Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed
phoenix – Alondra Luis Vazquez and her husband have lived comfortably at Periwinkle Mobile Home Park for 10 years, owning a mobile home in a city with skyrocketing rents and spending about $450 a month on the lot. I felt lucky that I was paying. But now they and dozens of other families have until […]
AZGFD stresses importance of wearing life jackets, practicing safe, sober boating | Local News
As temperatures continue to rise and as the school year ends, more people are expected to visit Arizona’s rivers and lakes, likely increasing the risk of water-related accidents. The Arizona Game and Fish Service (AZGFD) urges all on-water reenactors to wear life jackets, comply with safety regulations and laws, and designate a sober pilot. So […]
Detroit enclave built on auto industry struggles under $20M water debt
HIGHLAND PARK, Michigan (AP) — Kevin Houston traces the gutter between Highland Park’s vacant lots and overgrown vacant lot to abandoned dilapidated homes, boarded up shops, and potholed roads. Buried, Fixer Upper and scanned Michigan streets spanned by old houses. “It’s not a bad place to live,” Houston says. “It’s not the best.” The area, […]
Kendall Stanley: To better health?
Kendall P. Stanley The COVID-19 health emergency ended last week, but what does this really mean? Lots of confusion and questions, but first. The new coronavirus is alive and well, repeating mutations. Only a few weeks before I got home, my neighbor, thankfully, fell ill with minor injuries. And the Arizona Star, a local newspaper, […]
Arizona Legislature and governor make childlike sex dolls illegal
Arizona on Friday made it illegal to own, sell or transport a sex doll that resembles a child. Governor Katie Hobbs defines a child sex doll as an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the characteristics of or resembles an infant or child under the age of 12 and is used for sexual […]
159 top maternity hospitals, state by state
Newsweek Released annual report list This month’s ranking of the best maternity hospitals in the United States. For this list, the magazine partnered with global market research and consumer data company Statista to identify 384 leading hospitals specializing in obstetric care in the United States. The highest rated category (5 ribbons) contains 159 properties. Newsweek […]
Early rain across northern Arizona could push back fire season
Officials this week continued to monitor storm systems passing through northern Arizona, about a month before the monsoons traditionally begin in the region. The storm has so far mainly affected communities across Yavapai County, which stretches across central and eastern Mogollon Rim. “So far, we’ve only seen kerb-to-kerb flooding in certain areas, primarily in northern […]
Defendant in Flagstaff shooting charged with 10 counts of attempted murder
One of two people arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two teens on Flagstaff Avenue last weekend has been charged with 10 counts of attempted first-degree murder. Jafeto Hernandez Gonzalez, 21, was formally charged Friday with five counts of attempted first-degree murder, gross indifference, first-degree assault, and second-degree assault. He was also indicted […]
Thank the Maricopa County attorney for not being a MAGA Republican
Republicans in Arizona should pay attention to what happened this week in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Republican nominee Rachel Mitchell in 2022 said she would not prosecute two Phoenix police officers who shot and killed a man who threw stones at a police car. Mitchell took charge of the case because he did not […]
Scottsdale asks Hobbs to veto Rio Verde Foothills water deal | State
(Center Square) – Scottsdale City Council letter On May 17, he called on Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto a recent bill that would require the city to sell water to the adjacent unincorporated community, the Rio Verde Foothills. House Bill 2441 was passed by the state legislature on May 15, requiring 500 households to receive […]
