The Arizona Republic's parent company, Gannett, is starting to look like the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail, losing an arm here, a leg there --- except no one's claiming these are just flesh wounds.
On the heels of a companywide 10 percent cut in personnel last month, Gannett told it's employees last week to take a week off without pay. Today Also last week, the company announced it will close the doors at the Tucson Citizen by March unless someone buys the newspaper.
But the brain
Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe. Rock formations on the Road to Lee's Ferry, Arizona, 2008. Left inset: William Bell, 1872. Plateau North of the Colorado River near the Paria. (courtesy National Archives) Right inset: William Bell, 1872. Headlands North of the Colorado River. (courtesy National Archives)When I first heard of this exhibition, I had my doubts. Which was pretty silly of me. I mean, you can't really go wrong with the Grand Canyon. There's just no denying that it kicks butt.The concept fo
From brilliance to madness and beyond, Jacob Martinez's artistic and personal journey has taken him further than he'd ever dreamed. The fire inside now quelled by medication, the nightmare of his mental illness is over. But at what price?