, 2009

• Hot Links: D-Backs Choke, Tribes Ban Mining, and 30 Twins

  ​The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped another game last night, losing 5-6 to the San Diego Padres. Next up: the first of three D-Backs home games against the Colorado Rockies on Friday evening...A $30 million loan could help the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community build a new spring training complex on tribal land. The proposed complex would have 11,000 seats and 12 practice fields, and would serve as the new training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies...Maricopa County De

  September 17, 2009