United Way

Phoenix Employees Raise $1 Million for Valley Non-Profit Organizations

​It's been a tough year for Phoenix city employees -- from enduring false claims by politicos they are bilking the city with their average compensation at $100,000 to being vilified in the 2011 mayoral election, accused of bleeding taxpayers with their inflated salaries and bloated benefits.Despit ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Possible Challenger Jerry Lewis, and the Yelping of Pearce's Media Lap Dogs

Channel 12's Brahm Resnik has outed a possible challenger to state Senate President Russell Pearce in the November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18: Jerry Lewis, and, no, not the cheesy dude on the telethons.Resnik writes in his blog that,"This would be Lewis' first run for elected offi ... More >>

Tractor Pull Divas Raising Money for Foster Children

Standout Phoenix alt-country act Tractor Pull Divas is doing a fundraiser for Helen's Hope Chest, a charity affiliated with the Mesa United Way. The Hope Chest provides clothing and other basic items for foster children in the Valley. Band member Ryan Brown is himself a foster parent and says he ... More >>

Roger Clyne Trying to Break Record for Most Sombreros in One Place

Did you know there was a Guinness world record for the most sombreros assembled in one place? Well, apparently there is, and local rockers Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers wants to break it at the CD release party for their new album, Unida Cantina. Cantina, the recording of which is the s ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Phil Gordon, D-Backs and even New Times to Crowd the Arrogant Butcher

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YeeHaw?ref=seller_info​It's being billed as "one of the most comprehensive series of grand opening events in Valley restaurant history," but to be honest, the line-up for Sam Fox's Arrogant Butcher is giving us a serious case of heartburn. Jason Rose -- the pu ... More >>

Matt Leinart Wins Award; Calm Down, Cards Fans -- Honor Has Little to Do With Football

Professional do-gooder Matt Leinart​The Arizona Cardinals' performance-plagued B-squad quarterback Matt Leinart won an award today, and it wasn't for most under-thrown receivers, or clipboard-holder of the year. Despite his follies on the field, it turns out Leinart's a bit of a philanthropi ... More >>

Resolve to Help the Hungry

According to the Valley of the Sun United Way, over 260,000 Arizona residents lack resources needed to acquire food for the next few days. Eighty thousand will skip meals or consume meals that lack adequate quantity on a regular basis. Due to recent economic conditions, the demand on local resources ... More >>

Hot Links: Remembering 911, A Dozen Beers, and D-Backs

  ​Some of the Phoenix firefighters who were in New York City after September 11, 2001 recounted their experiences to KTAR.com, including current fire chief Bob Khan, who says of being at Ground Zero, "To this day, it was a surreal experience"...Colleen Clark, the President of the ... More >>

SCA Contributions Technically Not "Payroll Deductions," County Says

We're not saying Captain Joel Fox is wrong about everything. Turns out he's right on the issue of whether the SCA contributions were, in fact, "payroll deductions." Although the reports filed by Fox say "payroll deductions," Fox says in comments to this blog that they were actually nothing more t ... More >>

Flunk'd

The Thomas J. Pappas School gives homeless kids everything they need — except a good education

The Rancher's Revenge

When environmentalists attacked, rancher Jim Chilton used the best ammunition he could find -- and it came from his enemy

Human Race

Teamwork's key in Urban Adventure

In God We Trust

Big banks and desperate debtors have made an East Valley ministry millions

Health Scare

Employee complaints prompt investigation of ASU health center

Smoking Section

Valley pot heads pipe up

The Big Stink

Fur is flying over whether one of the most popular animal charities in town has gone to the dogs

Ghosts of Mars

The movement that Phoenix's Chicano artists began 25 years ago is far from dead. But the gallery that was their headquarters soon will be.

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Letters

From the week of November 15–21, 2001

Letters

From the week of November 8–14, 2001

Ticket to Raid

Their World Series tickets still unaccounted for, county supervisors try to shut out criticism

Marketing Misery

Is Saint Durst the new, limp Bono?

Suite and Low

United Way loses thousands as county pols snag its World Series seats

Best Pair Of Double Entendres In A Local TV Newscast

KPNX News 12

Quarterback Sneak

To get the stadium they want, Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill and Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano are playing fast and loose with the rules of the game

Skirting the Issue

Tempe activist terminates mayoral bid

O Children, Where Art Thou?

Museum peace unlikely as a proposed family center in Phoenix fights critics over right to life.

Letters

From the week of October 19

Letters

Week of October 12th

Flashes

Week of October 12th

Letters

10-05-2000

Flashes

09-28-2000

Harmony Grit

Seasoned musician Walt Richardson shares his tasty licks with the neighborhood.

Snafu 2000

Phoenix officials told volunteers planning an expensive millennial downtown bash to think big. It seems as though nobody was thinking at all.

Ground Zero

With arrests and civil pressures, police have reduced the terror inflicted by Eastside Los Cuatro Milpas. But conditions that gave rise to the gang in the first place still fester.

The Foundation Speaks

The Angel of Area 5

When retiree Bev Tittle-Baker's neighbors convinced her to help them make the crime-infested area safer for children, they unleashed an irrepressible force for change

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

A Pain in the Assessment

Some nonprofits get propertytax bills from Maricopa County

Pic Hits for the week

HOMELESS ON THE RANGE

GOP leaders want local governments to run social programs and charities to assume more of the burden. Neither idea is working in Kingman, where no good deed goes unpunished.

Open Door, Open Accounts

CHARITABLE TAKING THE ARIZONA DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY EATS UP 95 PERCENT OF ITS BUDGET WITH SALARIES AND OVERHEAD. CANCER VICTIMS GET THE LEFTOVER CRUMBS.

AN ENTERPRISING DEFENDANT

HE'S ACCUSED OF PLUNDERING A TITLE AGENCY FOR $8 MILLION, BUT HE'S OUT OF JAIL AND BACK AT A DESK

Pols to the Wall

POIGNANT TIMES AT POISON CONTROLMEDICAL AND EMERGENCY EXPERTS FEAR CLOSURE OF PHOENIX FACILITY

SEEING THE LIGHT

NOW APPEARING IN SOUTH PHOENIX: THE VIRGIN MARY

A HOUSE DIVIDED

A WINTER OF DISCONTENT AMONG ADVOCATES OF THE HOMELESS