I learned something new this week after four decades of travel: when the weather report calls for...

If you stand on the rocky basalt cliffs of Depoe Bay when the morning fog rolls in, you might...

It was not until I stopped at Boiler Bay yesterday—one of the Oregon coast’s popular whale...

A violent wave of severe late-night monsoon storms slammed into parts of metro Phoenix and...

This is the part of the trip that isn’t in the travel magazines: showing up so tired, too...

There are summer days in Oak Creek Canyon when the place seems lit from within. The creek...

Today I was thinking of the hundreds of times visitors have told me how lucky I am to live in...

I can understand that you tune in to read about subjects you don’t know and that you count on...

Most days, Oak Creek Canyon feels less like a landscape than a living promise. The red rock...

Excerpt from Plastic Shaman by Annette McGivney: The ceremony was one giant act of playing...

When Oak Creek turned dark after recent storms, the color alone was enough to stop people in...

Did you know that most bees in Arizona are Africanized? It is a wild fact about living in the...

Oak Creek Closed After Pocket Fire Runoff Turns Water Black, Kills Fish The Pocket Fire is...

Last night, the soft patter of rain finally arrived in West Sedona, lingering for about an...

From another state, with clear air at 8400 feet elevation, I put in a call to Bob Poole, media...

Let me tell you a story about a place where some of the darkest corners of Arizona’s history...

I met with Deb Packard Tuesday morning to learn more about her job as Human Resources...

As of the 5 pm update, I was talking to Dick Fleishman, the media liaison, and he said the fire...

Did you know if you ever did a stretch in Maricopa County under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you probably...

Hey Bobcat readers, I don’t have anything new to offer on the Pocket Fire that isn’t already...