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Are you the ultimate railbird?
The elections are upon us, and now is your opportunity to prove to the entire Capitol community that you’re the smartest railbird around.
Nogales Shopping Trip
Nogales, Sonora, a traditional tourist attraction that draws streams of visitors from Arizona, is a city of some half a million, but was only about one-sixth that size when these... […]
The Sanitary Milk Crusade
“Local Milk Fails the Standards” announced the headline of the Bisbee Daily Review on June 18, 1914. The following day more alarming news greeted citizens as they read: “Conditions of... […]
Just call him Mac
According to Arizona State Historian Marshall Trimble, “If Arizona had a Mount Rushmore, the men on it would be Carl Hayden, Ernest McFarland, Barry Goldwater and John McCain. “ The... […]
Arizona Capitol Times earns top honors in newspaper association contest
The Arizona Capitol Times won 18 awards in the Arizona Newspaper Association 2018 Better Newspapers Contest, including placing first place in its division for general excellence, reporting and news writing excellence and community services-journalistic achievement.
The Battle of the Bicycles
America’s love affair with the bicycle began in the 1890s, and Tucson was not immune to its charms. Here Charles Frederick Miller, a member of the Tucson Ramblers cycling club,... […]
Still-Busting in Flagstaff
Ten-plus years of national Prohibition brought two groups of Flagstaff citizens together – those who made bootleg liquor and those who confiscated it. Here, members of the Flagstaff Fire Department... […]
A Voice for Giving Women a Voice
As this picture of Frances Munds clearly illustrates, she was not the kind of woman afraid of wearing a very large hat. She was also not the kind of woman... […]
Cochise County Attorney Allen R. English
Allen Robert English, born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1858, earned a law degree by age 19. His father was a well-to-do shipbuilder and his mother was from a pioneer Irish... […]
Martin Gold, Phoenix Pioneer
Some deaths mark the ending of an era. Martin Gold’s passing on July 24, 1931, symbolically closed the pioneering days of Phoenix. An immigrant from the Austro-Hungarian empire, Martin Gold... […]
McCain through one photographer’s eye
Photographer Timon Harper was listening to NewsTalk 550 KFYI one morning and heard Sen. John McCain say he was eyeing a presidential run. It was the late-1990s.
Major takeaways from last night’s primary elections
In case you missed our coverage of last night’s primary elections, here are the major takeaways.
