Prescott News

This 85-foot blue spruce from Arizona's Apache Sitgreaves National Forest that will serve as the Capitol Christmas tree in Washington, D.C. The 7,000-pound tree that is taller than a seven-story building.

PRESCOTT - Gabriel Buehler is mad that the U.S. House of Representatives passed health care legislation, but Dave Aichelman thinks it is a good first step toward health care reform. These are some of the opposing opinions among Prescottonians who woke up Sunday morning to learn news of the 220-215 House vote on the landmark legislation. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Prescott and Prescott Valley will conduct special celebrations Wednesday when the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree makes stops here before heading to Washington, D.C., for the holidays. This is the first time in history that Arizona has provided the Christmas tree for the Capitol's west lawn.

PRESCOTT VALLEY - The Youth Chamber at Prescott Valley Charter School conducts blood drives three times a year on campus and once a year in the Entertainment District near the Harkins Theatres. ... Click to view the story & video ...

The unemployment picture just doesn't seem to be getting any better. The government reported Friday that the nation's jobless rate hit 10.2 percent in October, the first time it has moved into double digits since 1982. The jobless figure for the previous month was 9.8 percent. President Barack Obama Friday signed a bill extending unemployment benefits and noted the new figure "a sobering number that underscores the economic challenges that lie ahead."

The Bradshaw Mountain footbal team's Class 4A, Division I state title hopes were kept alive Saturday, while area rival Prescott High's ended. BMHS earned the 12th seed in the 16-team tourney. The Bears will play at No. 8 seed Peoria on Friday at 7 p.m. The Badgers finished 18th.

CHINO VALLEY - The Cougars took the opening kickoff of the second half and drove down the field for a touchdown to take a 17-13 lead. But visiting Snowflake came right back, reclaimed the lead and never looked back on its way to a 43-17 win over Chino Valley on Saturday night in the first round of the Class 3A state football tournament.

PRESCOTT - A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has reaffirmed an earlier court decision that excluded the Salt River Project from participating in the recent administrative review of Prescott's entitlement to Big Chino water.

PRESCOTT - A top Pakistani expert and Prescott university professor said Thursday that he believes Osama bin Laden is running the Muslim extremists' fight against Pakistan's military.

The Chino Valley Town Council learned Tuesday that the town is facing a $1.26 million deficit in its general fund for 2010-2011. Judi Schafman, Administrative Services director, revealed this information during the town's first 2010-2011 budget workshop.

The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) granted the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office a three-year contract extension earlier this month that permits local law enforcement officers who complete specialized training to enforce immigration law and identify foreign-born criminals.

PRESCOTT - Although he was just a half an hour away from receiving a coveted H1N1 flu vaccination, Roy Sherrard stood anxiously inside the lobby of the Yavapai County Community Health Services Department's offices Saturday morning.

PRESCOTT - A team of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students is hoping that NASA officials will select their senior project for a flight on the "Weightless Wonder," better known as the Vomit Comet. ...

During the hard times of the Depression years, Rosie earned a living as a carpenter and roofer while working for the Works Progress Administration. It was through the WPA that he got a job instructing in music at Fort Whipple. ...

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge William T. Kiger declared a mistrial Friday morning in the Steve Solomon trial. Solomon of Williamson Valley faces 15 counts of aggravated assault and endangerment after seven people riding horses past his property on Oct. 5, 2008, ...

Prescott Valley Police arrested one man and two teens on Thursday for their involvement in commercial and residential burglaries in Yavapai County. Police said Earl Osborn, 26, of Prescott Valley and Clinton Vaughn, 18, of Prescott Valley and a 16-year-old male suspect also of Prescott Valley were involved in several burglaries in Yavapai County.

Smoke pouring over the top of Mingus Mountain is part of the huge Grapevine Prescribed burn now under way by the U.S. Forest Service.

A woman who called 911 after she heard gunshots while riding horses with six other people in Williamson Valley testified Thursday in Steve Solomon's assault and endangerment trial at the Yavapai County Superior Courthouse in Prescott.

PRESCOTT - The Prescott High School football team might miss the state playoffs for the first time since the 2003 season, but one wouldn't know it based on how the Badgers played Friday night.

" Two recent rulings have occurred affecting the city of Prescott specifically, and Arizona's groundwater management scheme generally.