SONOITA — Todd and Kelly Bostock are busy at work among empty boxes and wood barrels of wine. The two owners of Dos Cabezas WineWorks are bottling caseloads of wine in a small warehouse off Highway 82, where last year they produced more than 16,000 gallons of their products. A short drive away, dotted across…
Rounding the wooden barricade outside the Bird Cage Theater, the ranger stopped mid-strut at a call for assistance. “We’re stuck,” said a man in his 40s, motioning across the street to his gold SUV blocked in by cars, trucks and motorcycles on all sides. The ranger, Duty Sgt. Dan Fischer, and partner Jim Politi quickly…
Many rural Arizona schools lack the proper funds to start or expand their AP programs, including Tombstone High School, which lacks any such classes, and educators say this can be a serious detriment to students preparing for college. “We used to want the kids to go to college and be successful,” said Andrea Overman, Douglas High…
A new Tombstone city ordinance lets staged gunfights resume, but some question whether it violates established state gun laws. The gunfight performances Tombstone is famous for had been on a hiatus since an accident in October of last year. During Helldorado Days, one of the city’s largest events, a live round struck an actor from…
Left with a hole, what’s a town to do? Bisbee – with its tunnel, red rock, hippies, stairs, the Copper Queen Hotel, motorcycle geeks singing Fleetwood Mac, slag, the coffee roaster with dreadlocks – is here because of a mile-wide hole on the town’s edge. The city built quickly around a hill that mining tore open. Now…
