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This second column of three about groundwater will cover how, and who, decides who gets the water.

By Kelly Kading, Courier columnist February 10, 2024
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If you are lucky enough to make it to the age of 103, it’s likely a lot of people will have special memories about you.

February 10, 2024
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A friend who reviews music and interviews top performers for a newspaper in New England, was up early Feb. 1 to sample the release from pop legend Billy Joel — his first new song in 17 years, “Turn the Lights Back On.”

By Peter Funt February 9, 2024
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In The Daily Courier’s first part (Sunday, Feb. 4) of the “Prescott Docu-gate” series, I was quoted as follows...

By Tim Wiederaenders February 8, 2024
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The media warn, “Artificial intelligence will replace millions of jobs.”

By John Stossel February 8, 2024
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This column is written by my niece who lives in Phoenix. When I first read it, I agreed that it should appear in the place of my column today.

By Wil Williams February 7, 2024
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Now that my age has surpassed the mid-century mark and I’m more ancient than virtually all professional athletes, everyone in my department at work, and even my pastor at church, I’ve noticed that the old memory is not what it used to . . . . Wait. What was I writing about again?

February 7, 2024
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Hey, everyone. This past Saturday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to go to one of my favorite establishments near the courthouse plaza. Not only is this place well known for its collection of amazing wines and food, they also host live music.

By Chris Ortiz February 6, 2024
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Over the past several months events transpiring at Prescott City Hall are cause for concern. Let me start by saying I am not party to any effort to recall the Prescott mayor. I personally think recalls are a poor mechanism by which to solve problems.

By TOM REILLY, Special to the Courier February 6, 2024
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I was minding my own business the other day bouncing around like a ping pong ball among YouTube sites when I suddenly came across a video of Burl Ives performing in Oslo, Norway, in 1978.

By Wil Williams February 6, 2024
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It’s a good thing Donald Trump doesn’t own one of the Super Bowl teams.

February 5, 2024
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In news you might have missed, 22-year old Madison Marsh – a second lieutenant in the Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program – was crowned Miss America in Orlando, Florida.

By Elwood Watson, Syndicated columnist February 4, 2024
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This column is the first of three about a topic that generates endless controversy in the desert, groundwater.

By Kelly Kading, Courier columnist February 3, 2024
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In nine months, Americans will select a president, choosing between two candidates despite numerous poll findings that a majority of voters prefer neither one.

By Carl Golden, Syndicated Columnist February 3, 2024
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So, you thought by cutting the cable-TV cord you’d avoid exorbitant monthly fees and those dreaded commercial interruptions. Now, you’ve subscribed to so many streaming services that your monthly tab is higher than before, and it turns out that’s the least of your problems.

February 2, 2024
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With frustration I read a story this week about the FBI warning Congress about Chinese “hackers” who could take down the U.S. electrical grid and transportation systems.

By Tim Wiederaenders February 1, 2024
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Argentina actually elected a Libertarian president. Javier Milei campaigned with a chainsaw, promising to cut the size of government.

By John Stossel February 1, 2024
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It’s said that time goes by faster every year and, as I’ve gotten older, I realize more and more how true that is.

By Jim Wright January 31, 2024
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You had a great 100-year run, AM radio, and your demise is breaking my heart.

By Tom Purcell January 31, 2024
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I finally made it back home from Kansas.

By Chris Ortiz January 30, 2024
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The inflationary spiral that drove prices up during the first years of the Biden administration has ended. That’s the good news. The bad news is we’re still paying more for too many things even as real wages underwent a prolonged decline.

By Peter Roff Syndicated Columnist January 30, 2024
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My wife and I traveled from Chino Valley to the Costco store in Prescott a few days ago. Since we arrived at midday, it wasn’t surprising that the parking lot was full. ...

By Wil Williams January 30, 2024
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Every year, I have the opportunity to give a presentation on the State of the City, to the Prescott Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting. I am pleased to share some of the highlights of that presentation for our readers.

By PHIL GOODE, Special to the Courier January 29, 2024
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Washington D.C.’s conventional wisdom holds that Democrats prefer a 2024 candidate other than President Joe Biden, but feel that the incumbent has earned the right to run.

By Joe Guzzardi Syndicated Columnist January 28, 2024
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The qualities that earned George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln immortality in South Dakota granite seem fleeting among the likely nominees of this year’s presidential election.

By TIMOTHY S. CLARK Special to the Courier January 27, 2024

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