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The bravado of the women wranglers at the Grand Canyon is a fascinating account of courage, strength and travails, sometimes under severe climatic conditions that can develop in the famous canyon. Chelsea Plumb and Kricket Scheerer are two of the eight female wranglers employed by Xanterra Grand Canyon South Rim Mule Operations. “We get up […]
Moonshot at NACET invites the public to an evening of insightful and down-to-earth advice from women entrepreneurs who began successful businesses, including two who won investment in their startups from the judges on the television show “Shark Tank.” Women Who Swim with Sharks is a free panel discussion that will take place at 6 pm […]
Spencer Plumb could hardly believe his luck. The Arizona program manager for the National Forests Foundation (NFF) was counting on funding from Arizona Snowbowl’s Community Benefit Day to be a boost for forest restoration efforts on Hart Prairie, but he was not expecting this: the NFF Community Benefit Day was scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24, […]
Bill and Susan Ahearn first visited the Grand Canyon as a couple in 1971. Nearly five decades later, they continue to explore the place that they say never disappoints. “We visit several times a year,” said Bill. “It is so big compared to us and physically challenging. It puts you in your place physically and […]
Coconino Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) policy and technical committee members came together for the last time at the Flagstaff Aquaplex in late January. The committees, which included representatives from Coconino County, Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, Army National Guard Camp Navajo, and other local and state agencies, unanimously adopted the final JLUS on Wednesday, January […]
The 10th and youngest person to ever walk on the Moon, Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot, General Charlie Duke, is launching the 30th annual Flagstaff Festival of Science To the Moon and Beyond, Sept. 20 – 29, 2019. Duke is scheduled to be the W. L. Gore & Associates Keynote Presenter at 7 p.m. on […]
Participating in sports can benefit athletes in many ways, including the development of healthy exercise and eating habits; working together with others on a team; learning the benefits of hard work, focus and determination; and understanding how to gracefully win and lose. For Northern Arizona University graduate Ray Perryman, sports also helped crystallize his lifelong […]
The smell of freshly-cut hardwood drifts through the lab and classroom space. A saw whines. Hammers bang. “Measure twice. Cut once.” More than 40 people, students of the construction trades, are busily work on projects in the space – building an Adirondack chair, a nightstand and installing a water heater in a nearby section. The […]