Anais Orantez holds out a blue toy for Luna, a 2-year-old brown-and-white Rottweiler mix, in the outdoor area of the Pima Animal Care Center. Locked eye-to-eye, Anais throws the ball, but 85-pound Luna doesn’t flinch. Instead, she runs up to 10-year-old girl and begins licking her face. Luna is one of the lucky ones. Just…
Imagine making a 100-mile trip every time you need fresh produce. More than 700,000 Arizona residents have no other option. Arizona’s largest county, Maricopa, has 55 food deserts and the residents make up more than half of Arizona’s population, according to the Food Desert Locator released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food desert…
Jami Day was a prideful 19-year-old girl moving in with her new fiancé. Two weeks into the new living arrangement, they got into an argument. It was the first time that Day had ever seen him that angry, and they had been dating for five or six months. “It kind of scared me so I…
Do you know your neighbor? According to a Pew Research Center survey, 29 percent of all Americans don’t. Nextdoor is a private social media site devoted to change those dynamics. The free site establishes an online community and allows users to discuss neighborhood issues that range from crime and safety to planning a neighborhood block…
Paint and wine studios are growing from a niche industry to a sweeping trend across the country.Arizona has seen more than half a dozen paint and wine studios open around the state in the last two years, including a couple in Tucson. “The combination of drinking and painting is absolutely brilliant. By the time the…
