Dear Stoner: Some people say vaporizers will make your weed last longer, but others swear that the old “one-hitter” or “dugout” is the best way to stretch your stash. What are your thoughts on this? Eric Dear Eric: Size, quality, and temperature are the most important variables for vaporizers. I…
Did Jan Brewer put her foot in her mouth this past Friday? A lot of Arizona Latinos think so. In an interview with the Boston Globe this past Friday, the former Arizona governor was asked whether she thinks Latinos will play a significant role in helping Hillary Clinton win Arizona, a…
New campaign-finance records show that billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson forked over $500,000 last week to the group fighting Arizona’s marijuana-legalization measure, Prop 205. Adelson — CEO and founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation — has been using his money to challenge marijuana legalization across the country, and his gift…
Authorities are asking for the public’s help to locate a suspect who shot three wild Salt River horses on Friday evening, October 21.
When Governor Doug Ducey announced his appointment of David Farca to lead the Arizona-Mexico Commission last year, he attributed his choice to Farca’s “exceptional entrepreneurial experience.” But records in an ongoing lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against Farca and ToH Design Studio, his Scottsdale interior-design and furnishings company, put a negative…
“Warn the young and the innocent: I’m about to get obscene.” That’s the untraditional opening line in a new campaign video from the guy who might just be Arizona’s most untraditional candidate, Democrat Mikel Weisser. Often seen wearing a baseball cap and peace sign or Bernie Sanders’ buttons while stumping for…
Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, worked with victims of sexual violence as a social worker and knew there were rape kits that were going untested. “I knew it was an issue, but I didn’t know the extent of it,” she tells New Times in an interview this week. Hobbs learned…
If recent polls are to be believed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio trails Democratic challenger Paul Penzone by double digits, signalling the end may be near for the 84 year-old GOP icon, who recently was charged with criminal contempt of court by the U.S. Department of Justice for his obstreperous behavior in…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, making an argument for our status as a border town. Here’s our list of the best our town has to offer when the subject is weed. Best Cannabis Festival: The Errl Cup The Errl Cup was created by Jim…
In a new study of health benchmarks for children, Arizona ranks nearly last. America’s Health Rankings, released last month, provides a comprehensive overview of how all 50 states and the District of Columbia compare with one another on a broad range of health measures, ranging from adequate health insurance to immunizations…
Wolfskin Ink, a popular West Phoenix tattoo parlor whose late proprietor is the subject of this week’s New Times cover story, was firebombed early Wednesday morning by unknown persons wielding a Molotov cocktail. According to Wolfskin’s current owner Rayney Perkins, most of the damage done to the shop was due…
The owner of five Phoenix-area Mexican restaurants was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Monday for tax fraud related to her hiring of undocumented workers. Isamary Diaz, 56, began Armando’s Mexican Food restaurants with her husband in 1986, later running the businesses herself after their divorce. She began…
Take a deep breath. The end of what may be the strangest, most unpredictable election season in all of American history is in sight, people! Tonight marks one of the final milestones: the third presidential debate. Chris Wallace of Fox News will moderate, which should make for some very interesting…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a layout editor. This person will produce sophisticated and vibrant layouts for the print and online versions of the paper, produce and supervise interactive and multimedia features for www.phoenixnewtimes.com, organize and manage digital assets, and assist and support the art director. Applicants…
Beneath a merciless Arizona sun on a Saturday in early September, a crowd of more than 300 waits at the edge of Bartlett Lake, about 50 miles northeast of downtown Phoenix, to watch a Viking ship, gliding silently atop the lake’s still waters, meet a fiery end. The seven-foot replica, painted scarlet and black, features a black mainsail etched…
To put it blunt-ly (see what we did there?), the second annual Southwest Cannabis Conference + Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center this past weekend was a hit. Roughly 7,000 people blew through the vendor hall (packed with more than 200 exhibitors) and attended any number of the 37 panels…
Shrinking state funding for schools over the years has meant that local communities have been forced to pay an increasingly higher share of total funding, according to the Arizona School Boards Association. The situation has left schools in a precarious state, says the nonpartisan, nonprofit group, which represents school districts throughout…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, making an argument for our status as a border town. Here’s our list of the most memorable moments of the past year. Best Rescue: GusGus the Goat Little news in the past 12 months was quite as traumatic…
Governor Doug Ducey plans to move forward immediately on recommendations from a task force that he created to clear a backlog of rape kits that have gone untested for years. Released in a report on Monday, the Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Task Force’s recommendations include passing legislation to require that…
Phoenix-based Discount Tire Company and its billionaire owner Bruce Halle face a growing boycott movement after making a $1 million donation to help defeat Proposition 205, the ballot initiative to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Arizona. In August, local immigrant-rights groups organized a boycott after Discount Tire stores posted “Re-Elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio” signs in…
Officials at Payson High School in Gila County say they have some regrets about requiring female students to attend an assembly last month that featured a guest speaker who espoused abstinence. Taxpayers may have some regrets, too: The Payson Unified School District used taxpayer money to pay for the abstinence…
Dear Stoner: I was at my neighborhood “gardening” store recently and noticed an ingredient I was not familiar with: bat guano. What is that? L.L. Pot Seed Dear L.L.: The answer is poop. Bat poop, specifically. While bats may be disease-carrying flying rats with poor eyesight, their excrement is like…
