Les Moss, entering his third year as head coach for the Northern Arizona Wranglers, is back at square one.
It was a pleasure to celebrate the citizenship of a fellow Rotarian’s wife this week at the Prescott Sunup Rotary Club’s meeting.
Many people play the Not-In-My-Back-Yard card. It can be opposition to a new subdivision, business, powerlines, cell towers, … even billboards, or more.
When one considers the prospect of widening Highway 89 through the Granite Dells area – which flies in the face of Dells preservation efforts – I found it interesting what “Mike” from Prescott had to say.
Prescott’s voters have spoken. The voting public elected outright candidates for five seats on the City Council this week.
Each one of us faces challenges every day. How I respond — to some of the phone calls I get at the office or people I encounter in my travels — is all a dance of life.
You know how we pray for rain? The monsoons have finally showed up (a little), right? Unfortunately, what comes with the storms is lightning...
The little blonde-haired girl went missing, I learned. To my knowledge, about 50 years later, authorities never found her.
The Friday Catchall: This column is a little different, even abbreviated, as I am out of the office today. Have a fabulous weekend; stay out of the heat!
Four Arizona Republican committees, among many other groups, this past week denied involvement in an event set for Prescott on Sunday, July 30, featuring controversial right-wing speaker Nick Fuentes, that claimed to have their sponsorship.
Negativity is the tendency to be pessimistic. If we are being negative, we generally find the worst in any situation, often even seeing negative things where they may not exist.
The proposed $40 million Prescott Rodeo Grounds upgrades will solve more problems than it creates, according to speakers Monday, July 10, during a Western Values Coalition tele-town hall.
Joe Soldwedel is a survivor – times two.
It is not over, folks. Bears have (unfortunately) killed in our area, yet are still coming to town.
As the 136th annual edition of the “World’s Oldest Rodeo” came to a close Tuesday, it was very apparent this is a rodeo for the ages.
This is in place of my regular Friday Catchall column today; never forget those who have gone before us, those have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The Prescott Unified School District has been found in violation of the Arizona Open Meeting Law concerning the newly adopted K-12 social studies curriculum, according to a June 16 letter from the Attorney General’s Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team.
All I wanted was to play with the big kids.
A reader’s comment Thursday morning seemed misdirected to me (let’s say ill-informed): “Some group’s trying to ‘save the rodeo’ which is not terribly original...
This week the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office celebrated the opening of the Justice Center with a ribbon cutting. It is the new county jail (and more) on Prescott Lakes Parkway.
The Friday Catchall: • POTHOLES – With much consternation, I hear often from readers who are unhappy with the local and state roads and highways.
Last week I wrote about why more grocery stores don’t locate in the Quad Cities. My answer: our shopping habits don’t support them enough. Dollars and foot traffic. But there's more...
This Memorial Day, May 29, which is at the tail end of a three-day weekend, is not about what you may think.
Over the years I’ve heard the call: “We need more grocery stores.”
Thirty-plus years ago, I was what I called a “student of politics.” I loved it. I got a degree in it, only to have that “love” trampled in modern times.
It is great to remind readers and citizens alike that vehicle burglaries are taking place. We should always we watchful — for ourselves as well as for our neighbors. But ...
I read with interest that attorneys for failed gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake are being fined by the Arizona Supreme Court after the justices concluded they lied — repeatedly — in one of their claims about why Lake is entitled to a new election.
The attacks took place at night in the area of Oaklawn Drive and Rosser Street, … and we should not be surprised.
Arizona lawmakers are considering an override of a Gov. Katie Hobbs veto. In their sights is legislation that would legalize the sale of home-cooked food, such as tamales.
The 18th edition of the Whiskey Off-Road mountain biking series this month is bringing with it one of the top bluegrass acts in the country, Greensky Bluegrass, and the band that will warm up the crowd is Prescott’s very own Cross-Eyed Possum.
We live (rather, surf the internet) in a global world. No surprise there. And, nefarious requests for help from all points and beyond are business as usual. Again, no surprise.
The Prescott community is closing in on the 10-year anniversary of the Fallen 19 tragedy with two public memorials.
It is time for some Laurels & Darts for this Friday Catchall.
Tim is out of the office, and he left us with some of his favorite Friday Catchall entries from years ago:
The question of whether we will continue to pay sales taxes on groceries is now in the hands of the governor.
“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice. But this is not Wonderland, it is Arizona – and liberals and conservatives, even advocates and educators, are not sitting down over tea.
All hail the Indoor Football League champions! Now let’s get to work.
Arizona legislators are considering Senate Bill 1331 that would allow certain parents to bring their loaded guns onto school campuses. Who would that be?
The 18th edition of the Whiskey Off-Road mountain biking series will bring with it one of the top bluegrass acts in the country, Greensky Bluegrass, for the downtown Prescott event April 28-30, promoter Epic Rides announced late last week.
• SNOW — “Now this is a snow storm!” I said to myself Wednesday evening while working my way home.
The comic strip “Dilbert” has been canceled thanks to inflammatory comments made over the weekend by the comic strip’s creator, Scott Adams.
We are privileged having been born in the United States, but many people lament that our country is changing ...
The alert from the Prescott Valley Police on Tuesday was a bit providential: “Prescott Valley is experiencing near white-out snow conditions. Some traffic lights inoperable.
The storm system that teased the Prescott area throughout the day Tuesday, Feb. 14, is projected to drop nearly 3 inches of snow on Prescott and 2 inches in Prescott Valley by 11 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Arizona schools won’t be shutting down before the end of this academic year because of the state spending cap. Yea!
I remember as a child, while visiting my grandparents’ Texas farm one summer, Granny was panicked after receiving a call that their hometown bank may be “insolvent.”
To hear many people in our community talk about it, the Prescott area is close to disaster: too many highways and subdivisions (housing projects), and not enough water.
The City of Prescott is moving ahead into 2023 with optimism and continued positive growth, Mayor Phil Goode said Thursday morning.
One reader recently asked me, “Why is Saudi Arabia allowed to export Arizona water?”
The management of the downtown Prescott, courthouse plaza events is becoming a sinkhole.