By Jillian Bartsch/El Inde Saikat Guha sits at his desk with a pencil and sheets of paper. He looks down and begins to scribble math equations. In between working on his math problems, he can be found sitting in front of his computer in meetings with his students. A smile appears on his face as…
By Jamie Donnelly/El Inde When your heart starts racing and your head is filled with a million thoughts, you are told to close your eyes and picture your happy place. But escaping to your happy place has become so much harder due to the pandemic and travel restrictions. With feelings of uncertainty and stress, what…
By Conor Vilines/El Inde April and May are traditionally the start of fire season. Sonoita-area residents have seen years when the blazes begin this time of year and continue for months until the monsoon season. In normal years, as fire season approaches, the Sonoita Elgin Fire District warms up with a pre-fire season training regiment….
By Devyn Edelstein/El Inde Patagonia has a lot of visitors who walk a long way to spend a short time there. Former professional cyclist Chuck Veylupek is one of them. He passed through Patagonia in February, eight days into a four-month, 800-mile trek on the Arizona Trail. Veylupek, 51 years old, has a beard, grey…
By Briannon Wilfong/El Inde As I pull up to the steps of rancher Chris Peterson’s home, four dogs come to greet me before I can even jump out of the truck. Peterson comes walking out of the house with a big grin on her face. It is a rainy February morning with clouds looming over…
