Kids sat the darn’dest things, but when it comes to conserving Arizona’s Wetlands, they seem to find just the right words. Such was the case during this year’s statewide junior Duck Stamp Competition. […]
Before the Baseline Killer and Serial Shooters, there was the A.M. Rapist, who assaulted women all over Phoenix in the wee hours of the morning and managed to elude police for the better part of 2005. It would take a mere moment for the man to slip up and get [...]
The Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Phoenix might use the “e” word, but its revolutionary health care clinic and other outreach programs prove it’s not one of those evangelical churches. In fact, it’s anything but. […]
Lois Fraley thought the worst was over when she walked out of the Lewis Prison tower on Super Bowl Sunday, 2004. She had survived the longest prison hostage crisis in American history, having been beaten, raped and mentally abused by two inmates. But in the three years since Fraley’s life [...]
Sheriff Joe takes a lot of flak for his antics, but here’s something that deserves applause ö an inmate drug rehabilitation program that actually works. […]
Oklahoma spent nearly a decade planning its Centennial. Arizona, which turns 100 in five years, has barely gotten started. It’s time to get going. […]
Because interest rates of 595 percent are just plain ridiculous, a Republican legislator and a Democratic attorney general are working to rein in the so-called “payday loans.” […]
It seemed like a no-brainer – build a 9/11 memorial on Arizona’s Government Mall. What should have been easy, however, turned ugly. […]
The proposed South Mountain Freeway is annoying people everywhere, from homeowners and taxpayers to Native Americans and everyone who loves South Mountain Park. […]
This should be one of the Valley’s most important cold cases, but it’s not. It’s not even on the list anymore. Because someone’s in prison, Phoenix PD considers the case solved. A fresh look by PHOENIX magazine, however, shows that it’s anything but closed. Among other things, we’ve uncovered evidence [...]