Prescott News Archives

The Dewey-Humboldt Town Council this week will hear a presentation from the Capital Improvements Program Committee chairman about infrastructure project recommendations for fiscal year 2011 and the 2012-21 CIP Project schedule.

Courtesy photo In 1864, the brand-new community of Prescott had only a few hundred people scattered over the area: miners, soldiers and a half-dozen families.

Name a place that has all of this for a tennis player: * the opportunity to get involved at almost every level; * an abundance of decent courts to play at little to no cost; * four seasons - yet still mild enough to play year-round outdoors; * at least two tournaments a month for all levels of play; * drop-in tennis twice a week that's open to the ...

You've probably eaten your Thanksgiving turkey and mashed potatoes and pie. But, there's no time to sit around feeling stuffed, because you've got to get prepared for the next traditional event: Black Friday - the day that some retail stores make their best profit of the year.

Read on to see when each store is opening, and click on the link to their holiday ads. By tomorrow morning at 3 am (!), you'll be as ready as you can be!

A Federal Aviation Administration computer glitch on Thursday apparently did not affect flights to and from the Prescott Municipal Airport, Airport Manager Ben Vardiman said.

County landscapers want Chino Valley to consider educating residents about proper use of water in their houses and their yards instead of mandating limits.

Update: The victims of the vehicle accident that occurred south of Crown King have been identified, according to Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer, Dwight D'Evelyn. From Glendale AZ: Kevin Waycaster, 47 Micah Waycaster, 16 From Phoenix, AZ: Garry Schneider, 67 Robert "Bob" Fisher, 70's D'Evelyn reports, "The victims were from various church groups participating in a men's retreat ...

Yavapai Food Bank Director Ann Wilson said the surge in requests for help over the past two months had her a bit concerned about whether food bank volunteers would be able to put Thanksgiving feasts on the tables of all the families in the quad-city area who could not otherwise afford to do so today.

Arizona State Land Commissioner Maria Baier plans to share her concerns about the future of P Mountain and Glassford Hill at 11 a.m. next Wednesday at the quarterly meeting of Central Arizona Partnership at Stoneridge Golf Club in Prescott Valley.

Just in time for Thanksgiving travel, the Arizona Department of Transportation will open new northbound Interstate 17 lanes in north Phoenix. And the PUSD is searching for a new superintendent.

Canadian musical phenomenon Leahy brings its high-energy, genre-spanning music, with a special Celtic Christmas flavor, to the Yavapai College Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec.

Mountain Valley Park will use less water and require less maintenance by this coming spring.

A transient was arrested for attempted negligent homicide Sunday after police say he tried to stab a man at a park in Prescott.

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Ralph Hess sentenced John Travis Altman to 11 years in prison for several charges including theft and escape.

A Public Works crew installed LED lights atop traffic signal poles at the intersection of Windsong and Lakeshore drives as a pilot project to determine energy savings.

Maricopa County's popular, controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio hasn't said yet whether he'll be running for governor. But a new Rasmussen Reports Poll indicates the people of Arizona are

Late Friday, the Arizona Department of Water Resources affirmed Prescott and Prescott Valley's right to proceed with its Big Chino Water Ranch project, again rejecting claims backed by Salt River Project that the project does not meet the assured water supply standards.

"The new sign draws your eye better than the old ones," Prescott Area Wildland/Urban Interface Commission Chair Gary Roysdon said.

Arts Prescott Gallery Cooperative will host its annual holiday party fundraiser Nov.

"The Men Who Stare at Goats" is sort of a strange flick that has its setting in the Iraq war.

The Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce has conducted its Flying High Turkey Drive for at least eight years, and set the goal to collect 2,000 turkeys at this year's event.

Prescott has prevailed yet again in the latest water decision, issued this time by the Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Herb Guenther.

In many respects, Prescott is attracting tourists that resemble the community itself.

Matt Hinshaw/ The Daily Courier Pastor Mary Bope with the American Lutheran Church places a dollar in the Uganda water project mock well Tuesday afternoon.

Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 23-year-old man suspected in a string of vehicle burglaries in Paulden, Inscription Canyon, Chino Valley and the Pine Lakes subdivision just outside of Prescott.

Charles Kester and his late wife, Tania, moved from Prescott into a single-wide mobile home on Dowling Court here 13 years ago after he fully retired.

Prescott Police SWAT team member Jon Brambilla prepares to gear down after a suspect was taken into custody at 10:30 Friday morning in the 4400 block of Romero Circle West in Prescott Valley.

City Attorney Gary Kidd had a heart attack last evening around 8:30 pm. He was taken to Yavapai Regional Medical Center and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit in Prescott.

The Prescott National Forest has finished its fall prescribed burning program. Over the past few months, fire managers on the forest have completed prescribed burns across 1,200 acres.

A Federal Aviation Administration computer glitch on Thursday apparently did not affect flights to and from the Prescott Municipal Airport, Airport Manager Ben Vardiman said.

After interviewing for a job in the Austin, Texas area, City Manager Steve Norwood concluded this week that "Prescott is a tough place to beat." At the start of Tuesday's City Council meeting, Norwood announced that he had withdrawn from the running for the city manager's post in Pflugerville, Texas, a suburb of Austin.

Robert L. Beyea, vice president and manager of the Gail Gardner Branch, Country Bank, was elected to serve as the 2009-10 President of the Kiwanis Club of Prescott.

EDITOR: As reported in the Nov. 5 story "Water Wars," not-soon-enough outgoing Prescott Mayor Jack Wilson's unwarranted personal attacks on Gary Beverly after his appointment to the safe-yield subcommittee of the Upper Verde River Watershed Protection Coalition further demonstrates Mr.

Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 14-year-old girl who police say lost control of a car this past Friday and hit a woman walking her dog on Swinging Bridge Lane in Cornville.

"Waking Dreams" features Indian music, beautiful filmy costumes, and fun dancing.

The Bicycle Advisory Committee can go as well as the Prescott Preservation Commission.

Yavapai College will host a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Expo from 10 to 1:30 tomorrow.

Last Monday was a night to honor our Veterans, sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Many Americans tend to thank our servicemen when it comes to honoring vets on Veterans Day.

Pflugerville, Texas, has narrowed their candidate list for City Manager to just three names, and it includes Prescott City Manager Steve Norwood, who looks at this as a terrific opportunity.

Emergency workers examine the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Highway 89 north of the Prescott airport Wednesday afternoon.

EDITOR: I encourage Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick to continue to pursue health care reform with a public option.

Four area public school music programs, including Mayer, are recipients of substantial grants from the Prescott POPS Symphony Orchestra.

An investigation into the deaths of three people who were overcome at a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona is expected to be forwarded to prosecutors next month.

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.

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

Prescott Fine Arts presents the concert, AN EVENING WITH FELIX M., on Saturday, November 21st at 7:30 pm.

Local artists Saveria Judge, left, and Megan Dean display works inspired by Dia De Los Muertos or Day of the Dead.

Prescott police officers arrested a suspect in last week's stabbing incident at a downtown art shop on Whiskey Row .

The arrival of cool weather means it's time once again for Prescott Strings Classical Chamber Orchestra to begin its annual series of concerts.

"As fresh a breath that's blown through traditional and roots circles in a long, long time" is how The Irish Times describes Buille, a unique trio from Ireland that will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

During this election cycle, one thing became clear: Prescott voters were ready for an entirely new direction from their City Council.

John Hanna: 7548 / 22.45% Tammy Linn: 6979 / 20.76% Steve Blair: 6708 / 19.95% Bob Luzius: 5888 / 17.51% Michael Allen Peters: 4337 / 12.90% Write In: 2162 / 6.43% Propositions 400: Yes: 8809 No: 3329 401: Yes: 8233 No A A Update: It looks like the new council members will be John Hanna, Tammy Linn and Steve Blair! Prop 400 and 401 appear to have ...

ROLL CALL: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL: A. Approval of Lease Agreement between the City of Prescott and the Adult Center of Prescott, Inc.

Counting is ongoing even as you read this right now. 2:30 PM: Latest count: 12,330 ballots in, which is 49%. A After all the wrangling and legal filings here in Prescott, , it's nice to see Tuesday, November 3 finally arrive.

The Prescott City Council will discuss an amendment to the Elks Opera House restoration contract at 3 this afternoon.

Update: See Live Update of the Prescott City Council, November 3, 2009 to find out what happened.

City Council challengers continued the sweep Tuesday that they began in Prescott's Sept.

The news came down like a hammer in early June when Kristi Moffitt's sore throat evolved into a life-threatening situation calling for a heart transplant.

The Yavapai Food Bank received 537 items of non-perishable food from the Friendship Sunday School class of the First Baptist Church of Prescott, which was asked to bring in five items of food for this project.