WATCH: Take a breath at Horton Creek in Payson, Arizona
Feel like you need a break from the news? Sit back and listen to the running water on Horton Creek Trail in Payson.
Jan
2026
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RURAL ARIZONA
Dec
2025
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Arizona’s most heartwarming news stories of 2025
As the year comes to a close, let’s choose to focus on the positives, with these 12 heartwarming stories of 2025.
Nov
2025
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The human cost of Yuma’s vegetable empire
Farms in Yuma have shifted from mass-produced field crops to high-value specialty crops. That means more money, more labor, more pesticides and, according to a growing body of research, more adverse health effects among farmworkers.
Nov
2025
5
The shutdown is hurting schools whose budgets are mostly federal money
In Chinle, Arizona, financial distress caused by the government shutdown has led to the suspension of after-school programs, including some that students rely on for meals.
Oct
2025
30
Tribal farmers in Arizona confront new barriers amid federal cuts, rural policy report shows
Tribal farms in Arizona are especially vulnerable to federal cuts as they work to overcome generations of lending discrimination.
Oct
2025
24
Furloughs at Arizona’s biggest Army post mean widespread pain in Sierra Vista
With the government shutdown in its fourth week and thousands of civilian federal workers furloughed, the lunch rush at 143 Street Tacos, less than a mile from the Fort Huachuca gate, has slowed to a trickle.
Oct
2025
7
Cost, care, control: Families in rural Arizona choose midwives over hospitals
Women in rural Arizona, where obstetric care is sparse or nonexistent, have turned to home birth as a viable alternative for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.
Aug
2025
25
Medicaid cuts to bring major shifts to Arizona’s healthcare system
As over 300,000 Arizonans are set to lose health coverage over the next decade, the entire state will see a more strained health care system.
Aug
2025
21
Where to camp on the water in Arizona this fall
Crunching leaves, a roaring fire, and a cozy tent near cooling waters: the perfect way to welcome fall. Make it happen at one of these 11 campgrounds in Arizona.
Aug
2025
21
WATCH: Urban hospitals will feel more strain from Medicaid cuts
As rural hospitals face closure and funding shortages from the Trump administration's cuts to Medicaid, urban areas like Phoenix will be even more strained with a higher influx of rural patients.
