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When you visit Flagstaff, Arizona, you find yourself in a place you'd never consider a desert. Tall pines, green grass, soaring mountain peaks…it looks more like an Alpine village than the middle of a barren wasteland. Flagstaff lies in what is considered a semi-desert and has the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in North America. But one of Flagstaff's most amazing features is also Arizona's highest point, the 12,633 foot Humphreys Peak. You can see miles upon miles of gorgeous Arizona... Read More

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For example every December NAU puts on a “Lolly Pop Ballet.” It is a dress rehearsal for the Nutcracker. All the best acts are practiced in this FREE matinee. My kids have no idea they aren't at the real Nutcracker. The ballet never stops, its a real nonstop dress rehearsal. We dress up and go out to eat.... Read More

I like to listen to music loud. Not necessarily turned up to the proverbial “10” but somewhere around four or five…or six.

When music is turned up that loud you can't really carry on a conversation. A good thing when trying to actually listen to what's on the stereo.

How can you listen if you're talking?

The best listening time for me is at the end of the workday here at the paper. I hop in my trusty Ford Focus hatchback, throw a CD... Read More

When it comes to writing westerns, there's no one better equipped to handle the task than novelist Gary McCarthy. With his six-shooters drawn and a tumble weed hurrying past, McCarthy takes aim on the Old West genre like Stephen King does for the world of the macabre – with dead-on accuracy. But like King, and a host of other great and prolific authors of our time, he can just as easily break from the standard mold and create something unique and astounding, as evi... Read More

It never fails. Tell me I shouldn't do something, and for whatever reason, that's all I want to do. This is nothing new. I've always been like this. I think there are many others out there that like me, do not like being told what to do, even when it is for our own good.

As a little girl, if my mother told me I couldn't be friends with someone, guess who was my... Read More

IT'S RACING TIME, OK RACE FANS AND FRIENDS, WE NEED YOUR HELP MORE THAN EVER, RICKY IS ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING BIG BUT NEEDS YOUR HELP, THERE ARE MANY COMPANIES  LOOKING AT SPONSORING RICKY BYERS AND RACING FOR A CURE. THEY NEED TO SEE HOW HE DOES BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING ELSE, WE AS FANS NEED TO GET RICKY READY FOR TALLADEGA SUPER SPEEDWAY AND TOMORROW... IS THE DEADLINE, IF HE DOESN'T RACE TALLADEGA SUPER SPEEDWAYTHE OPPORTUNITY MAY BE GONE, WE NEED TO GET RICKY ON THE TRACK AND HELP HI... Read More

  The San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona are considered sacred lands by more than a dozen Tribes in the region. Stunningly picturesque, the Peaks are also home to the Arizona Snowbowl – a popular ski resort that attracts thousands of people to its slopes each year. Tourism in sacred Tribal lands is often a source of socio-political tension, but when the proprietors of the Snowbowl sought a special permit from the US Forest Service to begin spraying the Peaks with artificial snow made... Read More

NISKAYUNA—Industry giant GE has partnered with the Arizona Public Service, that state's largest electricity provider, to study how solar energy can be most efficiently utilized in today's energy grid. The study is funded by a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and will take place in Flagstaff, Ariz., site of Arizona's first solar-power plant. Trough-style solar power plant   The study hopes to conclude ways to make solar energy more affordable, how best to integrate... Read More