Whenever the University of Arizona football team heads to Tempe to play ASU in the Territorial Cup, ASU students camp out on Tempe’s A Mountain to prevent any Wildcats from climbing up and painting the giant gold A on the side of the mountain red.The game is this Saturday, and…
The Phoenix Coyotes made history last night in Edmonton, and like many Coyotes milestones, it’s not good history.During the team’s 4-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, the Coyotes managed to get scored on twice in seven seconds. For anyone unfamiliar with hockey, two goals happening that fast is almost impossible…
As mind-numbingly impossible as it is to imagine, Sheriff Joe, avowed enemy of a free press and brown people everywhere, will be the guest speaker at the ASU Cronkite School of Journalism’s “First Amendment Forum” this Monday, November 30.Talk about eating turkey after Thanksgiving. Arpaio lecturing at a First Amendment…
When given the option of an exciting wildcat offense and a stud quarterback, or two middle-aged guys in the twilight of their careers, NBC is going with the latter.NBC has decided to show the Arizona Cardinals a little love this season and has opted to move the Cards December 6…
If the Arizona Department of Health Services had its way, your Thanksgiving dinner would probably be more like visiting a relative in a county jail than a fun family meal. …
Anyone looking to adopt their very own geratric this holiday season, look no further. The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a program called “Adopt a Senior,” where residents take it upon themselves to make sure a senior citizen has a nice holiday season. As if our own senile grandparents…
A new survey by a Washington-based publisher puts Gilbert and Surprise among the safest cities in the country. The cities were ranked 24th and 27th by CQ Publishers. The group calculated FBI crime rates for 2008 and found both cities to have some of the lowest in the country… There’s an increase in…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Best in Field Against Terry Goddard for Governor’s Race Rasmussen Reports Up on…
There’s a cow killer on the loose, and the Humane Society of the United States is offering $2,500 to bring the culprit to justice.The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Humane Society are looking for the person responsible for murdering a cow at the privately owned Sierra Bonita Ranch…
The FBI today released its hate crime report for 2008, showing the number of documented hate crimes by participating agencies to be up nationally by about 2.1 percent. Locally, hate crimes were up in Arizona by nearly 15 percent, in Phoenix by 11.25 percent (see note below), and in Maricopa County…
Senator John McCain has pledged to block the confirmation of nominees for three political spots within the Department of Agriculture until the USDA approves a request by the owners of the Arizona Snowbowl to use treated wastewater to make snow.The use of wastewater to make snow for skiers at Snowbowl…
After nearly four agonizing months, the Arizona State Senate has finally passed four bills that will cut about $450 million from the state’s budget.Like most things in the Legislature, this afternoon’s agreement didn’t come without a little bit of drama.First and foremost: Bravo to Senator Thayer Verschoor for actually showing…
Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin hit the airways last night on KTAR’s Jay Lawrence Show expressing his lack of optimism about the way the Legislature and Governor Jan Brewer are handling the budget fiasco.Can you blame him?…
Phoenix’s new Civic Space Park is honored by Engineering News-Record magazine as being the best designed park of 2009.For anyone who’s been to the park, you may be saying: “It just looks like a few acres of grass with some benches.” On the surface, you would be right. However, the park…
Arizona voters apparently love racial profiling and corruption. That’s the conclusion I’m drawing from newly released Rasmussen poll numbers showing that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio does the best of possible GOP gubernatorial candidates against Arizona Attorney Terry Goddard. In a survey of 1,200 likely voters, Arpaio, a Republican, would top…
Last Thursday, the Arizona Legislature failed to pass pieces of legislation that would shave about $400 million off of the state’s $2 billion budget shortfall. The special session was supposed to reconvene today, but it seems as though that’s not happening either.The proceedings were delayed — again — as Senate Republicans…
Considering the Cardinals dismal road performance last season, did you ever think you’d hear these words: The Arizona Cardinals are now 5-0 on the road. For the first time since 1948, back when the team was the Chicago Cardinals, the nomadic franchise has managed to win five games on the road after its 21-13…
The Phoenix Suns have seen their fair share of memorable duos over the past four decades of playing basketball in the Valley, including capable combos such as Alvan Adams and Gar Heard from the ’76 Sunderella team and the talented twosome of KJ and Thunder Dan in the early ’90s…
The former home of Senator John McCain is going up for auction. Near Glendale and Central avenues, the house has 13 bedrooms, two guest houses, and 14.5 bathrooms. The auction price will start at $5.9 million…Queen Creek officials are asking residents to help decide on a slogan for the city. The…
In a stunning revelation recently made public as part of the ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an MCSO sergeant has admitted that the department has been destroying documents and e-mails directly related to the MCSO’s anti-immigrant sweeps. This, despite numerous requests…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Salvador Reza Discusses Joe Arpaio on GRITtv, and Dennis Gilman’s Video on Nazis in Arizona…
Two Tucson men were sentenced recently for stealing Saguaro cacti from inside Saguaro National Park, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today. Joseph Tillman, 50, will serve eight months in federal prison. His buddy, Gregory James McKee, 42, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and 100 hours of community service. A park…
