Tom Marcinko, Author at PHOENIX magazine

It’s illegal to sell recycled drinking water in Arizona, but maybe not for long. Bold beeristas are proving they can brew up something delicious.

Appealing or appalling, Arizona wildlife is more than just coyotes and javelina.

Dry heat, warm hearts: News on the ticker from around the Valley.

2016 not wild enough yet? Arizona Democrats think they can tie – or take – the State Senate.

Keeping your property rodent-free: It's a suitable job for a feline.

Prescription painkillers can be abused. Some say the tests for drug abuse are being abused, too.

Arizona scientists are growing a little slice of Pluto’s alien ice, right in the dwarf planet’s “hometown” of Flagstaff.

The recession-bludgeoned suburbs of west Phoenix attempt revitalization via blue-collar business booms and refurbished recreation areas.

State health officials preach prevention and defense as mosquito complaints hit record levels in Maricopa County.

The fate of stray horses in Heber could depend on just how feral we think they really are.

A rash of self-defense killings casts light on Arizona’s stand-your-ground law. Are we primed for a Florida-size controversy?

Weird science helps ID anonymous bodies found near the Mexico-U.S. border.

Governor Brewer stakes her legacy on reforming Arizona’s broken child-protection system.