The state has given up on trying to save residents from Africanized killer bees that have swarmed into the state by the millions in recent years. Although the bees have killed three people — two in the Valley and one in Casa Grande — and reports of attacks by bees…
Gilbert Jones should have been among the hundreds of Indians marching to the Fort McDowell Casino last week.The five-mile walk and Sovereignty Day celebration commemorated the day eight years ago when the Yavapai tribe took its most dramatic stand, facing off against federal agents who raided the tribe’s casino and…
Jim Kaufman, a developer who has played a key role in the revitalization of downtown Phoenix, has been credited with saving many cherished buildings: The renovated Orpheum Theatre, the art deco Professional Building just south of Bank One center, the majestic administration building on the old Phoenix Union High School…
The day Laura Bernstein was stabbed, kicked and left to die on a Mill Avenue sidewalk, the Tempe Daily News ran a front-page photo of a new police car. In a staged shot typical of small-town newspapers more than 30 years ago, two officers were shown “inspecting” the spanking new…
Opponents of a controversial Pentagon program that is forcing all members of the military to be inoculated against anthrax have a new unlikely ally in U.S. Senator John McCain. McCain, whom anthrax opponents say has never returned their calls or letters seeking his support, has called for a suspension of…
Next time you’re sitting in traffic, look up. Opponents of a proposed Phoenix mass transit system would like you to picture their own pie-in-the-sky people-mover — an overhead sky-rail system, where a computerized chauffeur zips you along at 100 mph in your private SkyTran vehicle. No unnecessary stops. No congested…
George the dachshund stands just inches tall and weighs 11 pounds. Given up for adoption by a family that rejected him, the 2-year-old dog has found a home in a two-bedroom apartment in east Phoenix. A quiet little pup with big, woeful eyes, he has his own cushion on the…
More than halfway through what he hoped would be a long career in the military, an Arizona Air National Guard member we’ll call Joe is struggling to decide whether to take a mandatory shot he believes could endanger his health. The Pentagon says Joe and the other 2.4 million members…
More than two years after hauling away construction debris from the site of the new Harkins 11 Luxury Theatres in Flagstaff, Barb and Tom Vlahopoulos are still waiting to be paid by the Scottsdale theater chain. The original bill? Around $7,000. Barb Vlahopoulos has taken her case to the media,…
More than 20 years ago, in an unparalleled community effort, Mesa residents built the Little Adobe Schoolhouse, an authentic reproduction of Mesa’s original one-room school. It was a labor of love that served as a grassroots bicentennial project. Some 28,000 schoolchildren donated pennies and other change to fund the project…
Dozens of Valley residents have been killed or injured in the past decade as gang violence has spread beyond fights between gang members. A New Times review of reports of such incidents shows at least 62 innocent bystanders have been hurt or killed as the result of gang crimes. There…
Russell Hamblin’s black 1998 Honda Civic was still dripping with suds and water when the other car rolled up to the near-deserted Chandler car wash late on the evening of September 7. The clean and shiny late-model sedan may have seemed the perfect score for members of a roaming street…
Dr. Mary Rimsza, a pediatrician and leading advocate for abused and neglected children, has ended her careerlong affiliation with the county hospital and moved on to an older group of patients. Rimsza resigned from her job as head of MedPro, the group that provides doctors for Maricopa Medical Center, and…
Los Arcos developers intend to divert about $541,000 a year in property taxes currently earmarked for public schools to an independent board that would decide how to spend the money on schools. The diversion is part of a property-tax abatement plan Los Arcos developers say they will request as part…
What calls itself a hospital, has acted like a hospital since its formation 16 years ago, is licensed as a general hospital in the state of Arizona, but isn’t really a hospital? According to federal authorities, the answer is: Phoenix Children’s Hospital. In a development that surprised those who have…
When the final grain of sand ran out of the official timer, the forum in the Kenilworth Elementary School gymnasium was called to attention. Candidates climbed on stage, took their spots on blue plastic chairs and waited to address the audience. Randy Pullen, a late entrant in the mayoral race,…
Glen Gaddie wants you to know this: He is not his brother’s keeper. As the head of the Burke Basic School, a charter school that opened in Mesa on Monday, he wants you to know this, too: His new school has nothing to do with the one his brother, Reed…
The governor’s Growing Smarter Commission is visiting a dozen cities in Arizona this summer, offering free cookies and drinks and a 13-page draft report that could shape the future of the state. By the time the road show ends next week, more than 1,000 people will have attended at least…
