Phoenix New Times publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, arts, cannabis, as well as longform narrative journalism.

The paper was founded in 1970 by a group of students at Arizona State University, led by Frank Fiore, Karen Lofgren, Michael Lacey, Bruce Stasium, Nick Stupey, Gayle Pyfrom, Hal Smith, and later, Jim Larkin, as a counterculture response to the Kent State shootings in the spring of that year.

In July 2004, the New Times published Arpaio's home address in the context of a story about his real estate dealings, which the County Attorney's office was investigating as a possible crime under Arizona state law.

[6] Special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik's subpoena included a demand for the names of all people who had read the Arpaio story on the newspaper's website.

[16] On May 10, 2023, a Flagstaff judge dismissed the restraining order against Sanchez citing that investigative reporting is a "legitimate purpose" and is protected by the First Amendment.