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SANTA FE, N.M. – There’s no doubt this capital city has truly earned its nickname as The City Different. Its skyline is not made of skyscrapers, but rather a collection of flat-topped adobe...
DATE: June 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – The drive to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim is easy enough. Get to Flagstaff and it’s only about 90 miles across Arizona’s high country. But why take a car when you can ride a...
DATE: June 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
BOULDER (AP) – The idea for CanShed was born from Google Earth images, but founder Mark Rushton is hoping for a boost from the many municipalities, including Boulder, that are implementing...
DATE: June 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK, Ariz. – “E xcuse me, coming through, sorry, thank you!” I kept repeating loudly and urgently as I hiked up Picacho Peak, which rises like a Western saddle from the endless...
DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Stone buildings in Cortez recently celebrated their 105th and 125th birthdays during a party at the Cortez Cultural Center. Fifty people enjoyed a presentation and tours of the Wilson, Calkins,...
DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) – In two weeks, Maggie Hanna of The Dalles will have some of the most painful moments of her childhood – and some reflecting bravery and determination – splashed across the...
DATE: May 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) – Janire Najera’s stop in Southwest Utah was brief before returning to her journey along Old Spanish Trail earlier this month. The Spaniard hopes her travels will lead to a...
DATE: April 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Most people in Dolores have heard of the Dominguez-Escalante expedition, the Spanish explorers who came through the area in 1776 and named the Dolores River. But few know about Bernardo Miera y...
DATE: April 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
ALBUQUERQUE – R ecently published research describes how archaeologists outfitted a customized drone with a heat-sensing camera to unearth what they believe are ceremonial pits and other features...
DATE: April 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. – Before an expanse of grassland and pueblo ruins in northern Arizona was declared a national monument, it was home to hundreds of Navajos whose ancestors returned...
DATE: April 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
TUCSON, Ariz. – Nicknamed “Old Pueblo,” Tucson, Ariz., is a city with many faces. It’s a college town. It’s an artist town. It’s even still a Wild West town. Every February, southern Arizona’s...
DATE: March 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
On a hot summer day in 1955 two boys lean impatiently against the red Texaco gas pumps in front of their uncle’s store in Tiffany. They’re waiting for their Uncle Morris to drive them in his red,...
DATE: March 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
