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posted on
February 23rd, 2009
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The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Journalism coal mine spits out another canary

In the ongoing saga of mainstream media and American newspapers, another major and highly regarded newspaper group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy: the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Da ...

posted on
February 22nd, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

My Phoenix light rail ride

In October, I rode the light rail to get from downtown Tempe to Mesa and back again as part of a media-only preview sponsored by Valley Metro. Back then I wondered exactly how – or if – car-cra ...

posted on
February 21st, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Wind farming: Good for the environment, good for the economy

The new large-scale wind farm scheduled to start construction in Navajo County is a first for Arizona. Basically all that is left is to start construction for the first phase of The Dry Wind Lake P ...

posted on
February 20th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Winslow levee issue goes to Congress

On Wednesday, TZR blogger Ryan Reinhold had the scoop on a levee in Winslow whose design was threatening to swamp Native American ruins at Homol’ovi Ruins State Park.
But since we broug ...

posted on
February 18th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Floodwaters threaten Native American ruins

WINSLOW – A flood control levee that protects 2,700 residential and business parcels in northern Arizona from the Little Colorado River has diverted water in such a way that it is threatening 700 ...

posted on
February 17th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

AP to radio station: News isn’t free

For now, news may be free on the Web, but on the airwaves, it’s – ahem – a different story.
If you listen to KJLL 1330 AM in Tucson, you’re supposedly hearing news and talk fr ...

posted on
February 17th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Endangered tortoise can’t catch a break

The desert tortoise can’t seem to catch a break.
As a recent missive from the industrious folks at the Center for Biological Diversity informs us, hundreds of federally-protected desert ...

posted on
February 15th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

‘Religious Right’ to world: ‘Stop calling us that’

The latest Christianity Today tells us that leaders of what is called the “Religious Right” or the “Christian Right” want people to stop using these terms, calling them pejo ...

posted on
February 13th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Take your honey to the bunny slope for V-Day

The economy may seem bleak and if Phoenix’s cold weather is adding to feelings of gloom, then a trip up north could just be the ticket to a sunny outlook.
The latest frosty weather has ...

posted on
February 12th, 2009
from
The Zonie Report
based in
Phoenix

Embry-Riddle targets Prescott pilot school

PRESCOTT — For years, Ernie the Eagle graced the cover of marketing materials and websites for Guidance Helicopters, whose helicopter training programs enjoyed a strategic partnership with the ma ...