Arizona State Game and Fish agents say poaching is on the rise in Arizona. Agents aren’t sure why they’ve seen a dramatic increase in complaints about wildlife poaching (up 70 percent from 2008), but theorize that during difficult financial times, Arizonans are poaching for food and profit. Some of the…
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: Feathered Bastard: Kyrsten Sinema Pimps the Census for Hispanics, Alfredo Gutierrez Says “Climate of Fear” Trumps All…
There’s a delay in the sentencing of a former beauty queen and law student, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping after the bizarre kidnapping and torture of her ex-boyfriend, because her lawyer says he wants off the case.You may recall Kumari Fulbright, the former University of Arizona law…
The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference, which includes the Dioceses of Phoenix, Tucson, and Gallup, New Mexico, issued a statement today criticizing state Senator Russell Pearce’s mirror anti-immigrant measures HB 2632 and SB 1070, urging that they be yanked from consideration.In a message signed by Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas…
This just in: Attorney J. Scott Rhodes is part of the conspiracy to deprive Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas of his law license!We’re kidding — but only kind of. The real scoop is that Rhodes, an attorney at Jennings Strouss, has agreed to serve as independent counsel on complaints that…
Phoenix police are asking the public’s help in tracking down the killer of a Phoenix man murdered early Saturday morning.The victim, whom police identified as 21-year-old Aaron Mathew Ford, was shot just after midnight on Saturday, near the northbound access road to the Black Canyon Freeway near 4450 N. Black…
An Arizona congresswoman has a suggestion about how the United States can chip away at its $12 trillion national debt: pay the folks running the show a little bit less.Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Flagstaff) introduced a bill last week that calls for members of Congress to take a 5 percent pay cut,…
Meet the new safety, same as the old safety — just cheaper.The Arizona Cardinals, just days after losing safety Antrel Rolle to the New York Giants, picked up a Big Apple replacement for the safety spot in Kerry Rhodes, who the team signed over the weekend.Rhodes spent the last five…
With college spring break just weeks away, many college students are looking forward to drinking their faces off at an exotic, Mexican beach, but Grand Canyon National Park is offering college students a different way to kick back during their time off: volunteering.For the third year in a row, the park…
According to certain NCAA Bracketologists, Arizona State’s men’s basketball team pretty much has to win the Pac-10 tournament later this week in Los Angeles to make it to the Big Dance. Yes, cbssports.com has the Sun Devils as one of the last four teams out of the 65-team MCAA…
In yesterday’s paper, I read with great amusement the desperate cries of state Rep. Kyrsten Sinema and her fellow Dems, urging Hispanics to participate in the U.S. Census this year. During a Friday news conference, Sinema and Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski assured the undocumented in particular that the info collected…
The quack attack was no match for the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night in Glendale, as the doggies shut out the Anaheim Ducks 4-0. Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, acquired from the Ducks in 2007, set a franchise record on Saturday, when his 32 saves gave the Coyotes their 34th win…
A Maricopa County sheriff’s commander attempted to seize nearly two years’ worth of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office e-mails from the county IT department Friday — saying the e-mails were archived without “the knowledge, consent, or appropriate clearances” from the Sheriff’s Office. But county officials refused to turn over the archived e-mails…
The scuffle — which occurred in the waning seconds of the third quarter and resulted in his ejection — heated up an otherwise unexciting game. Here’s how the relatively minor melee went down: With less than a minute to go in the period, Watson began swatting away Frye’s hand while the…
The Palo Verde nuclear power plant shut down one reactor after a minor explosion on Sunday. According the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an electrical fault caused the explosion, which resulted in damage to bus work. The other two reactors at the plant were not affected by the explosion and are operating…
One of three former karate instructors accused in the deadly arson fire at the Phoenix headquarters of Young Champions of America was sentenced today to 14 years in prison. In an emotional hearing before a packed courtroom, Judge Joseph Kreamer told Jonathan Antonucci that he was troubled by several aspects of the case. In particular,…
File this under the header, “When the cat’s away…” Sheriff Joe’s office issued a press release today promising a new anti-immigrant sweep within the next two weeks. That message comes one day after Phoenix civil rights leader Sal Reza’s announcement that he and his fellow organizers from the Puente Movement will be caravan-ing to D.C.,…
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: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Harpooned by Art? Let’s Hope So. A Call for Artists for ALAC’s “Dignity”…
The FBI is investigating the office of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas as part of its probe into abuse of power by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona Republic reported today. The article contains little red meat beyond the headline: The newspaper’s sources “did not specify what investigators are asking. But…
One member of an Arizona State University fraternity could be looking at a little more than double-secret probation after allegedly stabbing another member when he tried to throw him into a pool.Members of the Sigma Nu fraternity threatened to throw 21-year-old Samson Fivey into a pool at the fraternity house early…
It’s widely known that the self-righteous voice of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is enough to irritate the pants off of liberals and hippies from Burlington to Berkley, but two scientists at Northern Arizona University are using Limbaugh’s squawk to annoy a different type of nuisance: beetles.We would have suggested…
In this week’s feature story, “Dirt Devil,” we chronicle the world of off-road racing and local driver “Pistol” Pete Sohren. As mentioned in the story, one of Sohren’s big influences was local racing legend Larry Ragland, who won the Baja 1000 five times during the 1990s. Cave Creek resident Ragland,…
