Blue and Lisa Saiz have a lot to celebrate. Blue’s Shop is 5 years old and Lisa is 10 years cancer-free. “Every day is a surprise,” says Lisa. “We started from dirt.” Blue’s Kustoms, the custom body shop at 106 West Ash Street (Highway 60), atop a hill overlooking Globe, …
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ADHS relaunches its popular COVID-19 vaccination program
PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is proud to announce it has relaunched its lifesaving mobile COVID-19 vaccination program. This program is designed to ensure all Arizonans, anywhere in the state, still have equitable access to free COVID-19 vaccinations by bringing a vaccine clinic to any community …
Read More »Fire in Peridot destroys homes, burns over 1100 acres
The Watch Fire was initially reported around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10th. By Thursday morning, people were “aware of the fire in the river bottom”, but it seemed no more than a brush fire and one that seemed to move “east into the hills across the river,” so few …
Read More »Two Wheels or a Mule Named Buford
There once was a lady by the name of Anne Mustoe, who lived in Southwold, a small town on the coast of England—also the home of the crime writer P.D. James, and you might know it as the location of the British drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Miss Mustoe was born in …
Read More »Confluence: How the love of rivers brought a local couple together
She fell in love with his sense of humor. He loves how she loves what he loves. “I’m blessed that she loves history so much,” he says. “He makes it so relatable,” she replies. They both love roads and maps. Twice retired, they explore the countryside, looking for hidden pieces …
Read More »Resolutions for Realists
I was today years old when I finally learned where the name of the month of January comes from. January, it seems, was named after the Roman god Janus, god of beginnings and transitions. Janus was supposed to have two faces, one facing forward and one facing backward, so he …
Read More »Pilates and Scar Tissue Release bring renewed mobility
“I want to stay as active as long as I can as I age,” says Jennifer Kinnard, certified Pilates instructor and owner of Dominion Pilates at 996 N. Broad Street. As a child, Jennifer participated in dance – pointe ballet. As a teenager, cheer and pom. She was barely 50 …
Read More »Miami couple seeks to establish pro-LGBTQ+ nonprofit
The Copper Corridor has a significant population of LGBTQ+ residents, although members of that segment of the community remain largely anonymous out of fear, given the current political climate in the United States. Two Miami men want to help change that. They are working to establish a local chapter of …
Read More »Age Is Just a Number: Crossfit Legends Are Senior Superstars
If you’ve heard of Crossfit, you most likely associate it with a bunch of fitness-crazed twenty- and thirty-somethings who drag themselves out of bed every morning to do a flurry of burpees, pull-ups, and kettlebell swings. You may be shocked to discover there’s an equally fanatical group of local Crossfit …
Read More »As Mrs. Arizona, she works to support maternal mental health
Carolyn Larsen, 33, is married, with two children and three college degrees and this month she’ll represent the state of Arizona in the Mrs. International pageant in Kingsport, Tennessee. “Who couldn’t use a little more poise and grace?” she says, in response to why she decided to do it. “You …
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