Fountain Hills News

The Navajo County Sheriff's Hashknife Posse heads out on its 54th Pony Express Ride at 8 o'clock this morning from the Holbrook Post Office.

So far, candidates for Fountain Hills' mayor and Town Council are running financially low-key campaigns, based on the latest campaign-finance reports submitted to Town Clerk Bev Bender's office.

Rep. Ben Quayle will run in Arizona's 6th district, setting up a Member-vs-Member battle.

But the government of this desert community believes you cannot be too careful. And state law empowers local governments to be vigilant against the lurking danger that political speech might occur before the speakers notify the government and comply with all the speech rules.

The hiring of Fountain Hills' new town manager was overshadowed Thursday by a proposal to build a $28 million entertainment complex with 12-screen movie theater, and new retail, restaurant and office space near Town Hall.

The Fountain Hills Town Council on Thursday will consider a contract with Ken Buchanan, Pinal County's assistant manager for development services, to become the new town manager.

Apart from the stories detailed by fellow Valley of the Sun-based Kossack Mother Mags about the Arizona GOP's 2) AND curtail public input wherever possible and cement a full scale merging of government and business 3) AND implement a "Rule 38" to force acceptance of a Taxpayer's Bill Of Rights without legislation - there is now a new weapon that ... (more)

Erin Forney grew up the daughter of a butcher in Michigan. She's been in Phoenix since 2005 and has been "a food lover since birth." She documents her food adventures on her blog Food Tramp Diaries .

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - Dina Galassini does not seem to pose a threat to Arizona's civic integrity.

My deputies racially profile people, huh? We'll see what an envelope full of Anthrax has to say about THAT, Mr.

"Everything in the Sonoran Desert either sticks, stings, bites or eats meat. There are quite a few things you don't want to touch and in the dark it's harder to discern between safe and scary," said tour guide Bruce Leadbetter as he geared up to lead a night hike of McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Fountain Hills, northeast of Phoenix.

On November 5, 1975, a logging crew near Snowflake, AZ made headline news when they witnessed a large saucer-shaped craft in the woods.

Fountain Hills resident Paul Ryan has raised numerous concerns about the state's recall petition process, and has gotten a number of legislators interested in supporting changes in the laws that govern the process.

The Fountain Hills Town Council on Thursday voted to negotiate a contract with one of two candidates for town manager.

"Everything in the Sonoran Desert either sticks, stings, bites or eats meat. There are quite a few things you don't want to touch, and in the dark it's harder to discern between safe and scary," said tour guide Bruce Leadbetter as he geared up to lead a night hike of McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Fountain Hills, northeast of Phoenix.

Pay $9 for tickets to Fountain Hills YouthTheater's production of "Seussical Jr.," in which Horton the elephant faces ridicule and danger while taking care of the Whos, his tiny friend Jojo and an abandoned egg.

This 1964 Cadillac hearse took John F. Kennedy's casket and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Dallas Love Field and Air Force One.

Four months after authorities allege they nearly beat a man to death outside a Santa Monica bar, Arizona residents Bryan Scott Hale and Brett E. Davis entered not guilty pleas Tuesday.

Superintendent Bill Myhr said he was honored by the show of support expressed Wednesday before the Fountain Hills Unified School District governing board voted to let him go when his contract expires in June.

Paradise Valley's assistant town manager/finance director and Pinal County's assistant county manager for development services both hope to become Fountain Hills' next town manager.