Columns

Last week’s column described Pvt. Benigno’s imprisonment at Lager 118. This week, hear how he and his fellow POWs found out that the end of the war was nearing.

Regarding “The Sundog Disconnect” Talk of the Town by Roy H. Smith, the entire column was written from the perspective of “man bad, nature good.”

This month, as we celebrate Black history, millions of Americans will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Jan. 7, 2023, Billie Orr lost her heroic battle with cancer. She exited this life the way she lived it — as a God follower, devoted wife and mother, and loyal friend.

I’m a PBS watcher and, although there are many fewer ads on that station, there are some, and one in particular I enjoy seeing. It’s a commercial for a river cruise line narrated by the CEO of that company.

Well that didn’t take long.

The City of Prescott is moving ahead into 2023 with optimism and continued positive growth, Mayor Phil Goode said Thursday morning.

For decades, we’ve been told: recycle! “If we’re not using recycled paper, we’re cutting down more trees!”

It’s been quite the interesting past few weeks in the NFL. I’ve been watching football for about 50 years now, and things have happened recently that I, and many others, have never seen.

I love my gas stove — almost as much as I love my Weber gas grill.

Roads can both unite and divide us. Low-income communities in the past were devastated and divided by roads that ran through their neighborhoods.

Before Republicans agreed to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker House, a handful of his colleagues demanded the implementation of a fiscal framework to rein in federal spending.

In last week’s column, we learned that Russell Anthony Benigno had been captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge and had just been transported to Prison Camp Lager 118 just outside Lutzschena, Germany.

Sometime last week, a day or so after the BCS National Championship game, we received a rant claiming that Georgia’s massive 65-7 win over TCU was unsportsmanlike, which sparked a conversation between myself and City Editor Jim Wright.

When news broke the other day that President Biden’s lawyers had found a few documents with classified markings in a think-tank office he once used, we all knew that MAGA’s false equivalence cops would spring into action.

Happy New Year, everyone! Looking back at the strides Prescott Valley has taken in the past few years and most importantly in 2022, I cannot be any more excited about what the future holds.

The other day I got to ask a dozen seniors questions about their lives. I learned one woman had been a true “Rosie the Riveter” in her earlier days. Another man held a summer job at a dude ranch that ended up closing down and came back home having traded his paycheck for some pregnant mares, hoping to start a horse ranch.

It’s hard to tell what’s changing faster, the weather or words used to describe it.

One reader recently asked me, “Why is Saudi Arabia allowed to export Arizona water?”

It’s now been three years since COVID hit. At the start of the pandemic, “experts” shouted: “Stay home!” “Close schools!” “Wash your hands!” “Disinfect countertops!”

Since we’re soon to hear another boring and largely nonsensical State of the Union Address, filled with spending we can’t afford, this January, I decided to look back into history for one that might be easier to digest.

It’s an amenity that most consumers take for granted. It’s an amenity that most retailers and professionals grudgingly accept as a cost of doing business.

In the 1980s, I repeatedly watched a recorded copy of the film “Escape from New York” on my family’s Panasonic VCR – complete with tuning knobs the size of hubcaps.

A few weeks ago, my friend Robert loaned me a file containing a hand-written manuscript of a soldier’s experiences during World War II.

For the sake of Arizona, I do wish Katie Hobbs all the best as our next governor. However, based on the many election messes of 2020 and 2022, I pray she is a better governor than secretary of state.