As I've mentioned before, my job takes me to some interesting places in Arizona. Last week, one of those places was Lake Havasu City, where I spent a night in between assignments for the magazine. If you've never been to Lake Havasu City, you might not...

The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix will put the spotlight on one of its most prominent seasonal visitors, the monarch butterfly, starting this Saturday, October 3. Every Saturday morning through November 14, the DBG will host a monarch butterfly wa...

Anne Lorimor lives in the Phoenix area, and she's 85 years old and a great-grandmother. But she’s not your average great-grandmother: Lorimor spends her time climbing. In July, Lorimor, her nephew Kevin Gordon and other hikers spent eight days climbing...

From the issue: "A monumental squeeze play! Photographed from another balloon over a half-mile away, what appears to be a very chancy ascent in Monument Valley really isn't. The 'tight quarters' effect is actually due to the compressing action of the ...

This Saturday, September 26, the public can watch from beneath the Vermilion Cliffs as biologists release three endangered California condors into the wild. Activities are scheduled to begin around 10 a.m., and the release pen atop the cliffs will be o...

Earlier this month, an Australian man was found dead on the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon, and it appears the man may have been struck by lightning. Paramedics found 21-year-old Jonathan Crowden about a mile down the trail, near Ooh-Aah Point....

Friend of the magazine Dawn Kish, a frequent photographic contributor to Arizona Highways, will be showcasing her work that was featured in our May 2015 issue at a show next month in Flagstaff. Kish's portfolio in the May issue, Feelin' Groovy, was com...

Gary Johnson, a photographer and musician whose work appeared in Arizona Highways and other publications, died unexpectedly September 10 due to complications from diabetes. He was 59. Johnson died while preparing to perform with the Prescott Opry at th...

From the issue: "'Near Headwaters of the Little Colorado' by Wayne Davis. This photo was taken high up in the Mount Baldy Primitive Area in the White Mountains where the Little Colorado is born."

An item published recently in The Arizona Republic caught our eye. It lists five of "Arizona's coolest adventures": rafting the Colorado River (pictured), hiking Aravaipa Canyon, rounding up cattle, taking a jeep tour in Sedona and jumping out of a pla...