Lost Indigenous settlements described by Jamestown John Smith finally found
Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by John Smith.
Mockingbird “A Song Is Born” (1948)
A Song Is Born (Film/Music): The Golden Gate Quartet performed “The Mocking Bird” in this musical comedy starring Danny Kaye, released in late 1948.
Flagstaff Wins Dark Sky Place of the Year Award
The City of Flagstaff has been awarded the prestigious Dark Sky Place of the Year award from DarkSky International.
Family Discovers Possible Shakespeare Portrait Hanging in Their Living Room – PBS
The portrait hung above the Wadlow family’s television set for 50 years.
The official 2025 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree stops in Flagstaff on the way to D.C.
Coconino County is purchasing a new mobile library to reach the farthest edges of what is one of the largest counties in the United States.
How Soil Microbes Help Us Fight Climate Change
Caltech graduate student Hannah Dion-
Kirschner studies microbes in soil that eat methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Polish museum invites Robert De Niro to view portrait of lookalike 17th-century “ancestor”
The museum’s director, Piotr Oszczanowski, noted that Vogt and De Niro have “a few distinctive features in common” – and even “the same twinkle in their eyes”.