It is a sad state of affairs that every Nov. 7 we now could be recognizing Victims of Communism Memorial Day.

Those who visit Prescott have many fine options when it comes to places to spend the night.

To hear it from some lawmakers, the state has too much money; they want to give a bit back to taxpayers.

The Arizona House gave preliminary approval this past week to legislation that would end “social promotions” in schools and hold students back if they don’t meet required criteria.

Some would call it a teenage prank. We call it criminal.

The State of Arizona is looking to tout the Grand Canyon, among six iconic landscapes that will appear on new signs welcoming visitors to the state.

The barking by a nearby dog may seem nonstop. It wakes you or keeps “the Sandman” from visiting.

It is not every day we get a U.S. senator to visit the Town of Prescott Valley, especially for a fact-finding tour. That is what happened Nov. 22 in the form of Sen. Martha McSally checking out the post office.

It is cold out there, and the area’s church congregations and nonprofits want to help the least among us.

With the 2020 Census just around the corner, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Census Bureau are teaming up to help quad-city residents guard against potential census scams.

With 2020 just around the corner, we’re all trying to decide what type of health coverage we’d like to have in the next calendar year.

With five of the six schools in the Prescott Unified School District at least maintaining, if not improving, their letter grade scores from the Arizona Department of Education’s recent report, one in particular stood out among the rest.

Let’s forget for a second about whether people should have access to marijuana for medical purposes or whether the drug should be legalized. What the Arizona Department of Health Services is doing – moving on Dec. 1 to digital-only medical marijuana cards – is wrong.

We are glad City of Prescott leaders have delayed action on a controversial part of their proposed water-policy changes.

Fixing the education system in Arizona still is top-of-mind for state officials; however, the actual solution remains elusive.

Gov. Ducey won’t criticize the rates being charged by Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest electric company, knowing that 8% of its residential customers could not pay their bills this past summer and that they are reportedly paying more than the 2017 rate increase allows.

It is the kind of event residents love — hay rides, tractor pulls and a show, a pumpkin patch and corn maze.

Beyond the weather, if two seasons exist each year in the Prescott area they are prescribed burns and roadwork.

The Arizona Corporation Commission reviewed a drafted plan earlier this week that would block electric companies from shutting off their customer’s power if forecasted temperatures over the next five days were expected to rise above 105 degrees.

They are called smartphones. From time to time, when you call up the Weather app, it gives all of the information you want.

State lawmakers know Gov. Doug Ducey usually holds firm with his “find another way” stance when it comes to raising taxes.

Goodyear on Monday, Sept. 23, joined two other cities in Arizona acting on vaping. Tempe and Cottonwood are also working to protect our youth.

The state of education has it that still one in five classroom vacancies remain to be filled, and Arizona schools started this year with more openings than last year as more teachers chose to leave the classroom.

The Town of Prescott Valley has a new police chief.

Election season is upon us. In accordance with an established tradition of fair play, the Courier handles letters to the editor and talks of the town a little differently during election season.

Change is inevitable; however, some changes are regrettable.

Today, in accordance with an established tradition of fair play, The Daily Courier has published the majority of the remaining letters we’ve received on direct campaign issues.

Every four years Arizona cities and towns must go before voters and ask them permission to do their jobs.

The Prescott City Council continues to discuss the need to implement a business license program.

A mob mentality seems to be sweeping the nation as political rabble-rousers and hate-mongers do their best to stir deep-seated religious and racial bigotry that heretofore has been hidden deep within the souls of many otherwise decent Americans.