The lack of electric vehicle charging stations along major travel routes in Arizona is hindering sales and functionality of electric cars throughout the state. Without them, drivers are limited to travel within metropolitan areas where stations are more abundant. According to the U.S. Department of Energy website, there are 275 charging locations with 696 charging…
Southern Arizona’s largest folklife festival is celebrating its 41st year this weekend. Tucson Meet Yourself festival runs Friday through Sunday throughout downtown Tucson, attracting more than 100,000 people from throughout the region. “There is so much to the event,” said the festival’s volunteer operations director Hilary Walker. “From Jamaican cuisine, to Greek Orthodox clubs, to…
Ready, set, climb! And climb they will — up 1054 steps of staircases strewn throughout the historic mining town of Bisbee, with its breath-taking 5538-foot elevation. This is the Bisbee 1000 stair climb, celebrating its 24th year on Oct. 18. Men and women coming from as far away as California and Texas will compete for…
Fast-casual pizzerias, the kind that let you build your own pizza and have it ready to eat in three minutes or less, are popping up throughout Arizona. Tucson alone has seen three fast-casual restaurant open since early August — two of them located across the street from the University of Arizona campus and the third a…
Catherine Radachi, a 22-year-old associate consultant at Microsoft, hiked the hills and valleys of Arizona enjoying the solitude while sharing her adventures with the world. Radachi, now working for Microsoft in Washington, finds value in using social media to share her exploits outdoors. “People document their experiences all the time at parties and on vacations,…
