Sonoran News

31/07/2018

First day of football practice at CSHS. Photos by Wes Grunden

26/07/2018

Grand Opening of Stagecoach Village Railway! Friday July 27 6:30 - 8:00pm

I once heard, ‘There’s a train lover in all of us, but not everyone lets it out.’ Soon all of us will be able to see locomotives pulling boxcars along the steel rails. Ok, so the boxcars will only be about 16 inches long and the 1800 feet of track will be 10 feet overhead. …

03/07/2018

MCSO looking for illegal fireworks

At Monday’s Cave Creek Town Council meeting, it was announced that extra deputies and posse members will be patrolling the area the evenings of July 3 and 4. One of their priorities will be to watch for illegal fireworks. With the extreme fire danger there is great concern about a wildfire starting from a stray spark or ember. Of course the deputies will also be keeping an eye out for impaired motorists who have celebrated a little too much.

26/06/2018

http://sonorannews.com/2018/06/26/interim-principal-named/

The Cave Creek Unified School District Governing Board approved James Swetter as interim principal at Cactus Shadows High School at their June 25 meeting.

21/06/2018

Eileen Wright and Ernie Bunch show they're ready for the upcoming Mayoral race at last night's Meet and Greet for Cave Creek voters. There will be debates/forums July 10 and 24, and August 2 and 16. More details in the July 4 edition.

20/06/2018

In the June 20 issue of Sonoran News, the article titled “ACCUSATIONS BRING MORE HEAT” incorrectly identified the subject of a comment by Glenn Miller. We originally quoted “Adding he was ashamed of them and also a little ashamed of Councilman Mike Farrar.” Miller actually said, “a little ashamed of you too Mike.” Miller was addressing those comments to Town Attorney Michael Wright.. The correct version is available online. sonorannews.com

14/06/2018

The Town of Cave Creek has denied a permit for Harold’s to have a fireworks display the evening of July 3rd in honor of Independence Day. After discussing the situation with Rural Metro Fire Department, the Town decided to not to allow the event. Drought has made extremely dry conditions which have raised wildfire concerns to their highest level.

14/06/2018

It's Flag Day today.

11/06/2018

The white tent at the corner of Cave Creek and School House Roads is finally coming down.

08/06/2018

http://sonorannews.com/2018/06/07/hampton-inn-proposed-cave-creek/

The Cave Creek Planning Department has received the initial proposal for a hotel that would have approximately 80 rooms and 24 casita style suites. The location on the proposed project is near Cave Creek and School House Roads. The ‘L’ shaped property would have the main hotel to the east of the...

27/05/2018

No term limits in Carefree.

Vice Mayor John Crane successfully challenged the imposition of term limits in Carefree and won a permanent injunction against the Town. In 2011 Carefree

26/04/2018

Happy 100th Birthday Ed Knight!