Border agents from the Casa Grande Station found a truck containing about 3,300 pounds of marijuana Monday morning near the checkpoint on Federal Route 15.According to Border Agent Colleen Agle, the weed was found when agents responded to suspected illegal activity in the area south of the Federal Route 15…
General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, passed out during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning, but the most amusing part of the incident wasn’t a seasoned general fainting during questioning, it was the face of the man questioning him as Petraeus’ head hit the…
Steve Kerr is out as the Phoenix Suns director of basketball operations and general manager. The move, announced this afternoon by the team, shouldn’t come as a big surprise to Suns fans. Kerr’s contract was up June 30, and it wasn’t looking like the former Arizona Wildcat sharpshooter would stick around…
We know it’s hot out, but this is ridiculous. The unidentified man in this picture below stripped down to a ball cap and black shoes about midnight on Friday night and went for a stroll down Scottsdale’s picturesque Main Street, just west of Scottsdale Road. Looks like he’s in front of one…
The nominating petitions for Jose “Joe” Penalosa, a Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Ed Pastor in Congressional District 4, won’t be tossed, a judge has ruled. An elections complaint filed last week against Penalosa alleged that he didn’t live within the boundaries of CD4, that one of his petition circulators…
Conor Jackson has been shipped out of town, just not to the team we expected. As we mentioned a few weeks ago, the D-Backs front office said changes were on the way — Jackson is simply the first to go. Rumors swirled yesterday that Jackson would soon be on his…
Tom Horne, Arizona’s superintendent of schools and candidate for state attorney general, is standing by his comments that terrorism is no longer a problem in Israel after they built — in the words of Senator John McCain — a “danged fence.”At a Tea Party rally earlier this month — in a…
New Times has secured an Arizona Department of Public Safety report on its crime-scene investigation into the alleged April 30 daytime desert clash between Pinal County sheriff’s Deputy Louie Puroll and a group of drug-smuggling undocumented aliens. Short analysis of the highly publicized incident: The DPS investigation raises more questions than it answers…
ABC15, Joe Arpaio’s preferred news channel, recently posted a little ditty regarding a list of Joe’s favorite things and other trifles.His favorite film? The Godfather. His favorite nickname? “Sheriff Joe.” (Guess “Nickel Bag” is a little derogatory.) His favorite “gift”? His wife Ava. (Everyone together: Awwwwwwww.)And what’s the last book…
Yesterday, we posted a story about a doctor accused of assaulting and sexually abusing one of his female patients during an exam at his Phoenix office, and today we have the details of the alleged attack. According to court documents acquired by New Times, Dr. Galen Johnson, a 54-year-old OB-GYN…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is center-stage in highlighting the evils of SB 1070. He has become a champion to many in the Latino community for publicly condemning the misguided law that makes it a crime for illegal immigrants to be in Arizona.And he’s milking it.On Sunday, Gordon received a standing ovation…
In a political move only newsworthy because of its high-level of tackiness, U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman actually put out a press release last night to make an announcement regarding his campaign wardrobe: In addition to the U.S. flag lapel pin he wears, he will begin wearing one of the Arizona flag. Stop the presses!…
Yuma Mayor Al Krieger finally apologized for some homophobic comments he made at a Memorial Day ceremony at a Yuma cemetery. While discussing his distain for gays in the military — namely the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — Krieger said, “I cannot believe that a bunch of lacy-drawered,…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
For the second time in less than a week, a Valley doctor has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing one of his patients.While it’s not the same doctor at the center of last week’s allegations, the circumstances — as far as we can tell — are fairly similar.Phoenix police say…
Lisa Hauser, an attorney for Governor Jan Brewer, blasted Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections Commission after its members refused to take further action on matching funds for this year’s election cycle.In a tense, two-minute speech, Hauser blasted the commission for “turning your backs on participating candidates.” She also questioned the commission’s…
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, wrapping up their 78th annual meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma today, passed a resolution condemning SB 1070 that had been submitted by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. The Gordon resolution was approved by a strong majority during a voice vote according to conference spokesman Carlos Vogel…
The attorney for Dr. Gabriel Ogbonnaya, the Mesa physician arrested last week and accused of sexually abusing two female patients, continues to attack the investigation conducted by the Mesa Police Department before Ogbonnaya’s arrest. Ogbonnaya was arrested last Wednesday after two female patients at his Healing Touch clinic claimed he…
On the heels of saying he’s contemplating dropping out of the race, residentially challenged Republican State House candidate Augustus Shaw now says he’ll stay in the fight. We’re not sure why he’s bothering — it certainly appears he tried to pull a fast one on voters by claiming he lives…
The president of a national association of guide-dog users that gave Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio the boot from its July conference tells us today she’s not exactly upset that her group fouled up the sheriff’s 78th birthday. “It’s too bad,” Guide Dog Users Inc. President Becky Barton allows. ” But I didn’t know…
Congratulations, Conor Jackson! You may be the first member of the Arizona Diamondbacks lucky enough to be shipped out of town and out of the National League West basement. And the best part is that you may be playing for a first-place team…
As vehemently as he defended his anti-gay comments last week — in one case even referencing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln — we figured it would only be a matter of time before Yuma Mayor Al Krieger broke down and apologized.We were right…
