The City of Prescott has entered a contract with a construction engineering company to determine why parts of the Prescott Lakes Parkway Bridge over Granite Creek have sunk into the earth over time and how to fix it. Read MorePrescott hires firm to determine cause of slowly sinking bridge
Dear Annie: Three months ago, I ended a two-year relationship with my boyfriend. We lived together in my apartment. The breakup was painful and overdue. I’ve blocked his number and have no int… Read MoreDear Annie: The last tie to an ex
Spring is in the air! The turning of the seasons brings the want for new projects, hobbies, and new life. For many, that means going down to the local farm store to check out the chirping chic… Read MoreCooperative Extension Corner: New chicks and old flocks
The first thing you notice about the indoor football setup at the Findlay Toyota Center is that there is absolutely no way a player can run into a goal post. Read MoreNAZ Wranglers get ready for season opener
Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland wants to bring new audiences to chess after becoming a strategic investor in a world championship tour scheduled to launch next year. He has helped to establish a company called Chess Mates and that will be a “significant owner” of Norway Chess, the owner of the Total Chess World Championship Tour. Haaland says “chess is an incredible game. It sharpens the mind, and there are clear similarities to football." He is starting to branch out with his business interests, launching his own YouTube channel last year that has more than 1.4 million subscribers. Read MoreCheck out soccer star Erling Haaland's latest business venture, in chess
Two Massachusetts brothers have built a fleet of miniature Irish pubs on wheels. They tow the miniature bars to backyards, weddings and neighborhood parties across New England. The business began during the pandemic when brothers from Reading started building an authentic-looking pub in a driveway. Now the Wee Irish Pubs travel from March through December, serving as the centerpiece of St. Patrick’s celebrations, bachelor parties and family gatherings. Inside, church pews, antique decorations and a bar made from an 1864 piano recreate the feel of a traditional Irish pub. For many hosts, the miniature bars offer a place for neighbors, friends and family to gather and celebrate together. Read MoreWhat if the bar came to you on St. Patrick's Day? These mini Irish pubs make it a reality
King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual. Researchers tracked about 19,000 birds on a sub-Antarctic island chain and found breeding is starting 19 days earlier than in 2000. Wednesday's study links the earlier timing to a 40% jump in breeding success. That's a rarity in the natural world, where warming often means mismatches in timing for species that depend on each other, like bees and flowers. Scientists say the king penguins benefit from being flexible in diet and breeding. It's a climate change success story, but scientists caution it may only be for now. Read MoreKing penguins are the rare species benefiting from a warming world. But that could change
Awards season has a way of diminishing the movie year into a handful of films that are talked about ad nauseam for months. But as good as some of this year’s Oscar nominees are, you have to go outside the consensus — and the same old categories — to remember the best of 2025. So ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle have selected their own awards. While a movie year might be celebrated for its best film or best performances, dishing out honors for the best cat or funniest prop is just as important. Read MoreBest cat? Funniest prop? Ahead of the Oscars, the AP hands out its own awards
Following are online-exclusive Cartoon EXTRAS, a random selection of editorial cartoons from our sources from this week. Read MoreCartoon Extras: March 20, 2026
The term “March Madness” was coined in 1939 by an Illinois high school official named Henry Porter, but it didn’t relate to the annual NCAA basketball tournament until 1982, when broadcaster Brent Musburger put it in play. Read MoreFunt: The real March Madness
The other day I happened to hear organist Walter Wanderley’s “Summer Samba” on my YouTube playlist, and it instantly took me back to my youth when I would hear a rendition of the Brazilian musician’s classic at Washington Capitals hockey game… Read MoreWright: Certain music will always bring back memories
World guitar music ignites the stage when the acclaimed Los Angeles-based group INCENDIO returns to Prescott for an explosive evening of international sounds. The performance takes place at the Hazeltine Theater, 208 N. Marina St., from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 21. Read MoreQ&A with JP Durand
The Central Arizona Concert Band is putting its percussion section front and center for a free public concert unlike anything local audiences have seen before. The performance runs from 3 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 22, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 630 Park Ave., in Prescott. Read MoreCentral Arizona Concert Band spotlights percussion section in free Sunday concert
Dear Annie: Three months ago, I ended a two-year relationship with my boyfriend. We lived together in my apartment. The breakup was painful and overdue. I’ve blocked his number and have no interest in reopening that chapter. Read MoreDear Annie: The last tie to an ex
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a question about possibly getting a measles vaccine at the age of 67. I do not recall ever getting measles. But I am the youngest of four, so it is likely that I was exposed through them. I happen to have my vaccination records as a child, and it does not show any inoc… Read MoreTo Your Good Health: Determining whether the MMR vaccine is necessary to get now
Spring is in the air! The turning of the seasons brings the want for new projects, hobbies, and new life. For many, that means going down to the local farm store to check out the chirping chicks and see which ones you want to bring home. If you’ve done this for many years or you’re just gett… Read MoreCooperative Extension Corner: New chicks and old flocks
Following are online-exclusive Cartoon EXTRAS, a random selection of editorial cartoons from our sources from this week. Read MoreCartoon Extras: March 20, 2026
Following are online-exclusive Cartoon EXTRAS, a random selection of editorial cartoons from our sources from this week. Read MoreCartoon Extras: March 13, 2026
Following are online-exclusive Cartoon EXTRAS, a random selection of editorial cartoons from our sources from this week. Read MoreCartoon Extras: March 6, 2026
Sahalie Maurer of Prescott has been accepted to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University at just 19 years old. She recently began her legal studies in January 2026 through the highly selective Project Excellence program within ASU’s Barrett, The Honors College. Read MorePrescott native accepted to ASU Law School at 19 years old
President Donald Trump says he'll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. In a pair of social media posts, Trump first threatened and then said he'd made plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in airports beginning Monday if the congressional standoff continues. He made the announcement as a partial shutdown contributes to long lines to get through screening at some of the nation’s largest airports. The president suggested ICE agents would bring the administration’s immigration crackdown into the nation’s airports. Read MoreICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, Trump says
Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. His family says in a statement that Mueller died Friday night. At the FBI, Mueller overhauled the bureau’s mission to meet the law enforcement needs of the 21st century. His 12-year tenure a week before the Sept. 11 attacks. Later, he was special counsel in the Justice Department’s investigation into whether the Trump campaign illegally coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential race. Read MoreFormer FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies
Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that refusals of vitamin K shots rose steeply between 2017 and 2024. Those shots can prevent potentially deadly bleeding. A subsequent research review found that U.S. parents who declined vitamin K shots were 90 times more likely to also refuse the hepatitis B vaccine and an eye ointment that can prevent potentially blinding infections. Pediatricians say these refusals put their youngest patients at grave risk. Read MoreIt's not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns
