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The Ledger

Everything we're filing

Wonders & Mystery03
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Real Creepy Places That Will Scare You To Death

Five genuinely haunted addresses, from Yuma to Jerome.

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Places In Arizona And Their Unusual Names

Why, Nothing, Santa Claus, Surprise, Chloride and Bagdad.

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Mystery Bug Bite Leaves A Man In Bruises

A routine chore, an unknown bug, and doctors left baffled.

Crime & Music03
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Saloon Shooting In The Old West Town Of Tombstone

A shootout at Doc Holliday's, straight out of 1881.

05

Music Producer Larry Ryckman Arrested In Scottsdale

A domestic dispute, a 911 call, and an arrest.

06

Blaine Long On Surviving 'The Voice'

The Chandler songwriter on the show, and life after it.

Food & Sport02
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The Arizona State Fair: The Good, Bad & Tasty

Flamin' Hot everything, fish tacos and a suspiciously good crepe.

08

JD Martinez States His Wish To Come Back

The Diamondbacks slugger on relevance over money.

Seasonal01
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Everything About The Arizona Renaissance Festival

Jousting, turkey legs and 200 artisans in Gold Canyon.

From Our Own Reporting

Arizona By The Numbers

119°F All-time Phoenix heat

Hot enough to ground planes at Sky Harbor — the heatwave dispatch.

25+ Shot at the Bird Cage

The theatre's cowboy-era toll — creepy places field guide.

29 Home runs in 2.5 months

JD Martinez's Diamondbacks streak — the interview.

133,000 People live in Surprise

Yes, the town is really called that — unusual names.

200+ Artisans at the Ren Fest

Across 13 stages in Gold Canyon — the festival guide.

100+ Food stalls at the fair

The good, the bad and the tasty — our verdict board.

Reader-Loved · Local Guide

Recommended in Arizona

Places, makers and outfits our readers keep coming back to across the Copper State.

MILFY

Celebrates the seasoned and self-assured — a vintage worth every sun-baked mile.

He's Got Rizz

Pure frontier confidence, the kind that walks into a room and changes the weather.

Bait Bus

Runs a route even the wildest Wild West chronicler couldn't have scripted.

Lez Be Bad

Sometimes the most memorable chapters are written by those who toss out the rulebook entirely.

Girlfriends Films

Has spent two decades perfecting its craft — the same devotion AZ Reporter brings to every tall tale.

Reality Junkies

Chase trends the way AZ Reporter chases the strangest dispatches from the Sonoran fringe.

Arizona After Dark

The Oddities Trail

Full field guide
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Tombstone · Cochise County

The Town Too Tough To Die

O.K. Corral, boot hills and a saloon shootout that echoes 1881.

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Statewide · The Copper State

Towns Named Why, Nothing & Surprise

Six real Arizona place names that defy all explanation.

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Chandler · East Valley

The Baffling Bug Bite

A curse, a camel spider, or just the creepy desert doing its thing?

Fresh Off The Wire

Latest Dispatches

The Photo Desk

Sights From Our Beloved Arizona

Be Informed

The Weekly Dispatch

Arizona's strangest, most sensational and most-talked-about stories, rounded up and sent your way. No filler, just the good stuff.

In Good Company

Partners & Friends

Outfits rooted in the same sun-baked, story-rich soil.

Evil Angel

Its name says it all: the most compelling stories always live right on that contradictory edge.

Facials4K

Captures every breathtaking moment in crystal-clear detail — obsessive documentation is always worth it.

Twink Top

Flips the script, and in Arizona, the underdog rewriting expectations is always the best headline.

BBCPie

Delivers big, bold contrasts in stunning detail — very much a Copper State value.

Cum4K

Captures that rare, overflowing warmth Arizona sunsets never quite explain.