Arizona’s 10 Deadliest Deadly Women

In 2012, Rebekah Mellon, a 31-year-old mother of one, was charged with the first-degree murder of her husband, who was found shot to death in the family’s Phoenix home. In a bizarre twist, the shooting was recorded on video, thanks to the family’s indoor surveillance system. When the case goes to…

New Poll Shows Pro-Pot Effort Isn’t Exactly Setting Arizona on Fire

A new poll indicates that unless younger and more liberal Arizona voters come out in droves in November, things aren’t looking very good for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol’s ballot initiative. In a recent survey conducted by MBQF Consulting and OH Predictive Insights, 1,060 likely voters across the state…

Clash of Titans: Andy Biggs and Don Stapley Face off in CD5, with Christine Jones Offering a Wild Card Alternative

State Senator Andy Biggs, then-chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee, rolled out his radical proposal during a late-night, marathon hearing in February 2011, where a number of controversial bills were being rubber-stamped by the Republican-dominated body. The erudite ultra-conservative wasn’t coy in laying out his revolutionary blueprint, a complete elimination of Arizona’s Medicaid program, known by its…

Scenes from the 710 Degree Cup Marijuana Awards in Phoenix

Crowds of Arizona medical-marijuana patients braved the sun and waited in line this past Saturday to celebrate the marijuana holiday 7/10. Three thousand or more visitors filtered through the Phoenix Veterans of Foreign Wars post to attend the first-ever 710 Degree Cup and mingle with the 35 vendors involved, some…

Luxury Apartment for Rent in Scottsdale (Vagina-Bong Not Included)

Samuel Oliphant of Scottsdale was kicked out of his luxury apartment last week, days after a hazmat team found the place trashed, toxic, and just plain gross. Scottsdale Police Department photographs of the interior of Oliphant’s former crib, obtained by New Times through a public-records request, reveal a garbage-filled drug den reminiscent…