Chino Valley Town Council members discussed, during a work session April 9, mandating that all subdivisions regardless of size or zoning connect with the town’s water and sewer within one year.
PHOENIX – The Common Sense Institute Arizona has released a report on Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, also known as ESAs or universal school vouchers. The report contends the state-funded program “has (and hasn’t) altered Arizona’s K-12 landscape.”
The Prescott City Council has posed the question for a sales tax increase to raise more than $100 million in public safety improvements on the November ballot.
We are contemplating pavers for our patio. We have been paver shopping and there are so many brands and prices – like my husband said, there are as many paver brands as there are ice creams brands. How does one select pavers? —Joyce and Ron, Prescott.
With increasing awareness of the risks of certain pesticides to essential pollinators like butterflies and bees, modern gardeners are turning to plant selections that foster these beneficial insects by providing attractive habitats and food sources free from harmful chemicals.
After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a national drinking water standard for PFOA/PFAS “forever chemicals” on Wednesday, April 10, the City of Prescott announced that the city’s municipal water is already compliant with the standard.
The reward is increasing for information about the suspect(s) involved in the Legado apartment fire and Bradshaw Mountain High School incidents. The Soldwedel family, owners of Western News&Info, Inc. and Prescott Newspapers, Inc. – publishers of The Daily Courier – have pledged an additional $5,000 toward the reward Yavapai Silent Witness is offering.
Brian Blau, a member of the Prescott Astronomy Club’s Dark Sky Committee, said he supports the Town of Chino Valley’s work to update its Dark Sky Ordinance and he would love to see more education in Chino Valley and other communities about the need for more dark sky communities.