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Arizona hiking already has enough challenges – heat, lack of water, cacti, critters, crowds – to foil many without strong constitutions. Now try adding a layer of red tape. While most of the best hikes in the state are on BLM or Forest Service land, requiring nothing but shoes and a smile to get in, a few really extraordinary journeys lay tucked behind the gates of bureaucracy. A good hiker should know how to climb over obstacles. Here’s an insider’s guide to five of them.

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The jury has spoken! The votes have been tallied and our fifth annual list of the Valley's top legal eagles is a matter of record. From AI law to criminal defense to malpractice litigation, these peer-selected attorneys will always do your case justice. 

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Judgement Day is upon us, friends. In observance, we humbly offer this no-holds-barred handicap of the critical statewide and congressional races to be settled on November 3 – and attempt to explain why down-ballot offices that never mattered much in the past, suddenly do.

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Looking to cool off – and do cool things – in the Grand Canyon State this summer? From Patagonia to the pines of Flagstaff, use this diverse lineup of boutique hotels, vintage motels and glamping basecamps to gear up, refuel and crash out.