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Registration opened Monday morning for a number of Knox County offices including county sheriff, treasurer, circuit court judge and all of the county board member positions.
Arizona counterterrorism personnel are keeping close tabs on the activities of civil rights activists and even victims of police violence across the state, New Times has found.
The Knox County Mental Health (708) Board made three funding awards at its Oct. 22 quarterly meeting.
Tempe police responded to a 911 call on Jan. 15, 2019, about a suspected burglary in an alley. Officer Joseph Jaen arrived to find Antonio Arce, sitting in a truck with a handgun. Jaen called to Arce, 14, who turned and ran. âLet me see your hands!â Jaen yelled, but Arce continued running, and Jaen shot and killed him. In body camera footage taken minutes after the shots, Jaen can be heard saying âItâs a (expletive deleted) toy gun.â It was, indeed, an airsoft replica of a Colt 1911 pistol, with its orange tip still intact. âThatâs supposed...
Under current COVID-19 restrictions, Sean Downing can allow 23 people into Yucca Tap Room for a live performance. “Do the math,” says the co-owner of the nearly 50-year-old Tempe bar and music venue, which under normal circumstances has a capacity of 165. “We can’t pay the band, pay for alcohol, and pay for staffing with a crowd of 23 people. I’m in the red before I pay the sound guy or my own staff. It is mathematically impossible to run our business like that.” That's why, after eight months of running a live music venue with no live music, Downing started booking occasional sh...