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Parks need a shovel, lawmakers bring a broom

There are 30 state parks around Arizona. Eight of them feature historic buildings. These places are falling apart because Arizona lawmakers have routinely stripped funds from state parks budgets to help shore up the state’s budget deficit. Parks may not be the only victims in these "sweeps," but they surely are the most visible. TZR correspondent John Collins Rudolf discusses the inside story.

The scoop on Sedona’s housing crisis

TZR correspondent Cyndy Hardy spent months examining the affordable housing shortage in Arizona’s most expensive city to live in. Sedona cops, nurses and teachers – the very people who make the town tick – are living out in the sticks while the town’s part-time residents continue to build out to the Red Rock. Are residents powerless?

Backstory: Rocky Point’s pristine estuary

A Tempe-based developer plans to erect multiple condominium towers near one of Rocky Point’s rarest water bodies: Estero Morua. The estuary is home to several rare birds and an oyster co-operative run by several local women. Preservationists are trying to encourage developers for Canusa Homes to include ecotourism to preserve the area’s character.

An Arizona town trudges toward growth

Editor Adam Klawonn interviews TZR correspondent Matthew Bowman about his travels in San Manuel and what lies in store for this once proud mining town northwest of Tucson. [Hint: It involves real estate, a billion-dollar industry and an international mining conglomerate.]