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Over 200 people are homeless after Tucson recovery community closes during Medicaid probe
A huge addiction recovery community in Tucson, Arizona, shuttered suddenly this week, leaving more than 200 people homeless as Arizona investigates widespread Medicaid fraud largely affecting Native Americans, authorities said Thursday.

Biden to deliver democracy speech, pay tribute to John McCain in Arizona next week
President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona next week to deliver a democracy-focused address that will also pay tribute to the late John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate who represented the state in the U.S. Senate for more than three decades.

At Kari Lake's 3rd trial related to Arizona election, county makes case to protect ballot signatures
An election official and lobbyists were among the witnesses brought by Maricopa County attorneys on the first day of a trial Thursday in another lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, the defeated Republican in last year's Arizona governor's race, to deny her request to see signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters.
- Fight over Arizona's shipping container border wall ends with dismissal of federal lawsuits
- Footlight production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ continues at Elks Theatre on Friday and Saturday
- Picture This: Prescott Powwow celebrates Native American culture
- Prescott Vette Sette All-Corvette Car Show slated for Saturday, Sept. 23
- Update: 3-car rollover collision on Highway 69 Tuesday sends 1 to hospital
- Domestic violence case leads to arrest for attempted homicide
- HUSD's Granville Elementary selected for annual Yavapai County Healthy School Award
- Chino Valley: Small amount of PFAS chemicals found in town well
- Proposed reclamation plan for aggregate mine draws concerns from Chino Valley residents
- Prescott High School Alumni Half-Century Club inducts Class of 1973 at 45th annual luncheon
- YCSO hosts search and rescue K-9 clinic
- Scottsdale will pay local hotel to open temporary housing for unhoused seniors, families with children
- Third party signs up 15K voters in Arizona; democrats worry that's enough for Biden spoiler
- Kari Lake's 3rd trial to begin after unsuccessful lawsuit challenging her loss in governor’s race
- Courier seeks breast cancer stories, photos
- Yavapai County town hall meeting scheduled for Thursday in Yarnell
Recipe of the Day
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Badgers shake off slump with 42-0 win over Combs
After a contentious few weeks on the field, Prescott football scored a much-needed win against Combs, breaking out of a three-week losing skid and ending the game with a dominant 42-0 victory on Friday, Sept. 22.

Bears keep momentum, triumph over Apache Junction
Fans are bringing in the noise and bringing down the house as Bradshaw Mountain celebrated a Bears football win against the Apache Junction Prospectors on Friday, Sept. 22.

Payson trounces Chino Valley 46-0
Payson beat Chino Valley 46-0 in high school football action Friday night, Sept 22.
- Stronach Group pulls out of negotiations to buy Arizona Downs; owners still in talks with other bidders
- Judge hits 3 homers for 2nd time in a month as the Yankees slow down the Diamondbacks, 7-1
- ‘Weird’ or not, Phoenix Rising players rely on pregame routine, superstitions
- Analysis: MLB's recently expanded playoff field helps provide great playoff races in both NL, AL
- Cards have enjoyed recent success against Cowboys; vegas doesn't believe trend will hold
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Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst
A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing.

Human skull found in Goodwill donation box in Arizona; police say no apparent link to any crime
It’s probably not the strangest item ever donated to a Goodwill store.

American researcher rescued from deep Turkish cave more than week after he fell ill
The Speleological Federation of Turkey says rescuers have pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave more than a week after he became seriously ill more than 3,000 feet below its entrance.
- Company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves as Massachusetts investigates teen’s death
- Police stop Nebraska man for bucking the law with a bull riding shotgun in his car
- Longest alligator in Mississippi history captured by hunters
- Revelers hurl tomatoes at each other, streets awash in red pulp in Spanish town’s Tomatina party
- Four astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX capsule to wrap up 6-month station mission
- Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks worm from woman’s brain in Australia
- Hot air balloon lands on Vermont highway median after being stalled in flight
- Riders in various states of undress cruise Philadelphia streets in 14th naked bike ride
- ‘T. rexes’ race to photo finish at Washington state track
- Kitten mystery solved, police say; cat found in stolen, crashed car belongs to a suspect
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Cartoon EXTRAS: Sept. 22, 2023
Following are online-exclusive Cartoon EXTRAS, a random selection of editorial cartoons from our sources from this week.

Guzzardi: Republicans have rare opportunity to secure U.S. border
Congress is back from its August recess, the weeks-long period away from its always-contentious, mostly unproductive business.

The Friday Catchall: Thankful for progress, logic, homecomings
Have you heard about it? Likely, because of all the brouhaha over the proposed Sundog Connector, you’ve forgotten about the one-mile stretch of Highway 69 from Holiday Hills to the Prescott Gateway Mall.
Reader Poll:
Should government help attract affordable housing projects to the area?
- Yes, the government could provide developer incentives
- No, it should be market driven
- Not local but state or federal help is needed
- I do not know / do not care
175 total votes
See past polls
Reader Poll:
Should government help attract affordable housing projects to the area?
- Yes, the government could provide developer incentives
- No, it should be market driven
- Not local but state or federal help is needed
- I do not know / do not care
175 total votes
See past polls
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A Charlie Brown Christmas presented by Prescott Center for the Arts.
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Nashville’s Dana Cooper at Main Street Theater Sept. 30
Dana Cooper, a poetic songwriter and rousing musician based in Nashville, is performing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Main Street Theater, 3235 N. Main St., Prescott Valley.

Prescott Palette: Degrees of separation
Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of “friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It is also known as the six handshakes rule.

Movie Review - Denzel’s vigilante battles Italian mafia in ‘Equalizer 3’
There's an awful lot of talk about the end of movie stars considering Denzel Washington is right over here, walking around.
- Q&A with Rainer Krensetter
- Legendary guitarist Esteban to perform multiple concerts this fall
- Artist Judy Book takes quilting to another level with her pieced quilted collages
- 25th annual Prescott Indian Art Market Sept. 16-17 at Sharlot Hall
- Prescott POPs Symphony presents ‘Sights and Sounds’ Sept. 17
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Dear Annie: Husband won't give up his female friends
Dear Annie: I am married to a man who thinks it's OK to take other women out to eat repeatedly, at times, monthly.

To Your Good Health: Delayed treatment of a stroke results in lost brain function
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 60-year-old male. In April 2020, while watching TV, I developed dizziness, changes to my vision, difficulty standing and walking, and sudden deafness.

Hamilton: Subscribe to my YouTube video expressing support for Hollywood writers making no money
Daily Variety reported the strike by the Writers Guild of America against Hollywood producers may be settled Friday. During the strike, I figured out a way to get paid as a writer by making a YouTube video expressing my support for writers making no money for a hundred days. Just hit Subscribe.
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Adoption Spotlight: Constintine
Constintine, who goes by CJ, is a friendly and talkative young man who loves animals – especially kittens.

Adoption Spotlight: Craig
Craig is a kind, loyal and spirited boy who wins the hearts of everyone he meets.

Anniversary: David & Mary Haberkorn celebrate 50 years of marriage
David and Mary Haberkorn of Prescott were married Sept. 7, 1973 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Obituary Notice: Mary Cline
Mary Cline, born July 17, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, passed away on Sept. 12, 2023 in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Obituary Notice: Maria S. Craig
Maria S. Craig, born June 21, 1926, in Apulco, Mexico, passed away Sept. 14, 2023, in Prescott, Arizona.

Obituary Notice: Arlene Joy Lehmar
Arlene Joy Lehmar, born Aug. 14, 1936, in Chicago Illinois, passed away on Sept. 12, 2023 in Prescott, Arizona, under the name, Arlene Weston.
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‘Euphoria’ star Angus Cloud accidentally overdosed on meth, cocaine, fentanyl, coroner says
Actor Angus Cloud died in July of an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and other substances, a Northern California coroner’s office said Thursday.

Arrests made in boy's shooting death that sparked New Mexico gov’s aggressive guns ban
Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban.

Hollywood actor, writer strikes have broad support among Americans, AP-NORC poll shows
Public support for striking Hollywood actors and writers is broad, but not necessarily deep enough for most people to change their viewing habits, a new poll finds.
- Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them
- A 96-year-old federal judge is barred from hearing cases in a bitter fight over her mental fitness
- Nation in Brief: After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents
- Stocks drop in an ugly day as allure grows to buy a Treasury bill and chill
- Rupert Murdoch's surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire
- Moose charges, headbutts, stomps on woman who was walking dog on wooded trail in Colorado
- First private US passenger rail line in 100 years to link Miami, Orlando at high speed
- As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what's behind the numbers
- Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal
- Airbnb says it's cracking down on fake listings, has removed 59,000 this year