One of the most common knee injury in sports — the ACL tear — is on the rise, especially among women, but is no longer the end of an athlete’s career. A study published in 2017 by a physician at the University of Minnesota, Nicholas Beck, showed ACL tears have increased over 2 percent in…
Snowbirds are an important economic drive to Arizona as they migrate for a few months into Arizona to escape the northern winter. Every winter, the sun belt region gets an increase in population by what are called “Snowbirds.” usually elderly who migrate from the northern states and Canada to avoid harsh winters. Jacki Salisberry, 74,…
Arizona air pollution has decreased by 62 percent in all emissions over the past 40 years, according to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). This report comes after a record low last summer when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Southern Arizona had the worst air quality report since 2012. “We do have our…
All across the nation, national parks, like Saguaro, will have ticket price increases this year implement programs for veterans and active duty service members. Ticket increases will also go toward building new community gathering centers that groups like Wounded Warriors and The Mission Continues could meet at prior to entering the parks. National Park Representative…
Nahid K. grew up in Iran, where 90 percent of the population is Muslim. Her parents, however, were not very religious. When she was 25, Nahid converted from Muslim to Catholicism, something that is very rare, especially because the Islamic law condemns conversion. According to Dr. Konden Smith, a lecturer of religious studies at…
