| Sonoran News | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Publisher: | Don Sorchych |
| Editor: | Don Sorchych |
| Political: | Right-wing |
| Circulation: | 37,000 |
| Headquarters: | 6702 E. Cave Creek Road, Suite 3., Cave Creek, Arizona, United States |
Sonoran News is a free newspaper in Cave Creek, Arizona, United States.[1] With a circulation of over 37,000,[2] it is the most widely read community newspaper in Maricopa County.[1] It is distributed in Cave Creek, Carefree, Scottsdale, north Phoenix and Desert Hills. It is considered a conservative values newspaper,[3] [4] and bills itself as the "conservative voice of Arizona."[5]
In 2010, the downturn in the economy pushed the formerly weekly newspaper to a twice-monthly publishing schedule.
In 2002, the publisher of the Sonoran News was accused of cybersquatting on the domain of a rival newspaper to reduce its findability.[6]
In 2009, the Sonoran News successfully defended itself against a libel lawsuit from rival paper The Desert Advocate,[7] which the Sonoran News had referred to as the "Deadbeat Advocate", citing the owner's non-payment of back taxes.[8]