One of the last known survivors of the Pearl Harbor attacks has died here in Arizona.Jack Holder passed away Sunday at the age of 101.Holder was a 19-year-old Navy machinist serving in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.He described the events of that fateful morning in an interview with KJZZ News back in 2019.
Scottsdale will consider a joint plan with Maricopa County that would supply water again to a community that had its access cut off.The Scottsdale City Council is scheduled to meet Feb. 21 about a potential new agreement to reopen a supply of water for nearby unincorporated Rio Verde Foothills.Under the new proposal, Rio Verde residents would have temporary access to city
Oskar Knoblauch is now 97 years old.But he celebrates two birthdays. The other is the day he was liberated from a Nazi death camp in 1945.As one of the last survivors of the Holocaust, the longtime Valley resident has devoted his life to educating the next generations about what happened to him.
On Jan. 1, the city of Scottsdale shut the water tap for the community of Rio Verde Foothills.The community sits outside of Scottsdale city limits and is home to about 1,000 people. The city of Scottsdale had allowed private haulers to pay to bring water to the community but decided two years ago they wouldn’t be able to use Scottsdale’s water outside city limits.