February 5, 2021

Local

Visitors Asked to Help Prevent Damage to Roads and Trails after Wet Weather

The Prescott National Forest (Prescott NF) asks our visitors to help prevent damage to roads and trails.  Recent snow events are advantageous for vegetation health, fuel moisture, and wildlife habitat. It is also allowing the much-needed recharge of soil moisture.  However, these super saturated soils are extremely sensitive at this time and vulnerable to irreversible

Opinion

Opinion: Social Media and the Mob Factor

Social media has an unimagined, unequaled, uncontrollable, and unpredictable ability to mobilize groups of people for antisocial action; to take a sliver of society and turn it into a mob. Last month this new force in society was on display, from mobilizing anti-vaxxers in Los Angeles to the U.S. Capitol riot, resulting in five deaths,

Emergency Services

Structure Fire Cedarwood Dr at 6:45 am Feb.4, 2021

At about 6:45AM on Thursday, February 4th, Prescott Regional Communications Center received a call from the residence stating they had a fire in their house. Initial reports were that the wall was hot and they could smell smoke. A second call to the Dispatch Center from a neighbor confirmed there was smoke coming from the

Movies

On the Debased State of Popular Culture

Have you noticed that pop culture has been steadily deteriorating and regressing? Have you observed that Hollywood movies, TV shows, and the entertainment industry, in general, have been stagnant for ages, with only box office goals and sociopolitical agendas powering the creative process? Have you felt that creativity has died, and that the same generic,

Ken Lain - The Mountain Gardener

9 Evergreen Shrubs Planted in February for Small Gardens

When you think of small evergreen shrubs, do you have an image in your mind of small, rather uninteresting lumps of green dotting the yard? Well, you shouldn’t. There are plenty of lush bushes that are colorful and interesting. It’s just a matter of knowing which grows best in the mountains of Arizona. My list

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