Monthly Archives: May 2017
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...