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Drug importation has wide spread implications on access

Senator Bernie Sanders just introduced a bill that would enable Americans to import medicines from our northern neighbor. The bill's proponents argue that importing drugs...
God Bless America

Mixed nuts

No more teachers' dirty looks? You're a grown up now. In fact, you are a senior citizen with a good job. But, in some parts...
Jim Van Allen

Road closures remain an issue, Carefree adopts $6.5 million budget

CAREFREE – Councilman Jim Van Allen asked to pull items 6 and 7, pertaining to street closures for two Thunderbird Artists Fine Art and...
Peter Jankowski

Council votes 5-2 to not renew town manager’s contract

CAVE CREEK – As the last item on a lengthy agenda, council voted 2-5, with Mayor Ernie Bunch and Vice Mayor Ron Sova the...
Vincent Francia

Open space takes back seat to town’s water needs, for now

CAVE CREEK – Monday night’s Call to the Public brought Kerry Smith to the podium to follow up on questions raised during the previous...

McCain opposes English as official language of U.S. without amnesty

WASHINGTON – It’s not the first time, and probably won’t be the last time, Congress has floated legislation to “declare English as the official...

The Great Pyramids of Giza

An explanation by Richard Dutton Field of Cave Creek. For approximately 5000 years, the question of how the upper 300 feet of the great pyramids...
Gila Monster

Not an Easter egg

Sunday morning sitting on the steps into my garage putting on my size 14, which was on the 2nd step.  I couldn’t get my...
wizard of oz

Valley Youth Theatre presents The Wizard of Oz

PHOENIX – Valley Youth Theatre’s (VYT) dazzling production of The Wizard of Oz opens Center Stage at the Herberger Theater on June 9, 2017...
Tunnel

Agents discover abandoned cross-border tunnel

TUCSON – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents from the Douglas Station discovered a collapsed illicit tunnel after a city employee reported a suspicious opening...