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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 of the Southwest meet under one roof.
Read more →Havasu National Wildlife Refuge: The Arizona River Landscape That Keeps a Desert Passage Open
Along the lower Colorado River, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge protects wetlands, cottonwood forests, desert shoreline, and a vital route for migratory birds.
Read more →The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: How an Ancient Sailor Mapped the Indian Ocean in Words
Written nearly 2,000 years ago, the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea offered merchants a practical guide to ports, winds, goods, and cultures stretching from Egypt to India.
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Reported Five-Foot Flash Flooding Overwhelms a Prescott Valley Neighborhood
A July 20 report described flash flooding reaching five feet in a Prescott Valley neighborhood, underscoring the severity of a fast-moving local…
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CAFMA Seeks Citizen for Four-Year Retirement System Board Term
A citizen appointed to the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority’s PSPRS Local Board would begin a four-year term on Jan. 1,…
Read more →CAR T-Cell Therapy: How Doctors Turn a Patient’s Immune Cells Into a Cancer Treatment
CAR T-cell therapy has changed the treatment landscape for some blood cancers by reprogramming a patient’s own immune cells to recognize and…
Read more →Petrified Forest: The Arizona Place Where Deep Time Meets an Open Road
In eastern Arizona, mineral-filled trees, ancient villages, painted hills, and the trace of Route 66 form one extraordinary public landscape.
Read more →The Elks Opera House: How Prescott Kept Its Historic Stage Alive
In the center of Prescott, a 1905 theater still connects the city’s frontier-era downtown with live performance, local memory, and the simple…
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Ada Limón’s “You Are Here” Brings Poetry Into America’s National Parks
A project from U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is placing contemporary poems in national parks, giving visitors another way to notice the…
Read more →The Navajo Code Talkers: How a Native Language Became a Wartime Secret
During World War II, Navajo Marines built a fast, field-ready communications system from their language—and helped give the United States a crucial advantage in the Pacific.
