The incident is unfolding on Piestewa Peak inside the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, a short but steep summit that draws a steady stream of hikers looking for a quick workout with big views. The city ...

Cruising U.S. Route 66 in California If you’ve been driving the 2,448 miles from Chicago west to Santa Monica on the best long road trip in ...

Two men whose wives did not return from a hike in Utah’s south-central desert arrived at the trailhead Wednesday to find both women dead and a car missing, spurring a multi-state search that led ...

Fowler doesn’t waste time stopping for meals on his cactus expeditions. As dawn broke, a Grateful Dead album played quietly in the background and the men gossiped about fellow succulent lovers who’d ...

TORREY, Utah (AP) — An Iowa man faces three counts of aggravated murder in southern Utah where authorities said Thursday that ...

There are displays about the Old West, because you can’t have a roadside attraction in Arizona without paying homage to ...

The roads through the Arizona Strip are maintained by hope and occasional grading, which means conditions can vary wildly depending on when you make the trip. Summer monsoons can turn sections into ...

Route 66 became famous as the Mother Road, as John Steinbeck labeled it in his 1939 novel “Grapes of Wrath.” Also dubbed the “Main Street of America,” Route 66 served Flagstaff for 42 years before ...

Move over Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly National Monument has been home to Native American peoples for millennia. Here's how to visit for free.

Then, I thought about Kraft Mountain. I can’t remember the first time I did the loop, but I do remember the first time I ...

Tucson averaged 59.3 degrees from December 2025 through February 2026 — the National Weather Service's definition of winter for record-keeping purposes. That's 5 degrees above the normal wintertime av ...

"There's nothing to suggest they were targeted specifically," a state trooper said during a press conference. "Other than ...