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It was never as high-profile as “Rudolph” or “Frosty,” but it is worth noting that the animated special “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas” turns 50 on Dec. 17.

By Danny Tyree December 4, 2023
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Donald Trump is telling us he’s a threat to democracy. We just have to listen.

By Elwood Watson, Syndicated columnist December 3, 2023
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The recent purchase of over 2,200 acres of prime land around Glassford Hill and the Granite Dells was a momentous occasion.

By Joe Baynes, Special to the Courier December 2, 2023
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The blue and yellow strips of paper chains are starting to grow around the Christmas tree in our Marley House chapel.

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Stung by a succession of high profile polls showing President Joe Biden trailing former president Donald Trump among crucial swing state voters, the White House and its allies in Congress have scrambled to calm jittery nerves and reassure donors and establishment leaders all is well and under control.

By Carl Golden, Syndicated Columnist December 1, 2023
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As promised, I received from the City of Prescott its traffic counts and safety numbers for the Gail Gardner Way/Fair Street intersection, where a traffic signal has been proposed to replace the four-way stop.

By Tim Wiederaenders November 30, 2023
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You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America.

By John Stossel November 30, 2023
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December in Prescott is a special time, as we fully embrace our designation as Arizona’s “Christmas City.”

By Phil Goode Special to the Courier November 29, 2023
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I have read several comments and suggestions published in The Daily Courier regarding the controversy of widening Highway 89 through the Granite Dells, and I would like to throw my observation into the discussion.

By DENNIS STRINGER Special to the Courier November 29, 2023
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Recently, there has been much commentary in the news on the need for government transparency and criticism over a government entity utilizing executive sessions to conduct a portion of its business.

By HARRY OBERG Special to the Courier November 28, 2023
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Each year the weekend after Thanksgiving, I sense an innate urge to risk life, limb and public humiliation by festooning the exterior of our home with several hundred C9 incandescent lights. (I’m still resisting the whole LED craze - also known as “the Devil’s bulbs.”)

By Jase Graves Syndicated Columnist November 28, 2023
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When Hanna died, Levi, a farmer, was left to raise their five daughters by himself. This was no easy task since the girls bickered constantly among themselves. ...

By Wil Williams November 28, 2023
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Recently, I was heading home from a local coffeehouse. Along the way, at one specific intersection, there were a few men in a pickup truck with a Confederate flag. Two men were sitting in the back of the truck, and one of them proceeded to yell at me, “Do you see this flag?!”

By ELWOOD WATSON, Syndicated Columnist November 27, 2023
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I understand some commentators are accusing Target of scoring less than a bullseye in dealing with shoplifters.

By Danny Tyree November 26, 2023
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This year is the first in a while that we haven’t hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house.

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By now, you have made it through all the cooking, the main meal event, the football games, the family, the tryptophan coma, and Black Friday (if you partake of that madness).

By KELLY W. KADING, Courier Columnist November 25, 2023
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The latest data suggests a drop in energy prices may have tamed the inflation monster. President Joe Biden certainly hopes so, since the marks he’s getting from the American people for his handling of the economy are some of the lowest on record.

By PETER ROFF, Syndicated Columnist November 24, 2023
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On Sunday, Nov. 19, we detailed for you a citywide (Prescott) study about speed and pending speed-limit increases in some locations. Reader “Dave” of Yavapai Hills replied ...

By Tim Wiederaenders November 23, 2023
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My first Stossel TV Fellow, Trevor Kraus, initiated this column. Our video version is called “Freshly Cooked Censorship: Why You Can’t Put ‘Low FODMAP’ on Food Labels.”

By John Stossel November 23, 2023
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I love pumpkin pie. It reminds me of so many happy family gatherings when, after clearing the Thanksgiving table, we’d enjoy pumpkin pie, coffee and deeply satisfying conversation well into the evening.

By Tom Purcell November 22, 2023
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This week I took a turn volunteering at the Yavapai Food Bank on East Long Mesa Drive, Prescott Valley, through an agreement with our company, and the camaraderie of a group of people working for a common purpose is always a great experience.

November 21, 2023
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If you listen to pollsters and politicians, or consume heavy doses of social media and cable-TV news, you might come away thinking the nation is in a collective bad mood. We’re said to be irritable, even hostile.

November 21, 2023
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Most of humanity is well familiar with a flying insect of the family Culicidae. Another name for this blood-sucking pest is the mosquito.

By Wil Williams November 21, 2023
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Here in sunny Los Angeles, it’s raining.

By Michael Reagan November 20, 2023
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Thought the level of civil discourse in Congress could not get any worse? Guess what, it has! It now appears America’s top legislative body has become the political equivalent of the WWE.

By Elwood Watson, Syndicated columnist November 19, 2023

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