A local poison-control center reported what appears to be the first reported cases of people using the drug “Krokodil” in the country.The drug, which apparently gets its name from the appearance many of its users get, due to sores, is described as a “moonshine” version of heroin…
The scheme by county officials to round up immigrants for conspiring to smuggle themselves into the country has been busted up by a federal judge.As a result of yet another immigration-related lawsuit filed against the county, a federal judge ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, and…
In honor of this year’s edition of Best of Phoenix, we bring you the year’s best local TV moments…
The Arizona State University Sun Devils beat the University of Southern California in a shootout this weekend in Tempe, 62-41.New Times was there to capture the pre-game festivities:…
Along with the report on the Yarnell Hill Fire, investigators also released a video in an attempt to explain what happened.Like the report, the video doesn’t answer all the questions surrounding the deaths of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots, but it is a pretty good visual representation of how the…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week was big for women accused of murder — two women get trial dates for murder charges, Jodi Arias’ next court hearing will be closed, and more:…
It seems fairly clear at this point that human cloning would lead the Arizona Cardinals to a Super Bowl victory, with a roster of 53 Patrick Petersons.The Cardinals didn’t look good in their 13-10 victory Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but wins all count the same, and Peterson played…
Fire officials released their report this weekend on the Yarnell Hill Fire, and the deaths of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots.Despite the number of pages in the report, it provides few relevant details…
Nothing went wrong in the Yarnell Hill Fire, which killed 19 wildland firefighters in June.This according to the “Serious Accident Investigation Report” into the fire, released this weekend by federal, state, and local firefighting officials in Prescott…
The investigative report into the Yarnell Hill Fire has been released.Perhaps the most important part of the report is the disclaimer, “This report does not identify causes in the traditional sense of pointing out errors, mistakes, and violations but approaches the accident from the perspective that risk is inherent in…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
Lesson of the day: Social media is a good way to connect with friends but a bad way to share child porn.The Tucson police department says a local swim coach was arrested after uploading images of child pornography to a social media site…
It looks like we’re not the only ones who found the humor in a premature-ejaculation spray being named Tempe.Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, an Arizona State University dropout, had a bit on the spray on his show last night…
Kudos to Morgan Loew for infiltrating yet another militia group, the Arizona State Militia, which Loew exposed on CBS 5’s Wednesday night broadcast. Loew went undercover to document with hidden cameras a statewide recruitment drive by the organization, which bills itself as “a law-abiding, non-racist, non-radical unit.” Sure. That’s why…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Governor Jan Brewer had an incredibly difficult time spitting out words.Brewer was commemorating those famous African-American pilots from World War II yesterday — you know, the Tusakee, Tusks, Tuh-see-gee, Tuskegee, Tuska-skee, Tuske-tuh, TUSKEGEE, Tus-kee-kee, Tus-kuh-kee Airmen…
In honor of this year’s edition of Best of Phoenix, we bring you the best sports moments of the year…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, almost all of our offenders are…
Yesterday, we gave you our picks for the top 10 names of Arizona towns.In case you didn’t like our order, we’ll let you decide which one you think is best…
Remember this in the case that we’re all living in shanty towns in five years — Forbes has some remarkably good predictions for Arizona’s economy.Forbes projects that Arizona will have faster job growth over the next five years than any other state in the nation…
A man who saw a Tempe police officer shoot Austin Del Castillo says the version of events police provided to media outlets is “very different” from what he saw.Del Castillo was shot outside the Chili’s restaurant on the corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive in Tempe, and died last…
***Please see the update at this blog’s end.*** Attorney General Tom Horne’s getting the band back together. Yep, with 2014 ’round the corner, the Man Who Knows No Shame, is relying on a little help from the same crowd who got him over the finish line in 2010, specifically, attorney…
If you thought Arizona’s love affair with meth was really as bad as it gets when it comes to drug use, then get a load of this.Arizona appears to be home of the first reported cases in the country of people using a drug nicknamed Krokodil — named for the…
