http://www.dcourier.com en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:17:18 GMT Daily feed of articles. No commercial use of these feed links is permitted without the written permission of the publisher. http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102825 PRESCOTT - A number of changes are in the works for the Prescott Rodeo Grounds this year, as the Frontier Days Rodeo approaches its 125th anniversary. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:03:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102828 Michael Bacigalupi thinks a lot of folks will "like" Facebook Inc.'s filing for an initial public offering on Wednesday. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102829 Gold Star Mother Terri Schall said looking at the faces of the men and women who gave their lives at the opening of the Remembering Our Fallen exhibit Thursday in Prescott is beyond words. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102826 CAMP VERDE - After five days of trial, Samuel Bassett's fate is in the hands of a jury. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:57:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102827 PRESCOTT - U.S. Geological Survey scientists responded Thursday to a list of Prescott-area complaints about the USGS computer model of the Big Chino groundwater system. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:57:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102819 For months now, the LeBlanc household has been abuzz with plans for an upcoming centennial event. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102820 Yavapai College financial aid advisers will help students and parents complete the 2012/2013 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) during its 16th annual College Goal Sunday on its Prescott campus on Sunday, Feb. 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Building 19. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102816 EDITOR'S NOTE: Prices at the pump are according to www.arizonagasprices.com. Prices fluctuate; these price checks are as of yesterday afternoon. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:45:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102817 Two animals have been mangled; could a child be next? Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:45:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102818 Five people were arrested in an investigation into methamphetamine sales led by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Special Crimes Unit after detectives found that the operation had been moving several pounds of meth, likely from Mexican cartel sources, into Phoenix and Yavapai County. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:45:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102821 PRESCOTT - Organizing for America, which supports President Barack Obama and other Democrats, plans to kick off the 2012 election campaign with morning and evening meetings in the Prescott Public Library . Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:45:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102776 Sandy Klinikowski and Paw Pad volunteers set up cat traps near Hillside Avenue Wednesday evening in Prescott. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102772 When Samantha Light-Gallagher attends the sentencing Friday of the woman who crashed into her husband U.S. Border Patrol Agent Michael Gallagher's truck killing him, she won't be sitting in the Tucson courtroom alone. "We'll be there for her and for the family," said Laura Fisher, executive director of Arizona Concerns of Police Survivors, a Phoenix-based nonprofit that helps survivors throughout the state. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:59:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102773 After a relatively cool, wet December, La Niña settled into Arizona in January and brought warm, dry weather. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102774 CAMP VERDE - On the witness stand Wednesday, Samuel Bassett, accused of 40 counts of luring a minor for sex after an arrest in an online sting operation, steadfastly maintained that his online sex chats with an undercover detective acting as a teen girl was all "roleplaying," and that he thought she was 19 years old. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102775 PHOENIX - An Arizona Senate committee on Wednesday voted along party lines for a Republican bill to ban collective bargaining with public employee unions and to impose other restrictions on labor groups for government employees. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:56:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102767 James Andrew Briant, a registered sex offender, was booked into jail Monday. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102768 Prescott police booked Tabatha Edington, 23, of Prescott into the Yavapai County jail Monday on felony charges of burglary after a manager alleged that she had wrapped nine PlayStation 3 video games valued at $593.79 in foil she took from a store shelf, then concealed the games in a paper sack in her shopping cart. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102769 The Superior Court seeks comments from the public on four finalists for the Yavapai County Superior Court judge pro tem position, created by the upcoming resignation of Judge Warren R. Darrow on Feb. 10. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102770 The Arizona Department of Public Safety will take part in a multi-state enforcement detail focusing on the use of seatbelts and child-restraint seats in vehicles driving on Interstate 40 Friday, said DPS Officer Carrick Cook. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102771 The Tri-City DUI Taskforce will conduct saturation patrols on Super Bowl Sunday to combat impaired driving, said Prescott Police Sgt. Corey Kasun. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102766 EDITOR'S NOTE: Prices at the pump are according to www.arizonagasprices.com. Prices fluctuate; these price checks are as of yesterday afternoon. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:45:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102784 WASHINGTON - Operation Fast and Furious was the fourth "gun-walking" investigation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Phoenix area, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:40:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102715 PRESCOTT - Probation and/or prison time could be in store for former Elks Opera House Manager Dawn Castaneda, who pleaded guilty to theft on Tuesday. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:09:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=102734 Jerry Pfingston, a student at Yavapai College 's Agribusiness & Science Technology Center, said 80 percent of what he's learning at the Chino Valley campus is hands-on work with plants and fish in the greenhouse and aquaculture area. "We don't just discuss it in class. In hydroponics, we try all the additives, we find the right balance, and put it to use in the greenhouse," said Pfingston, 49, who will earn his associate's degree in agricultural technology this year and plans on attending NAU to study sustainability. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT