Opinion

Yes, that's not me in the picture. It's the MVP of inmaricopa.com, LLC: Joyce Hollis.

Your child's education can suffer from challenges related to obesity.

July 19-25, Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week, represents a well-deserved nationwide celebration in recognition of this difficult and often silent work.

In this article written by Lisa Druxman, M.A., Founder of Stroller Strides and author of LEAN Mommy, she shares some very simple tips that will make a difference for you daily when you follow them.

Some people are like the Dead Sea for they take and take and take but never give.

Sheriff Paul Babeu explains PCSO towing contracts, portable radios and recruit training in his July message.

The Pinal County Democrats passed a resolution at their June meeting in support of a single-payer government run health care plan now being discussed in Congress.

Happy Birthday - there are 233 candles on that really BIG cake - USA!

Finding time and energy to practice good health habits can be a little overwhelming at times.

The study of aging, called Gerontology is fascinating. Some years ago, I first heard the slogan 'Aging...if it's not your issue it will be!' used by the Area Agency on Aging, Region I. At that time, I just thought it was kind of 'catchy;' now I know it to be true.

Mike Robertson is a member of the Maricopa Planning and Zoning Commission and the vice-president of the Maricopa Republican Club.

How is your relationship with your grandparents? After a divorce will grandparents still be part of their grandchildren's lives? What if the divorce is bitter? Can a parent try to stop grandparents from seeing a grandchild?

I was but an hour into Southwest Airline's Flight 1894 from Phoenix to Indianapolis when I got the sudden urge to break out my laptop and write about my experience with America's low-cost airline.

Books are my passion. Whether they are hardcover, paperback or any number of different genres, I can find at least a few that will bring a smile to my lips.

"God, why don't you answer my prayer?" Who knows, that may be the one of the most common prayers lifted to God.

Over the last several months we've spent some time together talking about some of the challenges and options involved in the creation of the County's Tentative Budget for fiscal year 2010.

When I was asked to speak before this incredible graduating class, I felt honored, having spent two years teaching, mentoring and learning from many of these students.

My goal is to bring awareness to our community and provide residents with the information to protect themselves, their families and their neighbors from this tragic event of drowning.

During my election as your sheriff, I asked for the opportunity to serve you. I made numerous commitments, promises and spoke of improving emergency response times, improved training, ushering in more computers in patrol vehicles, holding employees accountable and stepping up enforcement against drug smugglers and local criminals.

The Pinal County Deputies Association is concerned about the impending county budget. An across the board decrease in employee pay and terminations are in the works.

Bankruptcy! For some it means the end of the world. For others it is a bright light at the end of a long, dark tunnel.

Public concerns about the environmental effects of air emissions from livestock operations have grown as the population continues to move into what has been largely a rural farming area. Increasingly, there is a growing public awareness of the health and nuisance impacts caused by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) with significant concern not only to new residents but also to many long-time residents.

On many occasions, citizens have expressed to our City Council the importance of being fiscally conservative, on deciding whether something is a "need" or a "want." Recently, at a council meeting, I made reference to the city obligating itself to writing checks today that it may not have the funds to cover tomorrow.

As I pondered on this for a while, I started to think about the Church. People are searching for community, for belonging, for a place to connect.

There are some very deliberate attacks being made on computers these days.

And, despite the bit of doggerel that insists that the month of May is "merry" - I'm not sure it's true this year. But perhaps I'm ahead of myself.

The ACC is warning investors to be on guard against the rise in affinity group fraud, an especially pernicious type of fraud because the perpetrators are people who the investor knows or claims to have the same social, cultural, or religious background.

Meth is "the equal opportunity destroyer." It is in every ethnicity, every culture, every socio-economic group in age groups ranging from 8-9 to grandparents with most users in the age 18-30 range.

Cowtown and the other feedlot operations continue to exist, escaping the pollution regulations with loopholes in the law and weak enforcement policies. Builders and real estate agents gave and continue to give false information about the feedlots and their future. Now, more troubling and of graver concerns is that the Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to declare Maricopa a "non-attainment" area.

As many already know, the H&N Landscape family suffered a tragic loss of not only an employee but a true friend.