| Sonoran News | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Owners: | Sonoran Sky Enterprises, LLC |
| Publisher: | Sonoran Sky Enterprises, LLC |
| Editor: | Sonoran Sky Enterprises, LLC |
| Political: | Unbiased |
| Circulation: | 37,000 |
| Headquarters: | 6702 E. Cave Creek Road, Suite 3., Cave Creek, Arizona, United States |
Sonoran News is a community 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 "Your community partner"[5]
In 2010, an extreme downturn in the economy pushed the formerly weekly newspaper to a twice-monthly publishing schedule.
In 2021 founder and publisher, Donald Sorchych passed away. In 2022 Sonoran Sky Enterprises, LLC purchased the assets, IP, and trade name from the Sorchych estate and continued publishing using the existing name Sonoran News. Sonoran News did not miss publishing a single issue after Mr. Sorchych's passing and through the transition to new ownership.
In 2002, the former publisher of Sonoran News Donald Sorchych was accused of cybersquatting on the domain of a rival newspaper to reduce its findability.[6]
In 2009, 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]