Arizona hiker Hannah Moody, who went missing, has been discovered deceased in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Missing Hiker Found Dead in Arizona Desert Authorities have confirmed that the woman who vanished while hiking in the Arizona Desert has been found deceased following an extensive search. The body of 31-year-old Hanna Moody was discovered on Thursday near a parking area at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, as reported by the Scottsdale Police Department. […]
Somersaulting Over Sonoran Hot Dogs

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The human capacity for inconsistency, contradiction, hypocrisy, double standards, and cognitive dissonance fascinates me—especially my own large capacity for such intellectual somersaults. Somersaults were on display in a recent news story in the Arizona Daily Star. The story was about “Sonoran hot dog king” Daniel Contreras being in intensive care […]
Recreational shooting in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert monument to be greatly reduced

The federal Bureau of Land Management is considering significantly reducing the area where recreational shooting is allowed in Arizona's Sonoran Desert National Monument. The agency announced Friday that an amendment to the resource management plan would allow shooting on 5,295 acres of the monument and prohibit shooting on the remaining 480,496 acres. Target shooting is […]