Scottsdale Community College Just Did Something Worth Celebrating: Tackling the Affordability Crisis

In a higher education landscape defined by soaring tuition bills and graduates drowning in debt, Scottsdale Community College made history this month. On May 14, SCC held its first-ever commencement ceremony conferring Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, graduating a pioneering cohort from a program that launched just one year ago. The ceremony took place at Salt River Fields at Talking … Read More

America’s Tourism Slump: Scottsdale Is Starting to Feel It

The numbers looked fine last year. More than 11 million visitors came to Scottsdale in 2024, generating a record $3.7 billion in economic impact and supporting over 36,000 local jobs. City officials were justifiably proud. That baseline matters now, because what is happening in 2025 and 2026 cuts directly against it. The United States recorded roughly 4 million fewer international … Read More

Does Anyone Actually Care That Carroll Barely Voted?

By Ronald Sampson A Facebook exchange has been circulating in Scottsdale political circles this week. Crystal Carroll, the Old Town business owner running for City Council, was challenged publicly over having voted only once in the past decade. She responded with candor: four kids, multiple businesses, a cancer hospitalization in 2024. The critics pounced. But here is the question worth … Read More

Op-Ed: Re-Elect Solange Whitehead

By Steve Coluccio I have known Solange Whitehead since 2017, when we worked together to defeat the proposed Desert Discovery Center in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. We worked together again in 2024 on Prop 490, which voters approved to fund maintenance and public safety in the parks and Preserve. As a supporter of the Preserve, I value Solange’s steadfast, long-term … Read More

Breaking News: Axon Is Polling to Purchase a Scottsdale City Council

By Alexander Lomax The corporate playbook for buying local influence is not new. Scottsdale has seen it before. But the scale and audacity of what appears to be unfolding ahead of the July 21st primary deserves the full attention of every resident who cares about who actually governs this city. Several sources say Axon Enterprise is conducting active polling in … Read More

Mayor Lisa Borowsky welcomes SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler for facility tour and media availability in north Scottsdale today

Mayor Lisa Borowsky welcomes US Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler to Scottsdale for an exclusive tour of the recently unveiled Barrett-Jackson custom automotive headquarters and manufacturing facility, where world class custom cars are born and built. Administrator Loeffler will experience, firsthand, the amazing work and determination of one of Scottsdale’s most admired “start-ups.” Barrett-Jackson HQ operates an all-inclusive manufacturing facility, … Read More

Scottsdale at Its Best: May 2026

May has been a good month to be a Scottsdalian. From a high school diamond to the global dining stage, the city collected some headlines worth celebrating. Sabercats Clinch Another 4A Baseball Crown Saguaro High School’s baseball program claimed the 4A state championship on May 18 at Tempe Diablo Stadium, defeating ALA-Gilbert North 11-4 to seal the title. Under head … Read More