Photograph of saguaros in a foggy desert landscape is by Gurinder Singh.
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This Is My Story ... By Gurinder Singh

As I hit the trailhead this morning, my step was a little quicker. Somewhere up the trail, a bird called once, then went quiet, as if surprised by...
The facade of the Saguaro Theater in Wickenburg features backlit silhouetted figures of mounted cowboys in action. By Mark Lipczynski

Saguaro Theater

Two humpback chubs swim in shallow water. By Jack Dykinga
Nature

Humpback Chubs

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, humpback chubs (Gila cypha) evolved 3.5 million years ago. Today, in Arizona, they’re found only in...
This 1966 postcard shows Buffalo Park as it was originally intended — as a theme park and tourist attraction. | NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY CLINE LIBRARY
History

Buffalo Park

Today, Flagstaff’s Buffalo Park is a scenic gateway for casual hikers seeking views of Mount Elden and Humphreys Peak. But beneath the soft crunch of...
Joanne Cacciatore lovingly cradles the contented face of Chemakoh, a tan rescue horse, at Selah Carefarm, near Sedona. By John Burcham
Around Arizona

Selah Carefarm

When Joanne Cacciatore set out from an Arizona trailhead in April 2015, she was looking forward to an enjoyable hike in a beautiful landscape. But a...
pounding the road Dale Jackson runs along the road between the Hopi village of Moenkopi and Dilkon, on the Navajo Indian Reservation, during a 100-mile training relay. Shadows form in the red rock badlands (right) on the Hopi Indian Reservation. | Gary Johnson
Culture

Rain Run

As the sky slowly lightened and the morning stars heralded the dawn, a lone figure steadily loped across the face of a windswept mesa in the heart of...
Water pools in a side canyon of Wet Beaver Creek, located southeast of Sedona. | Mark Frank
In Depth

Waiting for Water

I’ve always liked the way a story gets spun — the way people with a belly and a heart for words veer toward one topic or another or a whole handful...
The sun rises on historic Allen Street in Tombstone, a Wild West icon known as “The Town Too Tough to Die.” | Jill Richards
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Small Towns

Tombstone Founded: Late 1870s County: Cochise Population: 1,308 Elevation: 4,406 feet High School Mascot: Yellow Jackets...