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“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice. But this is not Wonderland, it is Arizona – and liberals and conservatives, even advocates and educators, are not sitting down over tea.

By Tim Wiederaenders March 16, 2023
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Arizona legislators are considering Senate Bill 1331 that would allow certain parents to bring their loaded guns onto school campuses. Who would that be?

By Tim Wiederaenders March 9, 2023
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• SNOW — “Now this is a snow storm!” I said to myself Wednesday evening while working my way home.

By Tim Wiederaenders March 2, 2023
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We are privileged having been born in the United States, but many people lament that our country is changing ...

By Tim Wiederaenders February 23, 2023
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The alert from the Prescott Valley Police on Tuesday was a bit providential: “Prescott Valley is experiencing near white-out snow conditions. Some traffic lights inoperable.

By Tim Wiederaenders February 16, 2023
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Arizona schools won’t be shutting down before the end of this academic year because of the state spending cap. Yea!

By Tim Wiederaenders February 9, 2023
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I remember as a child, while visiting my grandparents’ Texas farm one summer, Granny was panicked after receiving a call that their hometown bank may be “insolvent.”

By Tim Wiederaenders February 2, 2023
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To hear many people in our community talk about it, the Prescott area is close to disaster: too many highways and subdivisions (housing projects), and not enough water.

By Tim Wiederaenders January 26, 2023
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The City of Prescott is moving ahead into 2023 with optimism and continued positive growth, Mayor Phil Goode said Thursday morning.

By Tim Wiederaenders January 19, 2023
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One reader recently asked me, “Why is Saudi Arabia allowed to export Arizona water?”

By Tim Wiederaenders January 12, 2023
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The management of the downtown Prescott, courthouse plaza events is becoming a sinkhole.

By Tim Wiederaenders January 5, 2023
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Be prepared for some fun Saturday night in downtown Prescott. It’s the annual Whiskey Row Boot Drop to ring in 2023!

By Tim Wiederaenders December 29, 2022
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A poet, I am not. I am in the mood for Christmas this year...

By Tim Wiederaenders December 22, 2022
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We hear that the work on the City of Prescott’s new digs are coming along, with the City Council eying meetings at the Montezuma building in as early as March 2023.

By Tim Wiederaenders December 15, 2022
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There’s something to be said for Prescott-area residents. They’re tenacious and passionate, and that’s good! Beyond that, I would ask them: where do you live?

By Tim Wiederaenders December 1, 2022
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It’s easy to understand why conversations have centered on health care in recent years.

By Tim Wiederaenders November 26, 2022
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• THANKS – I am very thankful this year.

By Tim Wiederaenders November 24, 2022
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There comes a time in one’s life when change seems to happen more and more.

By Tim Wiederaenders November 17, 2022
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Across the country, newspaper endorsements are fading away as prizes to be nabbed by political campaigns and an effort by the media to share insights with readers.

By Tim Wiederaenders November 10, 2022
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We hear about scams at the newspaper, mostly in which someone calls or contacts you.

By Tim Wiederaenders November 3, 2022
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I hope you have read with interest our series about “forever chemicals” found in area wells. It concludes Sunday, Oct. 30, with coverage about what you can do ...

By Tim Wiederaenders October 27, 2022
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While we’re still wondering how much more the City of Prescott will go over budget on the new city hall, the City Council this week picked a local architect, Doug Stroh, to redevelop the old city hall site. It is quite the project, topping out at five stories and mixed use throughout (hotel, apartments, businesses, restaurants, etc.).

By Tim Wiederaenders October 20, 2022
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Readers have been making allegations of late concerning my stance(s), as well as those of the Courier Editorial Board, on the General Election and the candidates.

By Tim Wiederaenders October 13, 2022
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A lot of misinformation is floating about concerning teachers and Prescott-area school districts.

By Tim Wiederaenders October 6, 2022
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The Friday Catchall: • APARTMENTS – Residents of a local subdivision went before the Prescott City Council this week, urging the city not to approve too many apartment complexes.

By Tim Wiederaenders September 29, 2022
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• REALLY? – Just a few thoughts, while cleaning out my mind this week.

By Tim Wiederaenders September 22, 2022
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On Thursday, we published an article submitted by the Oath Keepers of Chino Valley. It announced that Sheriff David Rhodes would be speaking to the group, and touted what the group stands for and does in the community.

By Tim Wiederaenders September 15, 2022
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The City of Prescott conducts a lot of events, and their mobile stage – for which they’ve done more than 500 events – is deteriorating.

By Tim Wiederaenders September 8, 2022
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It started Monday morning, Aug. 8, with a text message: “Happy BIRTHDAY to you Tim. Have a Wonderful Day. Love You, Mom.”

By Tim Wiederaenders August 11, 2022
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Did you vote? Seriously, mail-in ballot, early voting or at the polls? The people I have spoken with about politics since Primary Election Day, Aug. 2, say either they did vote or, no, they don’t believe in it (the system is broken).

By Tim Wiederaenders August 4, 2022
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The Republican Party is fractured, folks. I am not referring to the GOP’s “left” or “middle” versus the “far right,” per se, but the more easily seen lineup of Mike Pence versus Donald Trump.

By Tim Wiederaenders July 21, 2022
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I hear frequently people asking – even screaming from the rooftops! – “We don’t have enough water for these developments.”

By Tim Wiederaenders July 14, 2022
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A Courier reader sent me a message about the resignations of County Recorder Leslie Hoffman and Elections Director Lynn Constabile: “If it is too hot, get out of the kitchen.” I think some people are missing the point here.

By Tim Wiederaenders July 7, 2022
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Among my many emails this week were some declaring Arizona being “on the cutting edge of school choice in the nation.” Like so many other things, it’s true — from a certain perspective.

By Tim Wiederaenders June 30, 2022
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I’d love to be a famous novelist, but I don’t trust well enough that I can do it.

By Tim Wiederaenders June 16, 2022
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In the realm of health care competition, some things are afoot in the Prescott area – if you look at the bigger picture.

By Tim Wiederaenders June 9, 2022
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It’s been a tough week, folks, with a lot on my mind. Losing a sibling is very hard, losing a parent seems even worse.

By Tim Wiederaenders June 2, 2022
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I think our society is kidding itself, more like we’re living where what we see and who we talk to is our “world.”

By Tim Wiederaenders May 26, 2022
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This week I received some emails from folks wondering where their license plate refund is. Yes, money.

By Tim Wiederaenders May 19, 2022
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Earlier this week I took a break to walk over to the intersection of Highway 69 and Robert Road. Demolition crews were tearing down the old Circle K there and I needed a photo; it had stood vacant for about two years.

By Tim Wiederaenders May 12, 2022
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Another wildland fire, more lessons learned. Let’s count the ways:

By Tim Wiederaenders May 5, 2022
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• BUSY BUSY – As we all pray for a little less wind this week, and that the Crooks Fire south of Prescott comes to a quick end without harm or destruction (and let’s say, that it stays “south”), consider the amount of information we have at our fingertips.

By Tim Wiederaenders April 21, 2022
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I have watched with interest, it was cringing worthy each time, the developments involving a certain trial on the East Coast over the past three weeks.

By Tim Wiederaenders April 14, 2022
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We have all heard about the Great Resignation, which is a phenomenon thanks to the pandemic — an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021.

By Tim Wiederaenders April 7, 2022
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OK, so most of us have seen or heard about actor Will Smith slapping emcee Chris Rock at the Oscars on stage this past weekend.

By Tim Wiederaenders March 31, 2022
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It was not what the Prescott City Council wanted: a new name for the Centennial Center with hitches.

By Tim Wiederaenders March 24, 2022
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• GASOLINE — It was like stepping from a time machine — coming out of the mountains last weekend to see a whole new world.

By Tim Wiederaenders March 10, 2022