We are going to challenge record highs Saturday with air temperatures in the mid and upper 90s.  The record Saturday is 97° set in 1911.This video goes over the followingPossible heat index values through SaturdayRecord breaking MayStorm chances t...

From the issue: "The Mittens at dawn. Monument Valley's most publicized attraction, the famous formations are for many symbolic of the awe-inspiring natural geometry of the Southwest." Photo by Dick Dietrich.

Concerns about forest fires have prompted the closure of parts of four of Arizona's six national forests. As of Wednesday, May 30, the closures were affecting parts of the Coconino, Tonto, Apache-Sitgreaves and Kaibab national forests. Follow the links...

As Grand Canyon National Park visitation enters its peak season, park rangers are reminding the public of the dangers of a too-close encounter with one of the park's animals. In fact, the park said in a news release this month, Canyon rangers have had ...

From our friends at the Arizona Department of Transportation: PHOENIX – Interstate 17 will close overnights at the I-17/I-40 interchange in Flagstaff for the next two weeks while crews set up support structures in order to replace the I-40 bridge decks...

Spring has been cool, wet and windy this year. Normally I have my greens planted in my greenhouse sometime between April 1 and May 1, but this year it didn't happen till a warm, sunny day in mid-May woke me out of spring doldrums (and my mother-in-law,...

The following item appeared in the Arizoniques section of the May 1989 issue of Arizona Highways. Memorial Day brings to mind solemn national cemeteries. But many of Arizona's territorial war dead still lie where they fell. We know some of their names ...

It was gorgeous and sunny last week! On Wednesday I spent the morning sunning myself and going for the first swim of the year (refreshing but chilly!) Then in the afternoon a friend and I went hunting wild greens. First, we targeted twisted stalk (Streptopus species), fiddlehead ferns, and devils club (Oplopanax horridus) buds. Then … <a href="https://gretchenswildalaskablog.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/how-not-to-pick-nettles/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Not to Pick Nettles!</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Another meta-study demolishes decades of wishful thinking.Vox notes that "an impressive new meta-study involving 600,000 participants, published recently in The Lancet, suggests that levels of alcohol previously thought to be relatively harmless are li...

If the computer models are correct, we'll challenge daily record highs later next week.  Both the GFS and the Euro show an upper level ridge expanding across much of the south central plains into Arkansas.  We'll be on the northeast side of t...