BY LEAH MERRALL Arizona Sonora News On the western border of central Arizona sits Lake Havasu City, a relatively quiet town of around 50,000 beside the Colorado River that’s characterized by its large body of water — actually, a reservoir for the Colorado River’s flow — in the middle of the desert. It’s home to an actual London…
By NICHOLAS A. JOHNSON Arizona Sonora News Back in 2013, the Bashful Bandit, a bar on Speedway Boulevard popular with motorcyclists, was chosen to be featured on a new national cable TV program called “American Roadhouse.” The producers’ idea was to take their cameras into “dive bars” around the country, and give each of them a remodeling…
By MICHELLE FLOYD Arizona Sonora News Kelly Glenn Kimbro is early to bed and early to rise — nine or ten o’clock at night and often two or three o’clock in the morning. Ranchers’ hours, she explains. You will probably never meet another woman like Kimbro, a fifth-generation rancher in southeastern Arizona. She spends her days…
By Brooke Goldstein El Independiente Sasha Enrique, 16, wanted more than a standard high school experience. She wanted to volunteer and work with charitable organizations, but didn’t know what was right for her. She surfed the web and came across the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona’s Unidas program. She filled out her personal information and…
By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Children with painted faces run around Armory Park in homemade costumes, while their families spread out across the plush green lawn and relax beneath the sun’s warmth. From the air that buzzes with laughter and chatter, most people would not assume that the event being held that day had anything to…
