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House speaker forms watchdog panel for elected officials
Republican House Speaker Ben Toma has formed a special panel to look into the practices of state elected officials — starting with Democrat Kris Mayes.
MatForce, partners celebrate three-year drop in Yavapai County accidental overdose deaths
After revealing the annual Yavapai County Overdose Fatality Review Board’s results for last year — a report that for the third year in a row showed a drop in accidental drug overdoses — MatForce Executive Director Merilee Fowler earned praise for the compassion her agency shows in addressing tragic reality.
Suspect taken into custody after allegedly firing handgun inside Prescott apartment complex
A 52-year-old Prescott man was taken into custody Wednesday, March 27, with pending charges of endangerment, misconduct involving weapons during a drug offense and possession of dangerous drugs for sale.
- At Prescott Corral of Westerners’ meeting, ‘Big Nose Kate’ will reflect on her life
- PVPD: Residents falling victim to phone scams
- Yavapai County jury convicts Georgia man of child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor
- Tell us about your collection
- Regional planners to apply for federal funding for Prescott pedestrian bridge
- Aetna and Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Group have until April 1 to reach new contract
- Former users and experts debate whether kratom, an herbal substance, helps or harms those who take it
- Bill would require schools to limit showers to those of same biological sex
- PUSD Education Foundation scholarship deadline is April 30
- Prescott man gets 100 years for sexual exploitation of minor
- Scam callers pretending to be YCSO targeting the public
- Yavapai College Prescott Job Fair set for April 3
- Affordable Care Act celebrates 14th anniversary following jump in enrollment, continuing political discord
- New fire, police stations among pressing needs of Prescott public safety departments
- ‘Almost, Maine’ is Bradshaw Mountain High School Theatrical Troupe’s final show of the 2023-24 school year
- HUSD welcomes new leaders as part of planned 2024-25 district reorganization plan
Recipe of the Day
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Diamondbacks score 14 runs in 3rd inning, cruise to 16-1 victory over Rockies
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had five RBIs and three hits, including a two-run homer, and the Arizona Diamondbacks used a franchise-record 14-run third inning to rout the Colorado Rockies 16-1 on Thursday night.
Logan Cooley has 1st NHL hat trick, Coyotes stop Predators' points streak at 18 with 8-4 win
Logan Cooley had his first NHL hat trick, Clayton Keller added a goal and three assists and the Arizona Coyotes snapped the Nashville Predators' point streak at 18 games with an 8-4 victory Thursday night.
Hiking Arizona: Woods Canyon / Dry Beaver Creek (Munds Mountain Wilderness)
Right now Dry Beaver Creek is not dry. Eight or nine months of the year it is dry and hot, especially at the lower end south of the Village of Oak Creek.
- Clemson reaches Elite Eight for 1st time since 1980, beating Arizona 77-72
- Senior softball team crowned champions of Spring World Championship
- Athlete of the Week: Leah Salas
- Prescott Varsity Softball tops Mohave 13-2
- Jordan Montgomery addition exemplifies Arizona Diamondbacks’ willingness to compete for another World Series
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Friday Catchall: Who can afford the power? Who has the power?
Last week I asked how people are preparing for the Arizona Public Service (APS) 8% rate increase for electricity.
Editorial cartoon (1): March 29, 2024
Editorial cartoon (1): March 29, 2024
Editorial cartoon (2): March 29, 2024
Editorial cartoon (2): March 29, 2024
Reader Poll:
How will the Corporation Commission-approved APS 8% rate hike affect you? (Select one or two answers)
- We're (already) working to conserve energy
- I cannot afford it
- I can afford it but don't like it
- I'm fine with it / APS needs to be able to recoup its investments in infrastructure
- I don't like it or do not care
183 total votes
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Reader Poll:
How will the Corporation Commission-approved APS 8% rate hike affect you? (Select one or two answers)
- We're (already) working to conserve energy
- I cannot afford it
- I can afford it but don't like it
- I'm fine with it / APS needs to be able to recoup its investments in infrastructure
- I don't like it or do not care
183 total votes
See past polls
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Bright outdoor light at night may increase stroke risk
Too much exposure to bright outdoor lights at night may increase a person's stroke risk, new research suggests.
To Your Good Health: Steatotic liver disease can be treated with weight loss, exercise
DEAR DR. ROACH: I had right upper abdominal pain, and my doctor suspected gallbladder problems. The abdominal ultrasound showed that my gallbladder was normal, and the HIDA scan showed normal gallbladder function. But the ultrasound reported “hepatic steatosis,” aka fatty liver disease.
To Your Good Health: Doctor oddly recommends less liquid to avoid kidney disease
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 79-year-old woman who weighs 123 pounds and exercises with Zumba, yoga and cardio drumming.
- To Your Good Health: Lisping could potentially be the first symptom of ALS
- How to help your child get enough healthy, brain-boosting sleep
- To Your Good Health: Distinguishing between types of therapy for severe depression
- Time-restricted eating may raise cardiovascular death risk in the long term
- To Your Good Health: Herpes symptoms usually appear four days after exposure
- To Your Good Health: Ten days is sufficient enough to stop isolation after mild COVID
- Prenatal yoga may help ease stress, improve fitness during pregnancy
- More than half of American Indian teens and young adults have high cholesterol
- To Your Good Health: Growth of tissue on the palm bothers retired mail carrier
- To Your Good Health: Trouble swallowing can point to a number of possibilities
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Other Desert Cities opens Thursday, March 14 at Prescott Center for the Arts. Look for a news article about the performance in the Daily Courier newspaper. Dcourier.com, AcrosstheStreetPrescott.com.
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Guitarist Sean Harkness returns to Jim & Linda Lee PAC March 30
Accompanying audiences on an intimate journey through jazz, standards, folk and blues, acclaimed guitarist Sean Harkness returns to the Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center, 1100 E. Sheldon St., at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30.
Prescott Palette: Back Alley Cheese Bar... for 'OveraCheesers'
What happens when two women committed to everything hospitality cross paths and become best friends? Well… Prescott gets a European cheese bar and the two get to experience owning and growing their first business.
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ is No. 1 with $45.2M, Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Immaculate’ lands in fourth
Ghost busting is still a good business.
- Suze’s Prescott Center for the Arts presents ‘Other Desert Cities’ in the Studio Theatre, March 14-24
- Acoustic Eidolon returns to Prescott
- ‘One Love’ receives more love at the box office, claiming No. 1 spot for second straight week
- Q&A with Mike ‘Gooch’ Gurciullo
- Local teens showcase artistic talents at Yavapai College Art Gallery
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Olympics taster: Paris race celebrates the servers who nourish city’s life and soul
Usain Bolt’s sprint world records were never in danger.
A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which have led to deadly gang turf wars and sometimes violent confrontations with the police.
Belgium’s change kit at Euro 2024 has been leaked. Is it a tribute to comic-strip hero Tintin?
Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could well resemble a world-famous reporter.
- Weather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tape
- Looking for a leap year lift? Check out this silly French newspaper that publishes only on Feb. 29
- ‘Totally cold’ is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake
- What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think
- In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
- CBP dog sniffs out something unusual in passenger’s luggage — mummified monkeys
- An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts during a murder trial resigns
- This is what happened when a Cold War-era missile was found in the garage of someone’s home
- Toddler gets stuck after climbing into a claw machine looking for a toy in Australian shopping mall
- Sauna patrons dressed only in towels pull 2 from a car that plunged into a Norwegian fjord
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Living in the Question: What will be resurrected?
Death and life. It is the ultimate pair of opposites. And one which shows how opposites enhance one another. Would we appreciate life if we didn’t know it will end one day? Would death be bearable if we didn’t know that it ultimately leads to more life?
Dear Annie: Mismatched marriage mindsets
Dear Annie: I’m having an issue with my partner of six years, “Alex.” I love him deeply, and he’s a truly amazing guy. But we have different views on marriage.
Feature Home: 1220 Sarafina, Prescott
Gorgeous 2245 square-foot single-level 4-bedroom/3 bath home offers the unique luxury of dual master ensuites, plus many newly updated features and amenities.
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Adoption Spotlight: Isaiah
Isaiah is a funny and cheerful kid with an infectious smile that brightens up the world around him.
Adoption Spotlight: Josh
Josh is an amazing inquisitive boy with a love for animals and the outdoors. He wants to college for Zoology to work in a zoo with large animals.
Anniversary: Bob and Arlene Mezeske of Prescott celebrated their 70th anniversary
On February 18, Bob and Arlene Mezeske of Prescott celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at the Willow Creek Inn. Bob and Arlene exchanged vows on February 20, 1954 in Muskegon, Michigan.
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Obituary: Terry Joe Kyte
Terry Joe Kyte passed away into God's arms on March 20, 2024, after a long and brave fight against many medical struggles.
Obituary: Sandra Lee (Pettit) Zander
Sandra Lee (Pettit) Zander was born on Jan. 8, 1943, in Cokato, Minnesota, and raised in Howard Lake, Minnesota
Obituary: Bernice Pearl Larson
Bernice Pearl Larson (nee: Guderian) of Prescott, Arizona, passed away on Feb. 20, 2024, at Alta Vista Senior Living Community, in Prescott, Arizona.
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Baltimore bridge collapse puts the highly specialized role of ship's pilot under the spotlight
The expert pilots who navigate massive ships in and out of Baltimore's port must often maneuver with just 2 feet of clearance from the channel floor and memorize charts, currents and every other possible maritime variable.
House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls
House Republicans on Thursday invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to deliver on their stalled monthslong impeachment inquiry into the Biden family businesses.
Wall Street rises to more records to close out its latest winning month
Wall Street set more records Thursday as U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest winning month and quarter.
- Famed American sculptor Richard Serra, the 'poet of iron,' has died at 85
- Man cuffed but not charged after Chiefs' Super Bowl rally shooting sues congressman over online post
- Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
- Hezbollah launches rockets into Israel after an Israeli strike kills 7 in Lebanon
- A Paris exhibit shows how the Olympics mirror society, from Nazi propaganda to fighting inequalities
- Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case
- Trump's social media company soars in its first day of trading on Nasdaq
- Do you want fries with that? Krispy Kreme doughnuts are coming to McDonald's
- Baltimore bridge collapses after powerless cargo ship rams into support column; 6 people are missing
- A London court will rule on Tuesday whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to the US