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  • 🛬 Sky Harbor hit with flight reductions due to shutdown

    Plus: A stay at Scottsdale’s newest hotel Share with a friend     Good morning! This weekend is a huge time for events in Arizona. It’s the perfect stretch of fall when the weather is nice before the holidays begin.  I’ll be tabling for The Copper Courier at LOOKOUT’s Outwatch Festival tonight as part of…


  • 🤝 As SNAP halts, Arizonans step up to help

    Plus: VIVA PHX is back and bigger than before Share with a friend     Good morning! 🎃👻 Happy Halloween! 🦇🍬 It’s always nice when Halloween falls on a Friday. I don’t have big plans this year—I missed my friends’ annual party last weekend due to a wedding—but I’m hoping to post up somewhere and…


  • 🚨 AZ dad taken by ICE after car registration mistake

    Plus: A surf festival is coming to Mesa this weekend Share with a friend     Good morning! Between Día de los Muertos, Halloween, and fall festivals, Arizona’s calendar is packed full of events this weekend. I’m out of town for a wedding, but if I were around, I’d be going festival-crazy. Festival or not,…


  • ✅ 10 AZ nursing homes named among nation’s best

    Plus: Interesting rental listings we found in Phoenix this week Share with a friend It’s Friday, October 17, 2025.     Good morning! I’m headed to the East Coast for a week before my sister’s wedding, and I’m excited to step into fall somewhere other than the desert. Things are looking good here, though. After…


  • 🗞️ How can we make The Copper Courier better for you?

    We want this newsletter to continue to be something you look forward to arriving in your inbox every day Dear reader, Copper Courier is committed to delivering the news and information that matters most to you and your community. We truly value your readership. As a show of our commitment, we are turning to you…


  • 🛬 Shutdown stress lands at Sky Harbor

    Plus: 24 events happening in AZ this weekend Share with a friend Editor’s note: We’re taking Monday off for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so we’ll be back in your inbox on Tuesday.     Good morning! You can tell temperatures are getting cooler as the weekend events list gets longer and longer.  This weekend I’m headed…


  • 🎡 18 events happening in AZ this weekend

    Plus: This weekend’s event calendar is loaded Share with a friend     Good morning! This weekend, I’m using our fall leaves guide to hopefully find some stunning red trees on a hike up north. The yellow ones are easy to find, but I definitely see red less often, so fingers crossed! I’ll let you…


  • 💉 Arizonans can get COVID shot without prescription

    Plus: Get free entry to national parks tomorrow     Good morning! Tomorrow is National Public Lands Day, which means free entry to national parks. There are three national parks in Arizona—Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, and Saguaro—but lots more if you count national monuments, historic sites, recreation areas, etc. Tomorrow is a great day to…


  • 🍂 Your AZ fall guide: Where and when to see the leaves

    Inside: The top places to see autumn colors across the state Support Good evening! I can’t tell you how excited I am for fall this year. I am so ready to hike, go to festivals, and enjoy time on patios. Every year, I miss the window to see peak autumn leaves up north, and this…


  • 🗣️ AZ GOP rep defies call for unity in hostile email

    Plus: Why you should see an ASU volleyball game this weekend     Good morning! Today I wanted to shout out the ASU volleyball team. They had an awesome season last year, ending with a 30-3 record. They became the Big 12 champs, the first conference championship in the program’s history.  The ASU volleyball team…