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Prescott National Forest: The Public Land That Makes a Mountain Town Possible
Around Prescott, the national forest is more than a backdrop. It is a working landscape that protects watersheds, supports wildlife, carries local history and gives a growing community room to…
Read more →The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable: How a Wire Under the Ocean Shrunk the World
In 1866, a cable lowered into the Atlantic changed communication forever. Messages that once took weeks to cross the ocean could now travel between Europe and North America in minutes.
Read more →Water, Land, and Timber: The Pressures Reshaping the Prescott Basin
From summer prescribed pile burning across Prescott National Forest to high-profile litigation along the Upper Verde River and severe monsoon flooding in Prescott Valley, regional public resources and watershed systems…
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Repair Cafés Turn Broken Household Items Into Shared Skills
Across a growing international network, neighbors are meeting to mend lamps, jackets, bicycles and small appliances—keeping useful objects in service while making…
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The Book of Hours: How Medieval People Carried a Daily Life Guide in Their Hands
Long before smartphones and wall calendars, a beautifully decorated prayer book helped Europeans structure the day, follow the seasons and imagine their…
Read more →The American Chestnut: How Science Is Giving a Lost Forest More Than One Way Back
Once one of the defining trees of eastern North America, the American chestnut was nearly erased by an introduced fungus. Today, researchers,…
Read more →Phoenix Is Turning Extreme Heat Into a Public-Safety Mission
In the Valley of the Sun, heat response is becoming more than an emergency message. Phoenix is building a year-round system around…
Read more →Arcosanti: The Yavapai County Experiment That Keeps Reimagining City Life
North of Cordes Junction, an unfinished Arizona community still serves as a living experiment in architecture, ecology and the possibility of building…
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One Story at a Time: The Small Magazine Keeping Short Fiction Close
Since 2002, One Story has built an unusually focused literary magazine around a simple idea: give readers one carefully chosen short story…
Read more →Tuzigoot National Monument: How a Verde Valley Hilltop Keeps an Ancient Community in View
Above the Verde Valley, Tuzigoot National Monument preserves more than stone walls. Its rooms, trails, museum, and surrounding landscape help visitors understand how an ancient community adapted to a changing desert world.
