The creator of a new fire shelter says his product can withstand temperatures hotter than the flames that killed the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots in the Yarnell Hill Fire in June.Jim Moseley, who developed the SunSeeker Fire Blanket, says the shelters can withstand temperatures of about 2,500 degrees — about…
An Environmental Protection Agency document from the late ’90s states “caches of explosives” were found at the New River ranch where a man lost his leg in an explosion this week.The former owner of that ranch, Charles Byers, who manufactured explosive devices at the site, told a TV station in…
In Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest attempt for publicity, he announced that he wants a “patriotic theme” at the county jails.Arpaio’s putting American flags in all the jail cells and hosting sing-alongs of “God Bless America,” which supposedly show his patriotism. Interestingly, there’s no mention in Arpaio’s press release of putting…
Thanks to the large following of Apple, there’s a lot of speculation as to what’s going to be produced in the Mesa manufacturing facility that was announced earlier this week.Apple made a $578 million deal with a company called GT Advanced Technologies, to make “sapphire material” in this Mesa facility,…
People associated with Anonymous, the collective of Internet activists, are still seeking justice for 2-year-old Savannah Cross, who was killed in brutal fashion last year.The activists already have been bringing attention to the fact that charges have been dropped — for now, at least — against Savannah’s alleged killers, who…
Before the Arizona Supreme Court, people were actually arguing over whether stone-cold sober people can be convicted of DUI.This issue was explored in a New Times cover story earlier this year: the state’s “zero tolerance” law against a person driving with the slightest trace of marijuana in their system –…
I’m a pocha immigration attorney. I have so many questions for you that I’m thinking I should just hire you as a consultant. Why do Mexicans seem to want me to lie to them and steal their money and tell them they can become residents, even when it’s hopeless? Why…
Real estate fortunes are looking up in the Valley of the Sun — where the economy is tied inextricably to the housing market. The dramatic rise in housing prices during the past two years has lifted a millstone off the backs of many once-underwater homeowners and many who work in…
Medical-marijuana users were warned. And now Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is carrying out his plan to harass qualified medical users for resin-infused edibles. Montgomery repeatedly has refused to say whether he is prosecuting patients for possession of marijuana concentrates who otherwise are acting within the boundaries of the 2010…
A corrupt Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking bribes in exchange for helping a drug-trafficking organization do its work.Former Agent Ivhan Daniel Herrera-Chiang actually got more prison time than his partner-in-crime Michael Lopez-Garcia, a former Arizona Department of Corrections employee who personally smuggled meth…
Next time you’re stuck in traffic in Phoenix, consider this: the traffic in literally every other big city in the country is worse.TomTom, the company that makes the GPS products, used its data to compare travel times while there’s no traffic, and when there’s the heaviest traffic, in cities across…
A Goodyear man admitted to murdering his grandmother by bashing her head with a shovel and cutting her throat, police say.Jason Howell, 40, said he killed his 78-year-old grandmother, Helen Jean Lee, because she imposed curfew rules on him, charged him too much for rent, and broke the garage door…
Voters in the town of Buckeye decided to take on the title of being a “city.”About 60 percent of the voters were in favor of the change, according to the town’s election results…
It turns out that a partial shutdown of the federal government has consequences.Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business released its monthly report on the Phoenix-area housing market, and things weren’t so hot last month…
It appears some feathers were ruffled this week with our list of the “10 Worst Things About Snowbirds.”The number-one retort we got was, but, the economy!…
A seat on the Phoenix City Council held for nearly five decades by an African American was lost today. Kate Widland Gallego handily beat her opponent, Pastor Warren Stewart, with nearly 63 percent of the vote to represent District 8, a predominately Latino district. In a concession speech, Stewart congratulated…
There are still votes to be counted. But preliminary counts on Election Night show Laura Pastor in District 4 holding a slight lead over her opponent Justin Johnson. Pastor has received 6,819 votes (52.11 percent), about a 4 percent lead over Johnson’s 6,268 votes (47.89 percent)…
Wanna celebrate with the winners, commiserate with the losers of Election Day? The polls closed about 40 minutes ago and candidates should be basking in the well wishes of optimistic supporters at various locations throughout Phoenix…
While voters in cities around the Valley are voting on local issues, voters in the Town of Buckeye are voting on a rare question — whether it should become the City of Buckeye.A town needs to have 3,000 people before it can ask voters to decide on becoming a city,…
A man lost part of his leg in an explosion in New River, north of Phoenix, near the site of a former military-weapons manufacturer.The site is one of several around the Valley that used to be manufacturing facilities Accuracy Systems Incorporated, which became well-known for its ridiculously unsafe practices…
It might seem like someone needs to go check the temperature in Hell, because Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a press release in Spanish.You know, the same Sheriff Joe Arpaio whose department had to be banned from racial profiling by a federal judge, and whose die-hard supporters are seriously upset about…
It’s Election Day. The truth is that most voters have cast their ballots early in the District 4 and District 8 elections. The voters will decide who is going to represent residents throughout central and south Phoenix on the City Council. But the polls close at 7 p.m. tonight, and…
