White men are killing themselves more than any other race. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 60 percent of all suicides are firearm-related and 80 percent of firearm-related suicides are by white males. These men are older, uneducated and from an impoverished socioeconomic background. “Roughly 4 in 10 gun owners (38 percent)…
If you think Arizona wine doesn’t compare to wine made in Sonoma or Napa Valley, you’re right. Arizona wine doesn’t compare, but not for the reasons you may think. Robert Leopardi, Southern Arizona director of sales for Quench Fine Wines, has been working his way up the wine industry for 40 years. In his current…
Drive along the I-10 interstate east toward Benson. Quick! Look out your window! Do you see that long, curving line of mustard yellow metal that seems to go on forever? Notice that they are massive locomotives, stretched out in the middle of nothing and leading to nowhere. Out of the desert shrubs and dusty landscape…
PHOENIX — The Sonorasaurus cleared the last legislative hurdle on Tuesday, sending the dino is on its way to becoming Arizona’s official state dinosaur. The House of Representatives voted 55-2 in favor of SB 1517, originally introduced to the House Senate by Sen. Kate Brophy McGee (R-Phoenix). The bill would add the Sonorasaurus to the…
The power to ignite change and unite people is at the fingertips of Generation Z and the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have realized social media is a powerful tool and through Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat, they have the power to rally thousands of people. The March for Our Lives movement on …
