Great 48The Great 48 of 2025
From athletes and educators to artists and entrepreneurs, these superlative Valley dwellers are raising the proverbial bar.
From athletes and educators to artists and entrepreneurs, these superlative Valley dwellers are raising the proverbial bar.
Arizona’s cannabis equity program promised opportunity. Five years later, some winners say they got burned.
The decade that gave us the Internet, the D-backs and the greatest sustained growth spurt in city history comes back into view.
From Oktoberfest in Flag to coasting on Coronado, live your best autumn with this quintet of regional getaway schemes.
The jury has spoken! The votes have been tallied, and our fourth annual list of the Valley’s top legal eagles is a matter of record. From appellate law to criminal defense to malpractice litigation, these peer-selected attorneys will always do your case justice.
Following a humiliating 2024 election – and the even more-humiliating ouster of their new chairman this summer – Arizona Democrats look for a way to clean up the mess.
Restaurant legend Sam Fox is back with his first original, stand-alone Valley restaurant in six years. In this exclusive sneak peek, PHOENIX gets a behind-the-scenes glimpse – and taste – of Society Swan.
Snow-kissed saguaro. Javelinas trotting across asphalt. Roofers working in the dead of July. For our 15th annual showcase of reader-provided photographic art, Resilient Arizona, we showcase the most striking images of survival and endurance in our oft inhospitable state. Resilience, after all, is the Arizona way.
Pandemics, recessions, population booms, political swings and cultural shifts – these five Valley businesses have made it through it all. We tip our hats to these centenarians, each in operation for 100 or more years.
Are local museums – leery of funding cuts and conservative activism – censoring art and artists?
You know the drill! Get your oral health into gear with our exclusive list of the Valley’s most high-performing dentists. The 2025 crop includes 170 clinicians spanning 10 distinct dental specialties.
What makes a neighborhood awesome? It’s more than home values. It’s also cultural density – nearby restaurants, theaters and museums. And safety. And schools. And, since we’re talking about the Valley of the Sun, hiking and golf. And so much more. We crunched the data to offer you this: our semi-scientific ranking of the Valley’s 25 most desirable ’hoods.
Stay semi-local this summer with our quintet of fair-weather, weekend-friendly holidays – each just a state or international border away.
Long known to Arizonans as a notorious den of abuse and religious opportunism, Colorado City is leaning into its natural gifts and transforming itself into a tourist hot spot.
Explore a few of the state’s most magical wild spaces, guided by the people who know them best.