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Prescott College Education Faculty Member Shares Conference and Student Updates
Andrew L. Smith reported on Arizona education conferences, teacher preparation discussions and a Prescott College student’s field experience at her former high school.
Read more →America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Is Now Powering Long Island Homes
South Fork Wind’s 12 turbines mark a major step for American clean energy—and a new chapter for power generated at sea.
Read more →The Arizona Trail: How a State-Sized Footpath Connects the Grand Canyon to Everyday Life
Stretching from Mexico to Utah, the Arizona Trail turns the state’s deserts, forests, canyons, and plateaus into one continuous public story—and shows what long-term conservation can look like on the…
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Hubbell Trading Post: How a Navajo Country Landmark Kept Exchange at the Center of Place
In Ganado, Arizona, a 19th-century trading post remains a working historic site—one where Diné art, family memory, commerce, and the complicated history…
Read more →Flash Flooding and Pile Burning Share Prescott’s Summer Calendar—but Not the Same Story
Two late-July headlines put sudden flooding and scheduled pile burning on the Prescott-area calendar. Understanding the difference begins with place, timing and…
Read more →The International Space Station: How the World Built a Laboratory Above Earth
For more than two decades, the International Space Station has carried people, experiments, and an unusual idea into orbit: that countries can…
Read more →The Elwha River Is Running Free Again—and Life Is Returning With It
After two dams were removed from Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, salmon, sediment and native forests began reclaiming a river that had been divided…
Read more →Lynx Lake: How a Prescott Mountain Reservoir Became an Everyday Escape
Just south of Prescott, Lynx Lake brings ponderosa pine, stocked waters, quiet trails, and high-country air into one accessible Yavapai County landscape.
Read more →Mingus Mountain: The Yavapai County Ridge Where Desert Meets Forest
Above the Verde Valley, Mingus Mountain brings together pine forests, open meadows, wildlife habitat, historic roads, and wide views—a high-country landscape that…
Read more →Yavapai College to Join NAIA and GSAC in 2027-28
The Prescott college’s seven intercollegiate programs are set to move from the NJCAA to the NAIA’s Great Southwest Athletic Conference for the 2027-28 academic year.
