The devastation from Hurricane Katrina has left unprecedented destruction in her path. At one point, I heard there were 40,000+ homes underwater. The sheer magnitude is nearly incomprehensible. Again, as always, America, along with numerous others, is coming through to…

The summer heat is waning and that's a good thing. Instead of triple digits, we're now seeing some double digit temperatures. They laugh at us back east when we tell them it's "cooling down into the 90's." My reply is…

Congressman Rick Renzi has garnered a spot in both articles on the front page. In the first, the Congressman's dedication to preserving American freedom becomes obvious as he elucidates his thoughts on preserving the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of…

Wildfire season is here! The "Three" fire prompted a temporary closure of Arizona Highway 188 between El Oso Road and Roosevelt Dam on Thursday evening, June 23. The lightning-caused fire, located 6½ miles northwest of Roosevelt Dam, began on Tuesday,…

The picture you see here is "Zorro," mascot of Tonto Basin News. As you can see, he's been lying down on the job lately. I guess all this posing for the new web site has him "plum wore out!. It's…

It seems everyone is not only talking about Roosevelt Lake, visitors are coming from near and far (I spoke with three couples from Colorado last week) to see this wonderful phenomena of nature. The rate at which the water level…