According to Northern Arizona University officials, one person is dead and three others are wounded following an early morning shooting on the Flagstaff campus. A statement from the University reports that the shooter is in custody and that the three victim are being treated at Flagstaff medical center. The first…
The blunt realities of the state’s medical-marijuana industry are exposed in a remarkable ruling on a lawsuit between business partners that features allegations ranging from a “lack of financial controls” to a shady seed deal in a parking lot. The lawsuit’s between the two partners of Uncle Herbs of Payson,…
Whenever federal Judge G. Murray Snow questions Sheriff Joe Arpaio during the sheriff’s ongoing contempt trial, all kinds of muscles tighten at the defense table. And for good reason, Snow knows the case better than anyone. He also remembers in detail what people say in his court, and he most…
A Peoria high school teacher and his wife are the latest in a long line of Metro-Phoenix educators accused in sex scandals involving students. Brian Woolsey, a 45-year-old Sunrise Mountain High School teacher, has been arrested and charged with 13 counts of sexual conduct with a minor and two counts…
Eyeglasses must now come off for Arizona driver’s license and identification photos, but religious head scarves or hats are okay if worn “daily,” according to state Motor Vehicle Division policies designed to meet national REAL ID Act requirements. The latest rules make it easier for a new, digital facial-recognition system,…
Phoenix police raided the home of a man suspected of raising roosters for cockfighting, finding about 45 birds and other evidence of the banned blood sport. Carlos German Vasquez-Morales, 30, was booked into jail on suspicion of 45 felony counts, then released with a pending court date. The investigation began…
It’s a good week for Arizonans who support Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Not only is Sanders coming back to the state for a second political rally this Friday, but Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva is expected to give the Vermont Senator his first official congressional endorsement. Grijalva, a Mexican-American liberal…
People will get offended by anything these days. That’s the hypothesis University of Arizona Alumni Josh Miller set out to test when he launched a tongue-in-cheek petition on Change.org last week calling on rival Arizona State University to stop “using Satan as its mascot.” In the petition, Miller, a 37-year-old…
There is Arpaio as he would have the world see him, and there is Arpaio as he actually is. So many of Arpaio’s fans — the people who vote for him and nearly worship him — couldn’t care less about the reality beneath the public image of a strutting tough…
Sex and suicide have no natural link. They don’t go together any more than date and rape, unless . . . Unless you are transgender. If you know an individual who is transgender, your that person is likely to attempt suicide at a rate that, in sheer scope, invites comparison…
Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain was booed by the audience last night when he appeared Monday night on The Late Night Show With Stephen Colbert. The buildup to the comment that drew the audience’s ire came after Colbert asked him if, as one of the senior leaders in the Republican Party, he…
Immigration advocates vow to appeal the so-called “papers, please” provision of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 immigration law, which was upheld last month in a trial court ruling. SB 1070 was born as the state’s anti-immigrant sentiment flared in 2010. With state Senator Russell Pearce — who was later recalled from…
With tensions still high after a spate of recent shootings of cars along Phoenix freeways, a 36-year-old Arizona man fired on the driver of a Honda Civic in the far right lane of Loop 101, authorities say. Christopher Joel Hoffman tailgated the Honda for miles before unleashing his road rage…
Rallying under a cry for “no more victims,” a group of Arizona State University students has launched a campaign to pressure the school to repeal its on-campus weapons ban. ASU Students for Self-Defense assembled for its first meeting less than 24 hours before a heavily armed man opened fire on…
On Wednesday, Dotty the wild mare was running footloose and fancy free along the Salt River. Thursday, a kayaker found her dead, floating with the current. The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, which has been tracking the herd she belongs to for the past 17 years, declared the death…
The last time Republican Pinal County Sheriff Babeu ran for Congress on an anti-illegal immigration platform, his Mexican lover outed him as a gay man and accused him of blackmail in a bombshell tale reported first in New Times. Babeu pulled out of the 2012 race in the middle of…
This is not a lede from The Onion, but it could be: Anti-dug crusader and former, high ranking U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official Sheriff Joe Arpaio is scheduled to speak to seniors this week at a pro-pot event in Sun City. Sure, Arpaio regularly kvetches about illicit drugs like marijuana…
At the beginning of this month, Oregon became the third state where adults 21 and older can buy marijuana at retail stores — and Arizona may not be far behind. But the pro-legalization movement and even Arizona’s medical-marijuana program could still be derailed in the next few years by court rulings…
Cities like to make up their own municipal mottoes, like Scottsdale, which calls itself: “The West’s Most Western Town.” Sure. We decided to take 10 Phoenix suburbs and give them more realistic monikers. Here we go: 10. Apache Junction: “Arizona’s largest trailer park.” (Caution: Language not safe for work.) 9…
For Nixon, it was a specific audio tape revealing the president’s obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair. For Reagan’s Iran-Contra scandal, it was an ex-Marine in Nicaragua named Eugene Hasenfus. For Bill Clinton, it was Monica Lewinsky’s stained, blue dress. But for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, his “smoking gun” is…
Following a new report released by the Phoenix Police Department about officer involved shootings, tensions in the community about law enforcement’s use of force tactics are once again running high. The report – which was a joint-effort by the PPD and ASU – found that officers lack the proper training…
Phoenix city officials ordered an open-air mulching facility to shut down this week after a months-long tussle with nearby residents and business owners, who complained the odor and particulates emanating from the facility were making them sick. In a letter to Green Earth Recycling, which set up on the corner…
