The big hole of Bisbee

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…

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Apache tribe members fight for sacred land

They marched 45 miles in the sun with heavy signs and crosses. They slept eight months in tents surrounded by dirt with little food. Apache tribe members in Central Arizona are fighting for what they believe is their territory and are determined to preserve what they say is an essential part of the culture. The…

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