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Governor Napolitano was wrapping Christmas packages Dec. 14 when she saw a television report that American military forces had captured Saddam Hussein. “Capturing Saddam Hussein was wonderful,” she said at her Dec. 16 news briefing. “It needed to happen to ...

The Sahuarita Unified School District’s administrative costs “are significantly lower than the average for comparable districts,” but high transportation and plant costs meant that money available for the classrooms was far below average, according to an auditor general report. “Because ...

The hundreds of political buttons collected by a local activist who died in October are headed for the Pioneer Museum in Flagstaff. The Coconino County Democratic Party has donated Bruce Green’s collection. “This is a real trip down memory lane,” ...

Rep. Deb Gullett, R-Dist. 11, had reservations for a 9:45 a.m. flight on Dec. 12 to join her husband Wes for a weekend in Las Vegas, but efforts to end the special session got in the way. Legislative leadership decided ...

Saying, “It was cheaper to lose than to win,” former state Senate candidate Yuri Downing dropped his appeal of a state agency’s demand that he return more than $41,000 in public campaign money. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission, which administers ...

This is the first ski lodge on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff. The photograph was taken sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s and shows the kind of weekend activity that was common at the site that came ...

The Arizona Supreme Court has announced appointments to two committees. Chris Cummiskey, director of the Government Information Technology Agency, has been appointed to the Commission on Technology for a term ending June 30, 2005. Judge David L. Phares of the ...

An Arizona technology trade group is launching a magazine to inform readers about the state’s high-tech industries and its work force. TechConnect, which is set to starting rolling off the presses in February, will also promote Arizona as a good ...

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality unveiled a Web site on Dec. 15 that will provide five “live” views of the Phoenix area that residents can use to see how much pollution may be floating in the air. The site ...

More Arizonans took part in the electoral process in 2002 than in 1998 — if participation is measured by how many people outside Maricopa County gave a campaign contribution, a new study shows. The Clean Elections Institute, which promotes public ...