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In honor of Arizona's birthday on Feb. 14, revisit some wholesome KJZZ stories about the state.
THE PEOPLE
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Did you know The Gorilla was born by accident? It started with a singing telegram that was supposed to be delivered to a fan at a Phoenix Suns game.
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When thinking of music composers, Beethoven and Mozart can come to mind, maybe even John Philip Sousa — for the brass fans out there.
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Tom Myers has been called Mr. Grand Canyon. Not only is he an avid hiker and explorer in the canyon, he’s also the authority on canyon wilderness medicine.
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Jeremy Duda is a native Arizonan, self-proclaimed history nerd and reporter for Axios Phoenix. He created the ultimate bracket and reveals the winner.
THE PLACES
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The metro Phoenix has a rich history of architects and architecture — despite its tendency to tear things down. Here’s a quick cheat sheet to spot some iconic designs (before they disappear).
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Next year, cities and towns across the country including here in northern Arizona will mark the 100th birthday of one of America’s most iconic highways, Route 66.
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Through our Q&AZ reporting project, we received a question about a small southern Arizona community with a peculiar name. We applied the 5 W’s to try to find out: Why is Why named Why?
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About a mile from the Superstition Mountain sits a white, wooden chapel with a unique connection to the "King of Rock 'n' Roll."
THE HISTORY
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As the school year draws to a close, a class of fourth-graders at Capitol Elementary School in Phoenix listened to a unique storytime.
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A family has celebrated Día de los Muertos in Phoenix for about 45 years. Their event, known as MIKIZTLI, honors the Indigenous roots of the holiday.
THE BEAUTY
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Every year, more than 5 million people trek to Grand Canyon National Park for a spectacular view. But once you venture down one of its steep trails, you start to enter another world. And like anywhere that’s hard to reach, the Grand Canyon’s backcountry is rich with stories. In "Below The Rim," we tell you a few of them.
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It’s been a bit of an odd year for wildflowers in the Sonoran Desert. From an onslaught of unexpected rain, to late-season freezes, to a few, brief spikes into the 80s. The Show hit the trail with Melanie Tluczek to find out what to expect.
THE MYSTERY
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If you've lived in Arizona for a while, you've probably heard about a roadside holiday tradition that went on — secretly — for decades. It became lovingly known as the I-17 Mystery Tree.
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The Show host Sam Dingman was stopped in his tracks by a song from Palmyra, that reminded him of his new home and a trip he took.
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