Archive for the 'Tempe' Category
New Book Delivered by Arizona’s ‘Cowboy Baby Doctor’
April 16, 2010
KINGMAN, Ariz. –An Arizona doctor who once a month rides his horse into the Grand Canyon to treat Native American patients is touring the state to promote his first book.
Dr. Kenneth Jackson, known in Kingman as the “cowboy baby doctor,” is the author of “Manifest West.” He will be at book signings April [...]
Arizona Politics Trumps Economics; Students, Needy Families To Suffer
March 21, 2010
EDITORIAL
Are Arizona’s leaders, struggling with an overpowering deficit, downsizing state programs too far?
Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the state’s fiscal 2011 budget of $8.9 billion, which is a reduction of $1.1 billion.
Budget supporters called the new budget a streamlining of state government. Critics say it is hardhearted, with more pain to follow.
Arizona’s [...]
Arizona’s Sunrise Walks and Wildlife, Chimichangas and Historic Buildings
March 7, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Just a few of my Arizona favorites: A lone bull elk grazing on the lawn early one November morning as I stepped out of El Tovar Lodge at Grand Canyon. I never had seen a bull elk, much less been so close to one. Lunch at the Arizona Biltmore Resort [...]
Foreclosures Still Flooding Metro Phoenix Housing Market
PRESS RELEASE
TEMPE, Ariz. – More homes are being sold in the Phoenix area now than last year, but the market is still flooded with foreclosures. That’s according to the latest Realty Studies report from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. The report shows one foreclosure happening for every two regular [...]
Teddy Bears Join Visitors at a Healing Field in Arizona
Sept. 11, 2009
TEMPE, Ariz. – A visitor in a Department City of New York (FDNY) t-shirt stops to read the card on one of 3,000 American flags in a Healing Field honoring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.She stopped at one flag to read about a victim. She continued walking and stopping, then [...]
Read More..>>New Arizona Company Completing High-Profile Commercial Developments
Sept. 10, 2009
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Former Opus West executives Jamie Godwin and Craig Zupancic have formed a commercial real estate consulting firm with a subsidiary offering a variety of contractor services.
The consulting firm is The Richard Solomon Group, or RSG. Its services include process development, operational management, design and engineering management, and project [...]
Read More..>>New light rail system in metro Phoenix attracts riders new to transit
PRESS RELEASE
Sept. 3, 2009
PHOENIX – Thirty-five percent of METRO riders in Arizona’s largest urban region are new to mass transit, according to a survey.
This figure and others came out of a survey in April of more than 3,100 passengers ranging from regular commuters, students, seniors and recreational users.
The survey showed that 40 percent use [...]
‘Cop Doc’ Honored by Arizona Group That Helps Police, Firefighters
Aug. 13, 2009
PHOENIX, Ariz. – A cappuccino and painkillers are what the wisecracking policeman wanted. They might ease the pain from a bullet that tore through his belly in a blazing gun battle in downtown Tempe.
At the shooting scene, with paramedics just minutes away, Sgt. John Schaper’s eyelids were getting heavier. He was bleeding internally. [...]
Mid-2009 Metro Phoenix Home Sales Update
July 7, 2009
Guest column
“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”
Warren Buffett
By Tom Ruff, The Information Market
A year ago I was batting clean up for the housingdoom.com team. Today, I’m called a cheerleader for ARMLS, comments like these don’t [...]
Greater Phoenix Metro Region Among Nation’s Top 10 Places for New Grads
Press Release
May 13, 2009
TEMPE, Ariz. – As President Barack Obama welcomes the more than 8,000 graduates of Arizona State University to ‘the real world’ at today’s commencement at Sun Devil Stadium, those who choose to stay in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area might feel a bit more confident.
Apartments.com and CBcampus.com have named the region as [...]
