Utah

Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill to Open New Phoenix Location on April 22

It's been about a year and a half since Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill announced it would build its newest Valley location on the southwest corner of 16th Street and Bethany Home Road. See also: - Chef Justin Beckett Opening Restaurant in Old Beef Eaters Building - "Arizona's Hottest New Patio" Opens ... More >>

Virginia Pizza Shop Offers 2nd Amendment Discount

Good news gun owners (in Virginia) there's a pizza shop there willing to offer you a 15 percent discount if you're packing heat. The owner of All Around Pizza and Deli, Jay Laze, said he decided to start offering the deal after he saw a frozen yogurt shop in Utah offer a similar deal. See Also: - ... More >>

Chow Bella's Guide to Pumpkin Beer 2012

In the past, pumpkin beers were rare -- a seasonal sideshow, showing up only in the breweries daring enough to make them and enjoyed only by drinkers willing to take a chance on the oddities. Today, however, brews made with pumpkin have officially become mainstream, with nearly every brewery worth i ... More >>

(Worst) Parent of the Year: Toddler Potty Training In Restaurant

See Also: Baby Strollers at Devoured?! Young Children?!?! The Horror! See Also: What's the Most Bizarre Thing You've Seen at a Restaurant? Breast feeding in public has its vociferous avatars and detractors but at the end of the day it is not unreasonable to say that the issue is debatable. Modesty ... More >>

Five Wives Vodka, Banned in Idaho, May Come to Arizona; In the Meantime, Feel Free to Pick Up Five Actual Wives

Ogden's Own Distillery, based in Utah, has been making some big news lately after one of its products -- Five Wives Vodka -- was banned from being sold in Idaho by the state's liquor division.In a letter to the company's distributor in Idaho, the liquor board wrote that its members felt the concept ... More >>

Bad Mormon: Mitt Romney's Anti-Immigrant Stance Doesn't Jibe with LDS Teachings

Utah Compact's Sister Arizona Accord Argues for Humane Immigration Solutions

As I anticipated in a blog item late last year, the Arizona version of the Utah Compact, called the "Arizona Accord," was introduced to the public at the state Capitol yesterday. It argues for a rational, humane approach to immigration reform.The accord's statement of principles, which you can read, ... More >>

Wasatch Pumpkin Ale

​Beer: Wasatch Pumpkin Ale Brewery: Utah Brewers Collective Style: Pumpkin beer ABV: 4 percent Pumpkin beer month continues! Huzzah! This week's addition to the best family of vegetable beers around often flies under the radar, but is nonetheless so tasty that it topped our recent list of the nat ... More >>

Good Gourd! The Top 10 Pumpkin Beers

​Like Linus awaiting the Great Pumpkin, we find ourselves plopped outside our local brew shops each October, anticipating the arrival of the season's bounty of pumpkin ales. The selection is vast -- this year there seem to be more gourd-based brews on shelves than ever. Some are mediocre; some are ... More >>

Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Child "Brides"

www.article.wn.comWarren Jeffs​Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See fo ... More >>

Good News: Horse Herpes Contained

​According to the Arizona Department of Agriculture, the horse herpes that have plagued Arizona equine for over a month has been contained.In mid-May, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced that an Arizona horse tested positive for the Equine Herpes Virus.

Epic Brewing Brainless

​The beer: Brainless Belgian-Style Golden AleThe brewer: Epic BrewingStyle: Belgian Golden Strong AleABV: 8.6 percent Mistaken beliefs run rampant when it comes to the beer scene in Utah, but the most pernicious is the misconception that you can't find a beer above 3.2 percent ABV in the stat ... More >>

Mormon Church: Legalize Undocumented Residents, Forget Mass Explusion

​ The Mormon church announced last week that it advocates a type of amnesty for illegal immigrants who "square themselves with the law and continue to work" in the United States. The statement, published on the church's website, also takes aim at harsh anti-illegal-immigrant laws like those pa ... More >>

Horse Herpes Forces Closure of Queen Creek Park

A horse in Arizona does.​An outbreak of horse herpes has forced the closure of a Queen Creek Park.Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre will be closed through at least June 2 to prevent the spread of the horse herpes, which is currently spreading throughout the Southwest.

Horse Herpes Hits Arizona. If You Just Thought "I Need Condoms," That's a Problem

www.cornell.eduSlut​Cody Beck is a 19-year-old college student from Prescott who we wrote about last year in regards to his sexual attraction to horses -- and he better start wrappin' it up; horse herpes has hit Arizona.The Arizona Department of Health Services just announced that an Arizona ... More >>

Arizona Does "Not Have a Single Common Sense Gun Law" On Books, Brady Center Finds

www.last2pics.comYee-haw​For a state that recently became only the second state in the entire country to pass a law that names an official state gun, it shouldn't come as much of a shock that Arizona scored a whopping zero points on this year's Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence annual scoreca ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Bad Mormon? At Least According To the Utah Compact

Looks like Pearce opposes his own church on immigration... When I first began reporting on immigration and Sand Land politics several years ago, I was under the mistaken impression -- because I'd never lived in an area so heavily influenced by the LDS before -- that most Mormons were like neo- ... More >>

Mormon-Owned Deseret News in Utah Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff

Image: www.nppa.org The Deseret News is pulling an East Valley Tribune move by laying off nearly half of its staff.​Utah's oldest newspaper, the Mormon-owned Deseret News, is laying off nearly half of its staff in a major restructuring based on financial problems. Jay Evensen,&nb ... More >>

Burrito Thief/ Suspect in Utah Cop Murder Busted Just North of Arizona/ Utah Border

Scott Curley​When we first got word Friday morning that the 23-year-old suspect in the murder of a Utah police officer was hiding out in a six-square-mile section of the Arizona desert we figured he'd be in custody before lunch.Despite hundreds of cops swarming the area, that suspect, Scott Curley ... More >>

32 Degrees Ice Cream Not Coming Soon to Arcadia?

​A new place to get frozen treats is always welcome this time of year. There's a "coming soon" sign up for an ice cream spot called 32 Degrees in the Arcadia Town Center at 4730 E. Indian School Rd. But according to the building permit issued by the city's Development Se ... More >>

Judge Dismisses Order of Protection for Unborn Baby Police Believe is Being Sold by Parents

Alison and Gary Stuckey are the parents of at least four children, with a fifth on the way.​A judge today dismissed an order of protection for the unborn baby of an Arizona couple who police believe are trying to sell the child somewhere in Utah.Utah's Third District Juvenile Judge James Michie ru ... More >>

Arizona Couple, Believed to be Trying to Sell Unborn Baby in Utah, Sought by Police

KSL 5 NewsAlison and Gary Stuckey are the parents of at least four children, with a fifth on the way.​Authorities in Utah are looking for an Arizona couple they believe traveled to their state to find a buyer for the couple's unborn baby.Why Utah? According to court documents, the couple allegedly ... More >>

Blues Blast

Blues and Beyond

August: Osage County Heads to Gammage Ushering in a New Year of Theater

The Crush

Salt Lake City Slickers

Multimedia collective shows Utah’s not all it’s cracked down to be

The Mexican on Bashing Spanish Women

Short Creek redux? Colorado City historian Ben Bistline on the FLDS, Warren Jeffs, and Yearning for Zion.

Persecution Complex

Prophet Warren Jeffs' conviction won't stop underage marriages among his followers, much less end polygamy

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Step inside

Authorities Swarm Polygamists

State and federal law enforcement launches a multifaceted campaign against fugitive fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Warren Jeffs and his followers

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 12, 2006

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

Blasphemous Backlash

Ross Chatwin said no way to polygamy's holy man before the national press. Will others join him now?

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Politics Over Principle

Napolitano and Goddard exhibit cowardly conduct in the polygamy probe

Victims' Refuge

Arizona and Utah officials decide to curb underage marriages by erecting a sheriff's substation in polygamy country

Utah Targets Polyg Prophet

While Arizona authorities languish, the Utah Attorney General's Office focuses on the leader of the fundamentalist Mormon Church

Eyes Wide Shut

From Governor Janet Napolitano down, Arizona authorities have protected polygamous sexual predators with their indifference

Polygamists Probed

The Utah AG's office vows aggressive prosecution of fundamentalist Mormons who "marry" young girls

Fornicating for God

As the case of a snatched Mormon girl from Salt Lake City unfolds, polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border face legal scrutiny

Polygamy's Odyssey

A brief history of the Mormon tenet

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Sex and Colorado City

Letters from the week of October 10, 2002

An Abbreviated History of Polygamous Communities

Cover-Up (Arizona Attorney General internal memo)

Arizona faces a "Waco-level" threat from Mormon fundamentalists.

Best Place To Go Nuts

The Orange Patch

Flashes

Governors Ungoverned

In State of Emergency, Western guvs declare war on big government--deja vu?