The Phoenix Coyotes have finally come up with a good idea to get people to go to games — the organization will drive them there.One week after setting a franchise record for fewest tickets sold, Coyotes President Douglas Moss announced today the team’s newest attempt to boost attendance, “The Coyotes…
The Phoenix Suns have a new gimmick — valet parking for bikes.The Suns seem to think that finding a spot to lock up is a major concern for fans, so tonight the team will unveil an NBA first: “The Lou Amundson Bike Valet.”…
On December 5, for $250, you could have the (cough!) honor of posing for a photograph with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth. Or, you could go into your bathroom and flush $250 down the toilet — whatever seems like a better value.That’s right, Joe is hosting a fundraiser for…
Now that Jan Brewer is officially a candidate for the state’s top spot, the unelected governor seems to realize that she can’t hide in her office anymore.Brewer announced her intentions to run last week and has nine public appearances on the books this week. Nine appearances in one week is…
California videographer and activist Naui Ocelotl Huitzilopochtli captured some cool footage of Saturday’s Nazi march and demo at the Arizona state Capitol, including a little confrontation with a swastika-licker from Missouri that I had. Didn’t amount to much. Plus, there was a DOJ guy right beside us, and cops all…
Kumari Fulbright One look at this mug, and you’re probably thinking: There are three very important rules when owning a Gremlin…
Just two weeks ago, in our secret heart of hearts, we were ready to consign 35-year-old Steve Nash to the dustbin of history. Unless you’re Steve Nash’s mom, you were, too. Be honest. Then came that last-minute beauty shot in the regular-season opener against the Clippers, the 20-assist game against…
A female student at Maricopa County High School was arrested yesterday for allegedly making a bomb threat. The girl, whose name has not been released, reportedly told a teacher she “would be sorry, because a bomb would be placed on school grounds.” The suspect is being held at Pinal County…
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: Up on the Sun: Fit For Rivals: “Damage” (Luke Holwerda’s First Video) Enya’s Greatest Hits Coming Soon…..
The chief prosecutor in the case against a teen suspected of murdering a nun on the Navajo Indian Reservation last week is refusing to turn him over to federal authorities without an extradition request.Tribal police arrested the suspect, 18-year-old Reehahlio Carroll, when he was stopped for a traffic violation last…
Readers of our paper will recall the hullabaloo back in 2007 that led to the bizarre arrests here in the Valley of the chain’s owners, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. The sordid affair revolved around a sweeping subpoena drummed up by “special prosecutor” Dennis Wilenchik, a mediocre local attorney (he’s…
You would think that after a 90-day stint as a guest of Maricopa County, rapper and, um, tough-guy DMX would have learned a thing or two for his upcoming mixed-martial-arts fight. Seems you would be wrong…
David Cavazos took the reins as City Manager at Phoenix City Hall Friday — and immediately announced sweeping changes.Okay, so we’re being a teensy bit sarcastic. Cavazos, after all, was an inside candidate, a guy who began working for the city as an intern in 1987. He’s not expected to…
We remember Missy Kupferberg fondly as a staunch advocate for the seriously mentally ill here in the Phoenix area. Missy was a sweetheart did not suffer fools gladly, and she was more than willing to provide us with serious examples of wrongdoing by the powers-that-be in what passed then (and…
Officials at Sky Harbor International Airport announced today that they will start conducting random bag-checks to prevent luggage theft at baggage-claim areas.Good thinking, considering two people were just arrested for stealing more than a 1,000 bags without anyone seeming to notice for more than a month…
Arizona State University’s Tempe campus could be one of the first universities in the country with a Google Street View.Street View is a popular feature by Google that gives users a 360-degree street-level look at locations in most major American cities. It has been used at a college campus once…
In his first public comments since getting the boot from the NHL-owned Phoenix Coyotes, “The Great One” claims he’s not bitter. There was speculation that Gretzky might be a no-show for the NHL’s hall of fame induction ceremony last night in Toronto to spite the league and its leadership for…
The daughter of a Tucson man believed to have been murdered by the D.C. sniper plans tol be front and center today when the state of Virginia is scheduled to pump a lethal dose of potassium chloride into the murderer’s bloodstream…
Even the most fanatical of Suns worshippers couldn’t have imagined such an outcome. A weeklong five-game road trip to the East Coast, including bouts against powerhouses Boston and Orlando, wrapping up with four wins for the Suns? Believe it. The Phoenix Suns are for real, and have to be considered…
The boy from St. Johns, Arizona who pleaded guilty in the shooting deaths of his father and another man could be facing prison time. The prospect caused an uproar when Judge Michael Roca announced he would reject probation in favor of incarceration. The boy, 8 at the time 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:The Anarchists Own the Nazis, and the Nazis Cause a Car Wreck as They Amscray Transgender…
This just in: Doug Quelland is out. The decision was apparently passed down today by Administrative Law Judge Thomas Shedden, who agreed with the Clean Elections Commission that the mustachioed Republican should be removed from office. Quelland is accused of hiring a campaign consultant on the sly to get…
