Janice Baker

Bike wheels are turning on the campus of Northern Arizona University, but not just for exercise. The eco-pedaler uses human power to charge portable electronics. Arizona Public Radio's Janice Baker reports.

The Arizona Legislature begins its new session today, .starting off with Governor Jan Brewer's State of the State Address.

The Mayan calendar ends December 21, 2012, but does that mean the world is ending?  Arizona Public Radio’s Janice Baker looks at how some are preparing for this auspicious date.

While most of us were sleeping last night, a Flagstaff man was out to break a record.

Guor Marial is a runner.  He glides around a blue turf oval track. His steps are quick and light.  His back gleams with sweat in the July morning sun. He jokes with his training partner.

“Tired…that’s life man. Yeah, that’s life,” he laughs.

“He doesn’t mind because it is part of the game,” his training partner Fidele Jefferson tells me. “ Tired and keeps going.”

A Hopi blessing…

The rapid fire of shots at neon orange clay targets attached to red ribbons…

Cheers from the crowd .... and the ribbon “shooting” is complete. 

The Northern Arizona Shooting Range opened to a happy throng of gun enthusiasts this weekend.  Many of them have waited nearly 45 years for an official place to practice their marksmanship.