Comedian Sarah Silverman had a party recently and invited many of her peers in comedy. She reportedly had a sign at the door that said “No podcast solicitation allowed.”
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Leading up to the 2002 Winter Olympics, northern Utah officials had a novel marketing campaign for the region. They would produce a herd of life-sized, artistically rendered bison sculptures to place throughout the communities in various high traffic areas.
Arizona has this problem: On interstates and highways, when there’s a major wreck, we have to sit in traffic for three, four or five hours to get past the wreck. Arizona should implement the Illinois Minutemen policy: As accident victims are cared for, the state reacts to clear the road, wit…
Yikes, 2020 started with a bang and January flew by so fast people are saying February is the new January! This year opened with an increased pace in the real estate market overall. In January, we had 132 homes close in an HOA subdivision in the city of Maricopa. This is about a 10% increase…
“Meet the real-life action hero taking on a Mexican drug cartel in Arizona.”
When you get older you just don’t expect to experience things for the first time.
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Last Saturday my wife and I journeyed down to Tucson to watch the University of Arizona basketball team take on Colorado in an early afternoon game.
Our society has undoubtedly changed, and the most common form of communication is shifting, from face to face to “Face to Facebook.” There are many claims of what this phenomenon is doing to our society. But regardless of your stance on what technological advancement is doing to our culture,…
When I was elected to represent Arizona’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House, I made a commitment to my constituents to fight for accountability and transparency from your elected representatives in Washington.
Ten years ago when I was editor of the Standard-Examiner in Ogden, Utah, we unintentionally published a photoshopped image on page one of the newspaper.
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Earlier this week, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey proposed closing a state prison in Florence.
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CASA GRANDE — OK parents, if you’re anything like me, you don’t exactly jump for excitement at Brown Bag Lunch Day at your kids’ school, but after surviving almost 10 years of them, I’m here to offer some insight and help to those just starting on their elementary school parenting path.
The Arizona Legislature doesn’t go into session until Monday. But that hasn’t stopped some lawmakers from getting a head start on proposing strange bills.
Arizona is about to tackle the most polarizing political event of the new decade.
FLORENCE — While people across the country are setting goals for the new year, thousands of children in Arizona are unsure where they’ll be living tomorrow. Children in Arizona’s foster care system face a life of uncertainty. They can be moved from place to place with no notice. To make matt…
The LC 500 is a top-of-the-line car from Lexus, carrying its best engineering. This should be obvious from that eye-catching styling that draws attention on the street, whether driven or parked.
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When I was a kid, every Christmas Eve my father would read to me and my brothers the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” more commonly known as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
The Lexus ES 350 is one of the nicest luxury sedans around, and starting in the 2019 model, some changes make it better. It’s longer, wider and the older odd-looking front grille is replaced with another odd-looking grille. An improved suspension provides better handling and smoother ride. T…
OK, Millennial.
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When I was named editor in 2002 of the Standard-Examiner in Utah, I inherited an office the size of a Robeson Ranch villa. A co-worker walked into the stark office as I was getting settled, and looking at the blank walls and shelves, commented: “Where’s your sophisticated artwork? I’ve seen …
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“Unfortunately, at the speeds people are driving — 80 to 85 mph — when something goes wrong — and it will go wrong, somebody will do something inappropriate — things go wrong real fast and real violently.”
Occasionally, you grow to like some people that you previously couldn’t stand.
CASA GRANDE — Change is in the air and I’m not only talking about the seasons.
As the economic development manager for Pinal County, my primary responsibility is to attract new business to our region. From local businesses looking to expand or out-of-market companies looking to relocate, our job is to do what we can to make our cities and towns as attractive as possibl…
The biggest complaint women have about men is that they don’t listen.
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In a way, Katie Sawyer’s path to Maricopa took her through Asia and Europe.
I was born and raised in a small city of 6,000 on the Great American Plains of Nebraska.
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While visiting Alaska this summer I saw numerous billboards, bumper stickers and headlines referring to the UofA.
Two days after the new Panda Express opened its drive-thru on Pinal Avenue in Casa Grande, someone drove into the side of the building.
Have you ever contemplated Arizona’s state prison system?
It was common knowledge in the fall of 2018 that water levels running low at Lake Mead was a harbinger of impending water shortage. On Sept. 27, 2018, the formal introduction of the “Drought Contingency Plan” occurred. Many in the audience were hoping the “Contingency Plan” would produce a s…
Earlier this month I was in the stands at the University of Arizona for a football game in which the Wildcats took on the Huskies from the University of Washington.
What’s the plan, Sonny?
The big news this week was the Big Boy train rolling through Pinal County with a stop in Casa Grande.
Just when you least expect it — everything will change.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of this worthy cause, our sheriff is selling T-shirts to benefit ... himself.
This month the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution surpassed 1 million total members who have joined the organization since its founding in 1890. The DAR is a women’s service organization whose members can trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to securing Ame…
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Every morning before classes start, Vista Grande High School plays its fight song over loud speakers.
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QUEEN CREEK — Tyler Davis got into newspapers with the weather page. It took off from there.
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It is a good thing the Pinal County Attorney’s Office has decided not to pursue the death penalty in a number of cases.
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Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa knows her way around an Arizona newsroom.
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CASA GRANDE -- Bill Norrid grew up in Tempe. His parents instilled in him a love of nature, birds included. He went on Audubon field trips as a teenager.
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When I heard we were going to have a story on a man in Superior arrested for choking a 14-year-old boy with a phone cord because he was in his daughter’s room, I pondered if we should turn off the Facebook comments. I knew what was about to come, and it wasn’t going to be any good.
For more than 12 years I had a beard, but I shaved it off this spring.
Cindy and I are not just boomers. We’re streamers now. We cut the cable a few years ago. We had 99 channels with little to show for it.
Democratic state Sen. Martín Quezada, who represents Glendale and west Phoenix, recently announced plans to introduce census legislation that would have an unfair and costly impact to our community.
Joey Chenoweth, PinalCentral’s twenty-something county editor, recently admitted that whenever he reads columns by me, Bill Coates or Jim Headley, he sometimes has to look up our pop culture or historical references.
Winning awards is satisfying regardless of the type of award. Nearly every occupation nowadays contains a category of special recognition beyond paychecks and a benefits package. During my career, I’ve been fortunate to receive two national awards.
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CASA GRANDE -- Mary Ann Lucero sat on a small chair, her dog Snowball at her feet. Lucero was at CGHelps to ask about shelter. And getting the ID she needed for services like food stamps.
