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Prescott Fire Department recognizes new hires, years of service at biannual ceremony
Prescott Fire Department recognized 16 of its employees and three community members during its biannual recognition ceremony on Friday, June 26.
Pressure builds on governor to remove Confederate monuments
New pressure is building on Gov. Doug Ducey to reverse his defense of having monuments to the Confederacy on state-owned property.
Election: Board of Supervisors candidates split on raises for county employees during COVID
Among the financial decisions that the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors has delayed in the face of COVID-related reduced revenues is whether county employees should receive cost-of-living (COLA) and merit raises.
- Election: County Attorney candidates mull changes, efficiency, justice & truth, other topics
- Election: State House candidates weigh in on how to avoid recession, support for education
- Need2Know: Founding Fathers renovation picks up pace; Picture Show movie theater forced to close – again
- Arizona health club complies with order as COVID cases skyrocket
- Adoption Spotlight: 'Alex'
- Sheriff's Office looking for missing, endangered Rimrock man, seeks public's help
- COVID-19 Update: Arizona nears 100,000 cases; Yavapai County is at 881
- Supreme Court ruling could effect Arizona abortion laws
- Judge denies Democrats’ bid for higher ballot positions
- Election: Board of Supervisors, District 2 candidates
- CATCH 22 – DAY 4: Suspect wanted for impersonation, evading police
- Arizona voters may see just 4 initiatives on November ballot, including legalized recreational marijuana
- Arizona earmarks $9 million in virus funds to protect voters and poll workers
- County attorney charges Mincks with first-degree murder of Chino Valley residents found in buried car
- Prescott City Hall, library, other buildings to close starting July 6 amid COVID-19
- Quad-city superintendents rally to develop COVID-19 reopening plans
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Paulden pro bull rider J.C. Mortensen returns from facial injury with solid ride at ‘World’s Oldest Rodeo’
Three-and-a-half months ago, immediately before the coronavirus pandemic hit, pro bull rider and bareback rider J.C. Mortensen of Paulden suffered a serious injury to the left side of his face while riding a bull during competition in Okeechobee, Florida.
Braves star Freeman, 3 others test positive for virus
Atlanta Braves four-time All-Star Freddie Freeman, premier reliever Will Smith and two teammates have tested positive for the coronavirus, a jarring hit to the NL East champions less than three weeks before the start of the pandemic-delayed season.
Hiking Arizona: Hiking surprise on Kendrick Peak
Surprise? Why would anyone be surprised when the trail they are on completely disappears? Stuff happens, especially when hiking in the Arizona wilderness. The real issue is your response to finding yourself off route, lost or in over your head.
- Arizona ropers nearly topple first-place team Friday at ‘World’s Oldest Rodeo’
- Jimmie Johnson 1st NASCAR driver to test positive for virus
- Chris Kirk, Webb Simpson share Rocket Mortgage Classic lead
- Discourse over national anthem looms for NBA, other leagues
- Redskins to have 'thorough review' of name amid race debate
- MLB cancels All-Star Game for first time since 1945
- Tryan, Long remain in 1st for team roping; Rogers, Bray slip into 2nd-place tie with Crawford, Medlin
- Swearingen rockets into first place in bull riding with an 84.5-point ride Wednesday night
- As Florida virus numbers rise, NBA arrivals draw closer
- Sponsor FedEx asks Redskins to change their name
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Watch: Swimmer caught on video grabbing shark at Delaware beach
A swimmer in Delaware was caught on camera prying a shark’s mouth open with his hands this weekend in an effort to free it from a fishing hook.
Watch: Doorbell camera catches parking lot birth in Florida
This was not one of those delivery videos that some pregnant moms plan for.
Watch: Wisconsin family saves bear swimming with head stuck in bin
A Wisconsin family helped save a young bear that was struggling to breathe while swimming in a lake with its head caught in a plastic food container.
- What's a puggle? A spiky, beaky but cute zoo baby
- Sausage, onion and iguana: 80-pound dead reptile found in pizza joint
- Beautiful Virgin Mary painting now has cartoon-like face after botched restoration
- Video: 16 years after her late husband donated organs, wife gives kidney to save same man
- Watch: Dangling worker rescued from Texas flagpole
Opinions see more>
Editorial: Harbored hate is a destructive, blinding force
Nearly every morning for many years a woman sits down and sends us a string of electronic hate mail. It’s not only hate mail about the newspaper staff, it’s also hate mail about many, many things.
Editorial cartoon (1): July 5, 2020
Editorial cartoon (1): July 5, 2020
Editorial cartoon (2): July 5, 2020
Editorial cartoon (2): July 5, 2020
Reader Poll:
Should Prescott and Prescott Valley have Fourth of July celebrations amid COVID-19?
- Yes, it is personal responsibility -- not the government's problem
- No, the government should shut it down and stop the spread
- I don't care, I'm not going anyway
399 total votes
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Reader Poll:
Should Prescott and Prescott Valley have Fourth of July celebrations amid COVID-19?
- Yes, it is personal responsibility -- not the government's problem
- No, the government should shut it down and stop the spread
- I don't care, I'm not going anyway
399 total votes
See past polls
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Dear Annie: Nothing broken about single-parent homes
I am really tired of all this negative news about “broken” families. I raised my two children, and we were not “broken.”
Saturday Printable: Criss-Cross Crossword Puzzle 070420
Courier digital subscribers can print this Saturday online extra. Take the Criss-Cross crossword puzzle challenge. This feature will print on standard 8.5x11-inch paper.
Arizona History: July 5-10
On July 5, 1936, 10 contestants were injured, one fatally, at Prescott’s annual Frontier Days Rodeo.
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Mary and Douglas Weber celebrate 60th anniversary
Mary and Douglas Weber of Prescott are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.
Patricia and Marty Sperry celebrate 60th anniversary
Patricia met Arlo Martin Sperry (Marty) at a youth fellowship meeting at the First Presbyterian Church in El Cajon, California.
Births: Week of July 5, 2020
Babies published in the Courier, July 5, 2020.
Obituaries see more>
Obituary: Dorothy (Dottie) Perkins
Dorothy (Dottie) Perkins, at 102 years of age, is survived by her two daughters, one son-in-law, one granddaughter, three great-grand children and one great great-grandchild.
Obituary: Lois Elizabeth Park
Lois Elizabeth Park, born January 11, 1925, joined her savior Jesus Christ in heaven on June 25, 2020.
Obituary Notice: Stuart Lee Rice
Stuart Lee Rice, age 77, of Casa Grande, Arizona, and a former resident of Chino Valley, Arizona, was born on October 27, 1942 in Mansfield, Pennsylvania and passed away on June 28, 2020.
National & International see more>
US jobs surge: Trump sees sunshine, Biden ‘no victory yet’
As Republicans and Democrats fought to spin Thursday’s jobs numbers to their advantage, both sides face tremendous political risks in navigating a delicate and defining issue heading into the presidential campaign’s final months.
What is Geofence? Police know
It was a terrifying bank robbery: Demanding cash in a handwritten note, a man waved a gun, threatened to kill a teller’s family, ordered employees and customers onto the floor and escaped with $195,000.
More fireworks in Americans' hands for July 4 raises risks
For many Americans, the Fourth of July will be more intimate this year. It also could be riskier. Saturday will be unlike any Independence Day in recent memory. From Atlanta to San Diego, hundreds of fireworks shows have been canceled as officials restrict large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, especially as infections surge across the U.S.
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Heritage Park Zoo is one of the few institutions that has remained open in Prescott during the mandatory business closures.
