SAN LUIS — Friendship Park sits abandoned and rusting. This park, where children used to play baseball and families filled picnic tables, will either be the answer to a daily human traffic jam, or will continue to represent a failure at the San Luis port of entry near Yuma. Friendship Park, a name that suggests happy,…
I had never touched a horse before, and my first time in far east Cochise County became an adventure. I was assigned Mickey Free, who usually gets ridden by 9-year-olds. I can’t imagine what he was thinking when he had to carry an overweight 22-year-old. Because I arrived with sandals and tennis shoes, I had to borrow…
It was once thought to be impossible that anything could push the limits of the small hippy town of Bisbee. But Phoenix artist Eric Kasper found what makes Bisbee squeamish. The unlikely pair of pornography and horse genitalia have sent both Kasper and Bisbee on quite the ride. Kasper’s paintings initially premiered in the new…
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign not only hovers over the idea of a bigger wall, but it also lights a fire under the Latino community that hasn’t been ignited in a long time. Whether it is for humor on social media or political debates and violent rallies across the nation, Trump’s platform brings a level of fear…
Walking across any desert in the world, one could find rocks and fossils of many kinds, but every late January in one specific desert, some of the most dazzling and largest rocks–often with the hidden treasures of crystals inside–are found in the desert of Tucson. The Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase features 45 different…
