Snowflake’s strong boys basketball season was reflected as coaches voted for the All-3A East team.
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We have seen enough "Spider-Man" movies to know about the trials and tribulations that follow when clueless teenagers get superpowers. A child having great strength does not automatically gain an adult understanding of the world. The superhero "Shazam" spends most of his time as 17-year-old Billy Batson in a foster home. His foster brothers and sisters also have superpowers. One of them is still a young girl, not even a teen.
Marcus (Woody Harrelson) is an assistant coach to a minor-league basketball team. He has yet to reach his pinnacle of success, but he loves the game and coaching. He still hopes to get to the NBA sometime.
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Get ready to dance in the aisles at the Payson High School auditorium. The Sultans of String bring a global sonic tapestry of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and Django-jazz, celebrating musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.
Sometimes folks will see me fly fishing at Green Valley Lake and tell me they would like to try it, but feel sure that it is too hard. The conversation almost always starts with them sharing how difficult, yet beautiful, the casting looks, but it often shifts to all the knots that they worry…
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Mexican gray wolf populations are booming, with at least 241 wolves in the wild in 2022.
My wife and I fancy ourselves amateur treasure hunters.
Sometimes folks will see me fly fishing at Green Valley Lake and tell me they would like to try it, but feel sure that it is too hard. The conversation almost always starts with them sharing how difficult, yet beautiful, the casting looks, but it often shifts to all the knots that they worry…
An exciting wildlife opportunity occurred recently that will benefit science-based data, support the need for wildlife management and improve hunting conditions in Rim Country.
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This recent cold spell and snowstorm got me thinking about encounters with Big Ben – a beloved neighborhood elk.
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My wife and I fancy ourselves amateur treasure hunters.
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Snowflake’s strong boys basketball season was reflected as coaches voted for the All-3A East team.
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A large majority of Devin Kinlicheenie’s wins come by pin.
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Meandering along the face of the 2,000-foot-tall Mogollon Rim, the Highline Trail threads the boundary between ponderosa pine and pinyon juniper forests. The soaring cliffs capture storms, creating springs, drainages and hidden canyons.
We made our way into a pine needle carpeted canyon on the Bearfoot Trail, bouncing along like carefree kids. Our mood belied what was in store for our glutes, quads and knees.
My wife and I fancy ourselves amateur treasure hunters.
PHOENIX — One of Arizona’s largest free outdoor expos returns this weekend, offering family fishing, archery, shooting, off-highway vehicles, water sports, wildlife presentations and more than 150 exhibitors.
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The Arizona outdoors is a fantastic playground for young children growing up, and especially in the Rim Country and White Mountains, with national forest everywhere outside of town limits.
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Meandering along the face of the 2,000-foot-tall Mogollon Rim, the Highline Trail threads the boundary between ponderosa pine and pinyon juniper forests. The soaring cliffs capture storms, creating springs, drainages and hidden canyons.
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Would you like two free admissions to Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, a $40 value? How about admission for two at Desert Botanical Garden (value $60); the world-famous Heard Museum ($46); and the Phoenix Art Museum ($48)?
MESA — Arizona Game and Fish wants to rid the state of an invasive gastropod pest, and it’s counting on responsible pet owners, outdoor enthusiasts, citizen scientists and volunteers to help.
PHOENIX — One of Arizona’s largest free outdoor expos returns this weekend, offering family fishing, archery, shooting, off-highway vehicles, water sports, wildlife presentations and more than 150 exhibitors.
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Sometimes folks will see me fly fishing at Green Valley Lake and tell me they would like to try it, but feel sure that it is too hard. The conversation almost always starts with them sharing how difficult, yet beautiful, the casting looks, but it often shifts to all the knots that they worry will baffle them.
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A wet winter bodes well for the ongoing effort to pull Gila Trout back from the brink of extinction.
MESA — Arizona Game and Fish wants to rid the state of an invasive gastropod pest, and it’s counting on responsible pet owners, outdoor enthusiasts, citizen scientists and volunteers to help.
The Lords of Chaco sat astride the world. They were worshiped by people across the southwest. They built great roads linking far-flung communities. They lived in a wondrous city with its massive temples. They summoned the seasons. They spoke to the moon.
I’m ready, and I’m not the only one. The cast is warming up. The feeders are full. The migration’s on.
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My Type A octogenarian husband believes in community service, is a golfer, a hunter, a fisherman, a writer, a world traveler, and a life-long skier since the age of 4. In the mountains of Idaho, he stood on the skis in front of his dad, pressed his little body against his father’s knees and off they flew, twisting and turning down the mountain. Bob adores skiing.
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My grandmother was a full-blooded Norwegian, descended from people who inhabited the islands off the coast of Norway above the Arctic Circle. But she never skied a day in her life, that I know of.
PHOENIX — One of Arizona’s largest free outdoor expos returns this weekend, offering family fishing, archery, shooting, off-highway vehicles, water sports, wildlife presentations and more than 150 exhibitors.
If you take the meandering drive up State Route 87 from Payson through Pine-Strawberry and continue a few miles past the State Route 260 turnoff to Camp Verde, you will pass by Forest Road 300. Also known as the Rim Road, and historically as the General Crook Military Trail, it is a favorite of many off-road Rim Country explorers.
It was a beautiful day. Not too hot, not too cold. The warm afternoon sun glistened off the windshield of our brand-new Polaris RZR side-by-side, casting kaleidoscopic patterns into the manzanita bordering the rocky and uneven roadway we had been following for the last two miles. We had chosen the road arbitrarily, one of many we explored that day. We were in heaven.
PHOENIX — One of Arizona’s largest free outdoor expos returns this weekend, offering family fishing, archery, shooting, off-highway vehicles, water sports, wildlife presentations and more than 150 exhibitors.
PHOENIX — Now that we’ve said goodbye to 2022, we can reflect on the changes we want — or need — to make in the new year, how about adding an outdoors resolution to the list?
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I have always fancied myself a cardinal.
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The late fall rains brought much needed moisture to the higher elevations, which prepared the ground for consistent snowfall that has been adding up throughout the Rim Country and White Mountains.
As I sit at this keyboard, I look outside through the window and see the snow covering my woodpile again. Being in this chair trying to write a complete sentence is not my first choice. I would much rather be somewhere in the wilds of the Rim Country, putting footsteps on the ground, exploring a new drainage or canyon. Even though I am now caught peering at a computer screen, I am so thankful for the snow as it adds to the snowpack in the higher elevations of the White Mountains and the Rim Country.
It has been an amazing adventure learning the stories behind the different family-owned businesses in the Heber-Overgaard area. Mary Maude’s is no exception. This business is a one stop shopping experience with antiques, clothing, jewelry, meat, jams, sauces, old and new furniture and a diner.
