Bighorn sheep vulnerable to diseases

Some sheep just aren’t meant to be together. Wild bighorn sheep populations across Arizona are picking up diseases from domesticated sheep and pack goats. As a result, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is working to protect the wild sheep throughout the Sonoran mountain ranges. Mycoplasma pneumonia, sinusitis and other respiratory diseases have been lethal…

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Youth soccer on the rise in Arizona

More and more Arizona youth are taking up soccer as they look up to the stars in the FIFA World Cup and Major League Soccer. The Arizona Youth Soccer Association, a Phoenix-based group that governs youth soccer for the entire state, reported participation by boys and girls spiking from 31,504 in 2013 to 40,078 this past…

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