FeaturesPeopleThe Road to Tokyo
Craig OuthierJuly 7, 2021
Meet a dozen elite Valley athletes training to take on the world at the long-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.
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FeaturesValley NewsMadhouse on McDowell: An Unabashedly Premature Oral History of the Election Recount
Stephen LemonsJuly 7, 2021
A complete but grotesquely premature oral history of the Maricopa County 2020 election recount.
FeaturesPeopleThe Great 48 2021
Editorial StaffJuly 7, 2021
From public servants to entrepreneurs, these 48 Phoenicians are raising the bar in the Valley and beyond.
511 of the Awesomest (is that a word?) People, Places & Things in the Valley!
Peter Kasperski and Richie Moe were two of the most illustrious names in Valley dining until bankruptcy and substance abuse sent them tumbling to Earth. Now the longtime friends have banded together to open a hit Roosevelt Row restaurant – and keep their demons mutually at bay.
FeaturesValley News11th Annual Readers’ Photo Contest: The PEOPLE of ARIZONA
Editorial StaffMay 3, 2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic drawing down, we decided to focus our latest showcase of reader-provided photographic beauty on the thing people were most deprived of during the quarantine: people. In all their joy, sadness, motion and rest.
With widespread vaccination and decreasing COVID-19 numbers, this summer offers shimmering hope – and smoking deals – for some good, old-fashioned fun at Valley resorts. Smiles are returning to the faces, indeed.
Is that Bahamas trip or Parisian sojourn still not in the cards?
FeaturesHealthTop Docs’ Believe It or Not!
Craig OuthierMarch 4, 2021
A bazaar of amusing facts and medical curiosities for all who wish to behold it!
The solitary, satchel-carrying rural doctor is etched into our enduring fantasy about small-town Arizona. But such physicians are fading away. The doctors are gone, but the towns – and the medically underserved people who live in them – remain.
FeaturesHealthMedical DirectoryBeyond the Backrub: Five Wellness Resorts to Reclaim your Mojo
Keridwen CorneliusJanuary 21, 2021
Most resorts and spas promote well-being through R & R, but the five dedicated wellness retreats profiled here take health-seeking to new heights.
FeaturesMedical DirectoryValley NewsReinventing the Wheel: Are Self-Driving Cars Empowering or Endangering Those Who Can’t Drive?
Madison RutherfordJanuary 21, 2021
Autonomous Vehicles provide those who can’t drive with a sense of agency. But are the potential impacts on public health and security purely positive?
FeaturesValley NewsHigh Hopes: Will Prop 207’s Aspirations of Empowering Minority Communities Go Up in Smoke?
Chris MalloyJanuary 14, 2021
Proposition 207 will legalize marijuana in Arizona, but without sound policy, its aspirations of empowering minority communities will go up in smoke.
FeaturesFood & DrinkFamily Ties: Five Legendary Valley Dining Clans
Keridwen CorneliusJanuary 13, 2021
Five legendary Valley dining families. Five tales of blood, sweat and cornmeal.
Here are 101 reasons to celebrate dining in the Valley