Need to get away from cell phones and e-mail, and enjoy the natural beauty and company that come from a tour of small towns? If so, I recommend this road trip in Arizona and New Mexico.
Taking the U.S. 60 east from Mesa one recent Friday morning, I... Full story
After 10 years, Kartchner Caverns has become vital economic engine in southern Arizona
CHRYSTALL KANYUCK
BENSON — For Gordon Abbott and his sons, Ryan, 9, and Sean, 12, Kartchner Caverns State Park provided an eye-opening experience during a trip from Honolulu.
"I want them to take home some really special memories, and I know they will," Abbott... Full story
ELGIN — Grapes aren’t supposed to grow in the desert. But in this southern Arizona town, surrounded by endless, rolling green and amber hills, the Callaghan family is de-stemming gigantic bins of grapes that will eventually produce a... Full story
Rest _ and unrest _ on vacation in Honduras ROATAN, Honduras (AP) -- "The president's been arrested already this morning," hotel owner Jeff Kuken told my wife and me one Sunday morning in late June....
Tree-lightings, from Rock Center to The Grove NEW YORK (AP) -- This season's Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas' first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington....
Tour of Obama's NYC visits Columbia area, Harlem NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeremiah Miller calls the time Barack Obama spent in New York "the lost years," because that period from 1981 to 1985 is not as well-known as his roots in Hawaii or his recent years in Chicago. To fill in the gap, Miller offers a tour of Upper Manhattan called "Obama's New York."...