Roses are red, violets are blue, Arizona is dry, what’s a gardener to do? Learning about xeriscaping is a good place to start. It’s a type of gardening that comes from the heart — of the Southwest that is. Xeriscaping is...

Erinanne Saffell, director of the Arizona State Climate Office, discussed the record-breaking heat that engulfed the Southwest this summer, as well as the relative lack of precipitation, during a monthly webinar on Thursday, Aug. 17. “Most locations in Arizona had...

The intense drought of the last two years is taking a toll on the region’s drought-adapted native trees and bushes. Jeff Schalau, Yavapai County director for the University of Arizona’s Cooperative Extension, said the county’s master gardener office has fielded...

The city of Sedona is asking the community to help it out — from the comfort of their own homes. The city is in the process of creating its first Climate Action Plan. As part of it, the city asks...

Following nearly two and a half hours of discussion during the Tuesday, March 10 Sedona City Council meeting, the council decided that no vote be taken in regard to the city joining the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate...