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Growing Forward: Celebrate fall & give blood!
Ah, vacation is wonderful. I actually took a week off last month to visit with special friends and enjoy some very much-needed downtime at the beach.

United Animal Friends' ‘Hike for Hounds’ is Oct. 15
Enjoy a beautiful fall day on the Peavine Trail in Prescott with your pooch during United Animal Friends’ “Hike for Hounds Fall Festival” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15.

Police report: Impatient residents, lack of staffing top challenges for Chino Valley Police Department
The top problems facing Chino Valley Police are aggressive driving by impatient residents and lack of staffing, Chino Valley Deputy Chief Josh McIntire said.
- Rep. Bliss ‘absolutely’ opposes mine near neighborhood in Paulden
- 50,000 federal workers, military, in Arizona spared as shutdown averted
- Recommended new HR policy would pay Yavapai County workers for time spent ‘on-call’
- New sign installed at trailhead for Prescott’s popular Peavine Trail
- PVPD seeking info on counterfeit bills scheme at CVS Pharmacy
- Photos: Local dogs have their day at Dogtoberfest at Watson Lake
- Granville Elementary students experience joy of restoring habitat on school property
- Glassford Hill land auction date set for regional park
- Prescott-area arrests made in multi-agency child sexual exploitation operation
- Chino Valley Town Council OKs Saddle Butte Estates rezone
- Chino Valley resident finds black soil on property
- Prescott Valley in Brief: Legion Auxiliary #108 presents citation to Ace
- Chino Valley in Brief: Nationwide emergency alert test slated for Oct. 4
- Phoenix has driest monsoon season since weather service began record-keeping in 1895
- Affordable housing coming to Prescott Valley
- Raising Cane’s Chicken gets thumbs up from Prescott Valley Town Council
Recipe of the Day
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Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs withstand rally by Zach Wilson, Jets to win 23-20
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City shook off a subpar performance during which they blew a 17-point lead, but held on to defeat the New York Jets 23-20 on Sunday night.

Ex-MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer, woman who accused him of assault in 2021 settle legal dispute
Former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer and a woman who accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her in 2021 have settled their legal dispute, Bauer's attorneys said Monday.

Hold your horses: Turf Paradise to resume racing, extend off-track betting
Turf Paradise is back in the saddle.
- McCaffrey scores 4 TDs to lead the 49ers past the Cardinals 35-16
- Astros beat Diamondbacks 8-1 to earn third straight AL West title
- Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for the Europeans; US loses its seventh straight in Europe
- Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57
- AP Top 25: Georgia's hold on No. 1 loosens, but top seven unchanged; Kentucky, Louisville enter poll
- Penix picks apart Arizona's defense in No. 7 Washington's 31-24 victory
- TE Coleman Kuntz's TD run helps Sacramento State beat Northern Arizona 31-30
- MLB playoffs guide: All 12 berths clinched, just matchups left to be decided for postseason's start
- Verlander leads Astros over D-backs 1-0, and both teams clinch postseason spots
- Ott and California's defense step up in 24-21 win over Arizona State
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Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as world’s oldest skydiver
A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after leaving her walker on the ground and making a tandem jump in northern Illinois.

Phillies deny emotional support alligator from entering ballpark
A Phillies fan and his emotional support animal, an alligator named WallyGator, were denied entrance to watch Philadelphia host Pittsburgh.

Florida siblings, ages 10 and 11, stopped while driving mom’s car 200 miles from home
A 10-year-old Florida boy and his 11-year-old sister who were running away to California drove 200 miles (320 kilometers) in their mother’s car before they were stopped by sheriff’s deputies on an interstate highway, authorities said.
- Hot dog! Wienermobile back after short-lived name change
- Ice pops cool down monkeys in Brazil at Rio zoo during rare winter heat wave
- Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in first for northern state
- Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst
- Human skull found in Goodwill donation box in Arizona; police say no apparent link to any crime
- American researcher rescued from deep Turkish cave more than week after he fell ill
- 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
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One Man's Rant: I refuse to read the small print
It’s apparent to me that the institution of the instruction manual is dying. Several years ago, the last desktop computer I bought didn’t come with one. ...

Editorial cartoon (1): October 3, 2023
Editorial cartoon (1): October 3, 2023

Editorial cartoon (2): October 3, 2023
Editorial cartoon (2): October 3, 2023
Reader Poll:
What is your opinion about the proposed Sundog Connector?
- Build it -- we need more infrastructure
- Do not build it -- it's not needed / not enough benefits
- I don't care
125 total votes
See past polls
Reader Poll:
What is your opinion about the proposed Sundog Connector?
- Build it -- we need more infrastructure
- Do not build it -- it's not needed / not enough benefits
- I don't care
125 total votes
See past polls
Galleries & VideosMore: Photo Galleries | Videos
A Charlie Brown Christmas presented by Prescott Center for the Arts.
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See how art is made at the Prescott Area Artist Studio Tour 2023, Oct. 6-8
Learn about area artists and how they create, either at private studios or in art centers, at the Prescott Area Artist Studio Tour. The 2023 Studio Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., each day starting Friday, Oct. 6, through Sunday, Oct. 8.

Prescott Palette: Fostering the Good
Rose Marie Anreozzi has been making book bags for the Chino Valley Public Library for close to eight years. Over that time she has made literally hundreds of bags and given them not only to the library, but also Friends of the Prescott Public Library.

Prescott Chorale opens season with ‘Dreams of Eternity’
The Prescott Chorale enters its 2023-24 concert season more committed than ever to inspiring local audiences with joyful, thought-provoking and timeless choral masterpieces.
- La Posada — the play, the place — premieres at Elks Theatre
- 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
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Cooking: Caramel Apple Pecan Bars
These bars are sticky and yummy! I didn’t put pecans on the top of the ones in one of my pictures but the next time I made them I did. They were so much better.

Pet of the Week: Tiger (Miss Kitty's Cat House)
Tiger is a very sweet 1-year-old gray tabby who came to Miss Kitty’s as a stray.

Pet of the Week: Harper (United Animal Friends)
Harper is a cattle dog mix whose striking white coat and cute little spots on her nose and ears sets her apart.
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Birthday: Veteran Jerome Welna celebrated on 100th birthday
Prescott resident Jerome (Jerry) Welna celebrated his 100th birthday at the Elks Crystal Hall on Sept. 3 with a party that included fellow veteran Prescott Mayor Phil Goode.

Adoption Spotlight: Amirrah
Amirrah is a very friendly and bubbly girl with a big heart. She loves baking or cooking in her free time and she's a big fan of spicy food.

Adoption Spotlight: Alexander
Alexander is an adventurous young man who loves spending time at the park, listening to music.
Obituaries see more>

Obituary: Stanley F. Stazenski Jr. (Buck)
Stanley passed away early Sept. 18th, 2023 after a long battle with cancer. Stan was born in Prescott, Arizona on January 4th, 1932.

Obituary: James Lee Strang
James Lee Strang passed away September 20, 2023, at his home in Prescott Valley, Arizona after a long illness. James was born in Kirtland, Ohio, August 17, 1937.

Obituary: Robert ‘Bob’ Elliot Lee
In memory of MSG Robert “Bob” Elliot Lee, he passed away on September 26, 2023 at the Prescott Veterans Hospital.
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Trump seethes through start of trial in NY lawsuit accusing him of lying about his wealth
Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump spent a day in court Monday for the sometimes testy start of a trial in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties.

Mexico's rescue, drug-sniffing dogs start out at army's puppy kindergarten
In the middle of a military base outside Mexico City, an army colonel runs what he calls a kindergarten for dogs.

Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers
The federal government has joined several former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train.
- Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. 'Bring it on,' McCarthy says
- Biden says there's 'not much time' to keep aid flowing to Ukraine, Congress must 'stop the games'
- Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden
- United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants join picket line
- Wall Street wraps its miserable September with another weak finish
- Higher gas prices lift Fed's preferred inflation gauge but underlying price pressures remain mild
- New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation's highest
- On the brink of a government shutdown, McCarthy pivots to a 45-day plan relying on Democratic help
- McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep government open collapses, making shutdown almost certain
- Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90