The Town of Prescott Valley is bringing retired Department of Public Safety Director Col. Frank Milstead in this month to consult “to make sure the town sets a level of expectations, and gains an understanding of how officers view and feel about the department.”
I receive a lot of studies, ranking cities across the nation in some way or another. And I’m here to tell you: believe less than half of them.
When are we too old to drive? That question has been on my mind for a while now.
For the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we want to know where you were that fateful day. What do you remember?
One of the most common calls I receive each week is about the weather, specifically the rainfall totals. (Why not, it’s what we talk about on the phone with our relatives; that and health issues, right!?)
Long before I moved here, the section of Highway 69 between Prescott and Prescott Valley was known as “Blood Alley.”
Some strange things are going on out Williamson Valley Road — about 35 miles out, that is.
Sheriff David Rhodes was cited for operating a boat under the influence (OUI) Saturday, Aug. 7, at Lake Powell, and out of accountability and transparency he has come forward.
After receiving some calls about newspaper recycling this week, I decided to investigate a bit. The result: some Lions have thrown in the towel, others have not.
Sure, everyone has tribulations when they’re growing up, but we also have experiences worth remembering.
A concerned reader called Thursday to inquire about the city’s primary election. As he stated correctly, a true “primary” picks the people you want to see in the General Election.
While government and politics of the day are on a lot of minds ... it seems I’ve seen a bunch of other items cross my desk that are a bit more interesting to me, at least for a Monday.
Life is about rules, whether we like it or not. Oh, maybe it is not life — let’s say society, a law-abiding society.
In an update to the 2020 audit being conducted by the Arizona Senate, our Phoenix correspondent sent the following:
The city has a leak. I was talking with our city reporter, Cindy, on Monday about what to expect from the Prescott City Council this week.
One thing most people love to talk about is the weather. In fact, if you’ve ever had a conversation with Mom or Dad on the phone, invariably the topic of “how hot is it there?” comes up.
On a recent Sunday it took forever to drive to the mall. A rainstorm had knocked out the traffic light at Highway 69 and Prescott Lakes Parkway.
Many of us live in Prescott, but we don’t live in Prescott. That is a distinction having to do with on which side of the city limits line(s) your property sits.
Many items cross my desk each day, either through “snail” mail or email; sometimes I find old letters in a box at home. Every now and then one of them jumps up and takes hold of me.
Prescott Regional Airport was shut down Sunday afternoon, July 11, for more than an hour as a result of 80-plus mph winds and an apparent funnel cloud.
When the news stories say Lake Mead is at only 36% of its capacity, it is troublesome — but does not greatly, rather does not directly, affect the Prescott area.
A long-gone Prescott tradition made a pseudo-return a few years ago with “controlled” water fights and soakings.
The Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade Committee reported the following winners in the 2021 parade, which was Saturday, July 3, in downtown Prescott ...
Parts of the internet are blowing up over Postal Service deliveries, or the lack thereof, in at least the Williamson Valley and Viewpoint areas of the Quad Cities.
What appeared to be a nothing (is there such a thing?) wildland fire last week has exploded across nearly 79,000 acres as of Tuesday mid-day, June 29.
I had camping reservations on the Coconino National Forest for this weekend, but officials there closed it.
I just don’t get it. Two news releases came through Wednesday about marijuana that left me scratching my head.
PROP 400 — One thing that has popped up lately related to the Arizona Eco Development annexation and development proposal in the Granite Dells is the comment period.
Hunters will no longer be allowed to use game-trail cameras for “the take or aid in the take of wildlife” as of January 2022.
In my time living in Williamson Valley and the Prescott area (since 1996), I’ve heard about only one rattlesnake observed near my house.
It is curious how people handle, let’s call them “property” rights.
The Kentucky Fried Chicken/Taco Bell location at 1147 N. Highway 89, Chino Valley, is temporarily closed and is undergoing a remodel, according to sources with the town as well as Taco Bell/Pizza Hut/KFC online.
We have all likely wondered about it lately: what’s with all the wind around here?
Previously, in 2019, nearly 43 million Americans started their summer with a Memorial Day weekend getaway.
The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe has restarted its development plans for a new tribal casino to be tentatively located on the tribe’s federal trust land at the intersection of Highway 69 and Yavpe Connector, according to a news release.
Few things are easier to debate than the rules of the road. However, as we age, it seems we remember parts of the driver license manual and not others.
Sometimes I suffer from news overload, and need to remember to be where I am.
I saw something a friend sent to me recently that spells out the challenge we could have in this nation if socialism takes root. … or has it already?
The legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey have passed and signed into law a reform of the Permanent Early Voting List in Arizona, and it’s been called “racism.”
VIRUS — Schools have what I think is the toughest challenge, when it comes to preventing the spread of COVID-19.
In case you have not heard, a book honoring the best of Dr. Ron Barnes’ columns in The Daily Courier is being compiled by people close to him. Following is the forward I wrote for it:
Signs naming Highway 89 — from Wickenburg through Prescott and to north of Chino Valley — as the “Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial Highway” will be going up next month, thanks to a Brit.
As a nearly 35-year journalist I can pinpoint the night — 29 years ago — when my feelings for first-responders grew into, let’s call it, true “respect.”
Much discussion of late has focused on probable scarce area water resources as it relates to our future and housing development.
Prescott Valley Police officers began again Wednesday, April 21, going into local schools to meet and talk with students.
The cellphone tower debate of late, from my standpoint, is the culmination of many community issues.
Ballot measures, as I have said for years, need to be vetted before they go to the voters.
A little gem came across my desk a while back … a March 28, 1997 column by the late Jim Garner, then-Courier editor. In it, he stated that the Legislature had approved a record $5.2 billion state budget that Gov. Fife Symington was poised to sign.
Well, the sniffle-sneeze season is underway.
When is (blank) too much? Fill in the blank.
