HistoryPhoenix Files: Haul of Fame
Arguably Arizona’s most recognizable corporate brand, U-Haul celebrated its 80th year of DIY trailer and truck rental by moving to new headquarters on Central Avenue.
Arguably Arizona’s most recognizable corporate brand, U-Haul celebrated its 80th year of DIY trailer and truck rental by moving to new headquarters on Central Avenue.
With past ills in mind, a new initiative blends stable housing with hands-on support for Arizonans with mental-health difficulties.
ClipDart founder Kyle Parker is spearheading the fight against hair-care inequity in Phoenix and beyond.
Morgan Andersen set out to be a computer programmer. “Then I started doing theater in college,” she says, “and I fell in love with it. I switched my major and got an MFA in costume design instead.”
Buyouts and retirements are gutting local journalism’s old guard, reshaping Arizona’s media voice.
With strong bookstores, digital tools and fewer distractions, the Valley is proving fertile ground for storytelling.
“The Pied Piper of Tucson” induced acolytes to assist in a brutal murder that ultimately led to him killing two more teenage girls in crimes that shocked the nation.
Autumn is the season for apparitions, but some “ghosts” stay with us year-round thanks to historical buildings.
The new $60-million Shade Phoenix Plan takes on deadly temperature disparities with trees, structures and art installations.
A decade after Mike Spangenberg and Nicholas Polando founded the Chandler T-shirt company, State Forty Eight has become synonymous with all things local.
As the first female mayor of Phoenix, Margaret T. Hance reshaped the Valley’s transportation landscape and forged the municipal park system, including the park that bears her name today.
New theories have refocused attention on the 1956 tragic midair collision over the Grand Canyon that forever changed commercial aviation.
Arizona utilities are winding up for more nuclear power, but energy-hungry tech companies have grander plans: private mini-reactors beyond regulatory reach.
Tapping country’s return to story-telling, a new coalition believes Phoenix can take on Nashville.
Candace Devine’s Pure Imagination Festival brings big sounds to a small town.