Toilets, Taps, Tasers, Tempers. Axon and Water Recycling Dominate Scottsdale Candidates Forum

By Miller Shea Moderated by Taylor Seely of The Arizona Republic, the June 19th candidate’s forum at the Kiva brought together seven candidates competing for seats on the council: Bob Littlefield, Michelle Ugenti-Rita, Barry Graham, Solange Whitehead, Crystal Carroll, Ethan Knowlden, and Raoul Zubia. Eric Sloan did not attend. Littlefield, Ugenti-Rita, and Graham made it clear they will oppose Axon’s … Read More

Scottsdale at 75: A Diamond Forged in Desert Light

Seventy-five years ago this June, a patch of sun-baked Arizona scrubland with 2,032 souls and barely a half-square mile to its name became an official municipality. Nobody could have predicted what it would become. That is the Scottsdale story: humble origins giving way to something genuinely extraordinary. The area’s bedrock dates back 1.8 billion years, and Indigenous peoples called it … Read More

Phoenix Country Day School Students Bring Patent-Pending Sports Bottle to Market

Carson Rose, Reid Umar Launch June 30 Presale for ATLYS Water Bottle With More Than Three Million Social Media Views and a 1,400+ Sign-Up Waitlist  The ATLYS One, a patent-pending sports bottle developed by two Phoenix Country Day School students, has attracted a sizable following ahead of its June 30 presale launch, generating more than three million social media views, … Read More

Guest Editorial: Scottsdale Apartments QnA

By Councilwoman Solange Whitehead Protecting Scottsdale’s Character My job is to protect Scottsdale—not to cast meaningless “no” votes for political theater. My record of stopping bad development is unmatched. Just as importantly, I’ve negotiated better projects and helped transform blighted, crime-attracting properties into vibrant destinations. I’ve also changed rules and improved the baseline for development: Adopted building codes that reduce … Read More

Scottsdale’s Water Security Began Decades Ago

By Thyra Ryden-Diaz, PE, MPA – Scottsdale Water Interim Senior Director Recent discussion surrounding Scottsdale’s purchase of additional Long-Term Storage Credits prompted understandable questions about the City’s long-term water strategy. Water is one of our most valuable resources, and Scottsdale has planned for decades to assure the supply. The most important thing residents should know is this: the City Council … Read More

The Colorado River Is Running Out of Time. So Is Scottsdale.

By Ronald Sampson The seven states that share the Colorado River have now blown through two consecutive deadlines to renegotiate water-sharing rules. They missed November 2025. They missed February 2026. With the existing federal guidelines expiring this fall, the U.S. Department of the Interior is increasingly likely to impose its own interim framework on the basin, whether the states agree … Read More

East Valley Institute of Technology Reacts To Mixed Decision By Superior Court Judge On Satellite Career And Technical Education Programs. EVIT Board Expected To Evaluate Appeal

(MESA, Ariz.) The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) will comply with a mixed ruling issued Monday by Judge Christopher Coury regarding Career and Technical Education (CTE) satellite programs operated by nine member school districts. The ruling does not resolve the issue of transportation for thousands of students who travel from their home campuses to EVIT’s Mesa campus. The court … Read More