Jack Armstrong

Sep 24, 2024 | boulderweekly.com | Jack Armstrong

Jeff Rommel, co-owner of Pekoe Sip House, prepares an order of boba on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at the North Boulder coffee shop. Credit: Tyler Hickman A “communication breakdown” was the cause of confusion surrounding Pekoe Sip House’s exit from the CU Boulder campus, according to university officials.

Aug 17, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jack Armstrong |Vanessa Abbitt

The sound of cicadas humming gives way to high-pitched squeaking. The sky darkens. Some people settle into folding chairs and turn their heads to the sky as little black blobs shoot out of a storm drain, one by one at first, then in droves. On one side of the drain a sign says “No Trespassing” and on the other side there’s a sign with facts about Mexican free-tailed bats. The bats are visitors to Phoenix for the summertime, the season bat babies are born.

Aug 14, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong, Arizona RepublicAugust 14, 2024 at 6:53 PM·2 min readA man was arrested on suspicion of selling Glock switches and fentanyl pills to an undercover ATF agent in Arizona, court documents show. According to a criminal complaint filed on Aug. 11 with Maricopa County Superior Court, an Arizona man sold 145 grams of fentanyl and three Glock switches to a special agent working undercover for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Aug 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong, Arizona RepublicAugust 12, 2024 at 1:10 PM·1 min readSheriff's deputies arrested a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of driving while impaired when they said the vehicle she drove struck and killed a woman and then fled early Saturday in Ash Fork. According to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, 47-year-old Erica Miller was struck and killed by an underage driver just before 3 a.m. outside the Oasis Lounge near Fort Street and Park Avenue.

Jul 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong, Arizona RepublicJuly 1, 2024 at 6:01 AM·3 min readIn the sky over the Salt River Project building in Tempe, a little white speck was getting smaller and smaller. It would stay aloft for around an hour and a half, floating up to around 50,000 to 60,000 feet before popping and falling back to Earth. The speck of white was a weather balloon, a few feet across and made of white, powdery latex.