Forêt FLG owner Sam Greenhalgh is the latest Flagstaff chef selected as a semifinalist for a James Beard Award, one of the nation’s most esteemed culinary honors. Greenhalgh is among 20 semifinalists in the 2024 Best Chef Southwest category, which includes chefs from Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and … [Read more...] about Forêt FLG Chef in the Running for James Beard Award
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Lamberson, McLaughlin Honored for Flagstaff ATHENA Leadership
When Mountain Sports Flagstaff owner Lisa Lamberson learned she was officially nominated for the 2024 Flagstaff ATHENA Leadership Award, she was in Mexico with a contingent of volunteers building homes for those in need at a community called Rancho Feliz. Meanwhile, Housing Solutions of Northern … [Read more...] about Lamberson, McLaughlin Honored for Flagstaff ATHENA Leadership
Emerging from Its Watery Tomb
It’s a story that deserves to be told: The burying of what some say is one of the most pristine places on Earth, Glen Canyon, often called “America’s lost national park.” The entombment came when the diversion tunnels of Glen Canyon Dam were screwed shut in 1963, causing the waters of the Colorado … [Read more...] about Emerging from Its Watery Tomb
Starlite Lanes Keeps Bowlers Rolling through the Years
Ten pins, 16 lanes and 66 years of bowling on Route 66. That’s the numbers game for Starlite Lanes, Flagstaff’s only bowling center and one of the state’s oldest bowling alleys. But old, in this case, does not mean outdated. Since buying the business in 2010, Starlite owner Ron Getto refurbished … [Read more...] about Starlite Lanes Keeps Bowlers Rolling through the Years
Could Pluto Become Arizona’s State Planet?
The rattlesnake is Arizona’s official state reptile, petrified wood is the state fossil, and the bola (or bolo) tie is the state neckwear. Now, if Arizona lawmaker Justin Wilmeth gets his way, Arizona will become the first state to boast an official planet: Pluto. Wilmeth, a republican state … [Read more...] about Could Pluto Become Arizona’s State Planet?
Working with the World’s Biggest Telescopes
“Astronomers always want the biggest telescope to see the most detail, but it’s not possible, either physically or financially, to build a telescope mirror 300 feet across,” explained Gerard van Belle. “So, I cheat. I take many small telescopes and put them together to work like one big one.” Van … [Read more...] about Working with the World’s Biggest Telescopes
Ann Jackson Keeps Raggedy Ann Dolls Close to Hearts
Throughout the decades of American history, Raggedy Ann dolls have played a role in comforting both adults and children with a warm message of kindness and a simple “I love you” embroidered on their hearts. Created by American artist and writer Johnny Gruelle in 1915, the whimsical doll has … [Read more...] about Ann Jackson Keeps Raggedy Ann Dolls Close to Hearts
How the Idea of a Man in a Kilt Built a Literary Empire
Noting that Mozart died at age 36, Diana Gabaldon, at 35, decided she’d better get on with it if she wanted to write a novel, her childhood dream. As a young girl, she had read her way through the entire children’s section of the Flagstaff Library. At age 8, she decided she was a novelist. A … [Read more...] about How the Idea of a Man in a Kilt Built a Literary Empire
The Garage Puts Music in Harm’s Way
The Garage recording studio producer Max Harms is proof that big things can happen in small places. Working out of his Camp Verde garage turned audio engineering production studio, Harms is drumming up business from as far away as Canada and New York. Just 26 years old, Harms was born in … [Read more...] about The Garage Puts Music in Harm’s Way
Business Owner Passionate About Sharing Northern Arizona’s Outdoors
It was the perfect storm of events that launched Jessica van Zijll into entrepreneurship. The native Arizonan was living the corporate dream in San Antonio, Texas, as a salesperson traveling internationally when the pandemic hit. International travel came to a screeching halt. “I learned that … [Read more...] about Business Owner Passionate About Sharing Northern Arizona’s Outdoors