U.S. Army

Eric Harroun of Phoenix Charged With Conspiring to Use RPG While Fighting With Al-Qaeda Group

Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old former U.S. soldier raised in Phoenix, has been charged with conspiring to use a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) while fighting in Syria with an Al-Qaeda group. The charge, which carries a potential sentence of life in prison, comes a couple of weeks after a video surface ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

Desecration: Unearthed Native Burial Site Causes Uproar

Inside Drenth: A Look at What Made a Fallen Cop Tick

FBI Agents Uncover Details of Love Affair!? General Petraeus and Arizona AG Tom Horne Share Same Doghouse

Americans have been learning in the last few days of how FBI agents uncovered evidence of an extramarital affair of a top official. The official, of course, is former CIA Director and U.S. Army rock star General David Petraeus, who announced on Friday he would resign his post after news of the affa ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Sure Ain't a Conservative, and Here's Why

Joe Arpaio's U.S. Veteran Victim Marty Atencio: Family Files Suit in Superior Court

The family of U.S. Army veteran Marty Atencio is filing suit today in Maricopa County Superior Court over his brutal death late last year in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail. Atencio, who suffered from mental illness, was off his meds and wandering the streets in a daze on December 15, when ... More >>

"Tough" Sheriff Joe Arpaio Let a Murderer Go to Kill Again

Ex-Police Chief's Book Details Arpaio's Negligence in El Mirage Cases

Joe Arpaio Turns a Blind Eye to Jailhouse Justice

Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff

Phoenix's Most At-Risk Homeless Find Their Way, Thanks to a Team of "Navigators"

Sheriff Paul Babeu's Chief Deputy, Steve Henry, Announces Potential Candidacy For Sheriff

Steve Henry officially announced this morning that he's considering running for Pinal County Sheriff.​As we reported last week, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's chief deputy, Steve Henry, is considering running for his boss' current gig -- and this morning, he made it official."With the possible ... More >>

Paul Babeu's Chief Deputy Steve Henry Considering a Run For Boss' Job -- Now That Babeu's Considering Running For Congress

PCSO Chief Deputy Steve Henry, it appears, is the heir-apparent to Sheriff Paul Babeu, who's probably running for Congress.​Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced last week that he's considering running for Congress -- his chief deputy, Steve Henry, however, apparently thinks Babeu is definitel ... More >>

Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, Binds Himself to Arpaio/Thomas Scandal Through Lawyer Mark Goldman's Fundraiser

Image: www.youtube.comBill Montgomery still stands with the powerful politician who endorsed him, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, despite an unfolding scandal.​ Ssshhh... Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery seem to be on a secret mission. He's scheduled to appear at a fundraiser tomorrow for himself ... More >>

"Baja Arizona" Supporters Launch Website in Push for Sovereignty From Legislative Lunatics

​A group of southern Arizona residents who are fed up with the "unconstitutional machinations" that go on in the state Legislature are getting organized -- the group recently launched a website to help drum up support for their push to break away from Arizona and form "Baja Arizona," the nation's ... More >>

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

Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That's Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal

The Carl Hayden High Falcons — Who Endured the Longest Losing Streak in the Nation — Win Again

Time Bomb: A '70s Cop Killing Investigation Leads to a Chicago Law Professor Who Helped Launch Barack Obama's Political Career

Q&A: Ted Nugent Talks Guns, Meth, and Hippies Before NRA Convention in Phoenix

The Motor City Madman: Ted NugentTed Nugent talks a lot about discipline. Speaking on the phone from his ranch outside Waco, Texas, the Detroit-born guitarist of "Cat Scratch Fever" fame comes back to it again and again. His life of clean living is the way to go, he says, living another way is nothi ... More >>

Nathan Sproul strikes again: Mailer spotlights link between Russell Pearce and neo-Nazi J.T. Ready.

Jurors convict Robert Ortloff in Kathleen Smith's murder

David Hans Schmidt suicide? PHX sex-tape hawker found dead.

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

Tohono O'odham With Love

Move over, Dannielynn; Anna Nicole's Native son is alive and well on the Tohono O'odham reservation, and he may be the rightful heir to the tabloid temptress' millions

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make ’em like they used to

Koetter Carve-Up

No, this ain't some artist's rendering of Dirk Koetter post-whacking; it's the scary new statue of Pat Tillman at You Pee Stadium

Sharp Tool

Maynard James Keenan may not be such a mystery

War & Peacenik

Ever heard of a West Point graduate seeking a conscientious objector discharge? Meet Major Ann Marie Tate

Meth Fatalities

Methamphetamine is number-one with a bullet when it comes to violent death in Phoenix

Soldiers of Misfortune

Help send treats to the troops

War Games

For the Valley's extreme gamers, the action is often too big for a computer screen

The Mile High Guys

With unlimited free flying and online access to singles worldwide, working for the Valley¹s hometown airline is the next best thing to being James Bond

Court House Scoundrels

Unsuspecting consumers are getting ripped off by the hundreds. The Supereme Court is working to stop this unauthorized practice of law.

America's Ogre of Train Bombing

You don't know about NITTY GRITTY in your city?

Friesen Weather

Acclaimed Portland bassist kicks off downtown's newest jazz showcase

Arabian Knight

Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

Flight From Phoenix

In 1944, 25 German POWs tunneled out of the Papago Park internment camp. Now, a Valley playwright has excavated their adventure.

Dream Machine

Military wheels help define lives of a window washer under 40 and a WWII doc over 80

Shooting Star

Pioneering photojournalist Morris Berman's images are powerful portraits of this American life

Tribal Belt

Margarite Faras tried to fix what she thought was wrong with the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Instead, San Carlos fixed her.

Letters

Courage Under Fire

The Good War goes bad in Spielberg's brilliant Saving Private Ryan

Going to the Well Too Often

Should boom towns like Prescott let little things like water shortages keep them from growing?

Flashes

Owl See You in Court

From spikedaces to spotted owls, the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity has logged the legal system and rewritten the book on environmental activism

The Art of War

Domestic Insurrection-Control Intelligence Dossier

ARE THESE FOLKS REALLY A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY?

SHOWDOWN IN CATTLE COUNTRY

THE KLUMPS HAVE RUN COWS ON PUBLIC LAND FOR DECADES. NOW THEY'RE TELLING THE GOVERNMENT THEY OWN IT.