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survey

Scottsdale launches citizen survey

Some Scottsdale residents have been randomly selected to participate in a survey to measure their views on the community and city programs and services....

Slowing Down to Shop Small this Holiday Season

I recently attended the North Platte, NE, Shop Local Kickoff event, featuring state and local proclamations highlighting the importance of shopping local brick and...
agave

Agaves As Living Sculptures In Desert Foothills Landscapes

Carefree Desert Gardens is delighted to welcome back author, speaker, and agave fanatic Greg Starr, owner and operator of Starr Nursery in Tucson which...

According To PVT South

Dearly Beloved--The Democratic Party has given new meaning to the term (hitting foggy bottom). Let's hope Sweet Nancy Pelosi gets her old job back...
mullet over

The United States was a distant fourth in vinum marketing

From atop Lookout Mountain (near Chattanooga, Tenn.) visitors can sometimes see parts of seven states. Pop star Mariah Carey is very fond of purple and...
Janelle Smith

Honda Bow residents sue town

CAVE CREEK – As Sonoran News reported back in September, when attorneys Christopher Callahan and Dawn Meidinger of Fennemore Craig, P.C. filed a notice...
meeting

Secretary Reagan welcomes Lieutenant Governors for annual business meeting

PHOENIX – The nation’s seconds-in-command will gather in Scottsdale, Arizona this week for the National Lieutenant Governors annual business meeting.  Before the formal meeting...
dr paul kengor

Death by Fidel

Fidel Castro is dead. To say those words is so strange. I’ve never known a moment when he wasn’t alive. Castro came to power seven...

Suck it up, buttercup

Remember in Nov. 2008 and Nov. 2012 when angry Republican voters took to the streets to protest Barack Obama’s election to the presidency? Remember...
sunset drama

Sunset drama

This incredibly dramatic sunset was captured on Black Mountain looking south on the evening of November 15. Photo courtesy of Laura Grant. If you'd like...