After 11 years of having a small drive-up eatery, PepperJacks of Chino Valley has moved down Highway 89 in front of Days Inn, and owner Lyndell Browder has expanded the size of the restaurant and menu. PepperJacks continues to offer drive-up service, but now has an attractive covered patio as well as seating inside. The restaurant has a number of hamburger options, but also offers much more, with tacos, chicken sandwiches, chicken strips, chicken salads and many side dishes. For breakfast, … [Read more...] about PepperJacks Expands in Chino Valley
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Mountain Artists Guild Celebrates 75 Years: Supporting Local Artists and Arts with Gala Reception, Fundraiser
Since its founding on Oct. 28, 1949, the Mountain Artists Guild (The Guild) has been instrumental in supporting Prescott artists and helping them improve their skills. Well known for the role it played in George Phippen’s art career (The Phippen Museum), The Guild became a creative arts and social hub, shaping Prescott as a cultural and visual arts center. “George Phippen, as one of the original founders of The Guild, and countless others in the past 75 years, have honed their skills through … [Read more...] about Mountain Artists Guild Celebrates 75 Years: Supporting Local Artists and Arts with Gala Reception, Fundraiser
Prescott Artists Paint with Grand Inspiration
Proving once again that the Grand Canyon is the perfect place for artists to come and fill their canvases with the inspirational colors, shapes and shadows of this world wonder, Grand Canyon Conservancy (GCC), the nonprofit to the Grand Canyon National Park Service, hosted its 16th Celebration of Art fundraiser (COA) in September. Twenty-three artists from all over the Southwest, Oregon and New York spent 10 days painting from various points along the rim of the Grand Canyon. “This is my … [Read more...] about Prescott Artists Paint with Grand Inspiration
Quad Cities Classrooms Receive Supply Kits, Funds from Findlay Subaru
As part of the Subaru Loves Learning initiative in collaboration with AdoptAClassroom.org, Findlay Subaru Prescott is surprising students in the Quad Cities with school supplies and more. Twenty-five teachers and their classrooms in Yavapai County have received kits and $500 grants to purchase additional needed supplies. The funding will allow teachers to determine what supplies they need the most. In a news release, Findlay Subaru stated that the company believes all students deserve … [Read more...] about Quad Cities Classrooms Receive Supply Kits, Funds from Findlay Subaru
Flag Store’s Main Product Revered, Never Out of Style
Robert Newman has the kind of store that attracts vexillologists, that is, people who study flags. It also appeals to just good, patriotic Prescottonians and Americans. Newman owns Flags Galore and More just off State Route 69 at Diamond Drive in between Prescott and Prescott Valley. The store sells flags of all stars, stripes and colors: American, Arizona, other states and nations, military branches and sports teams. A 3-by-5-foot polyester American flag, made in the United States, costs … [Read more...] about Flag Store’s Main Product Revered, Never Out of Style
Kahtoola Celebrates 25 Years of Adventure
Whether scaling an icy spire, hiking in a snowstorm or running into a grocery store on a wintry Flagstaff day, Kahtoola has been providing packable traction of varying degrees to help outdoor enthusiasts stick their steps. The Flagstaff-based company, famous for MICROspikes and known worldwide for its “stretch-on traction” products, is marking 25 years in business and founder/inventor Danny Giovale is every bit as excited as the day he saw his KTS Hiking Crampons displayed in Mountain Sports. … [Read more...] about Kahtoola Celebrates 25 Years of Adventure
Puzzle Rides Turns Sightseers into Wild West Crime Solvers and Pirates
What began as a golf cart taxi service that merely broke even has evolved into an award-winning and profitable guided tour adventure that invites Wild West bank robbers, pirates and ghosts along for the journey. And this has Puzzle Rides founder Katie Dufort thrilled. On Friday, Aug. 2, Dufort won the grand prize of $10,000 in the statewide Moonshot Rural Pitch Tour Competition in Cottonwood. She says the award will help her expand the hours of current staff members and hire more tour guides at … [Read more...] about Puzzle Rides Turns Sightseers into Wild West Crime Solvers and Pirates
Meandering with Music
Julie Sullivan Brace is accustomed to wearing many hats. After 46 years as a highly successful art director and graphic designer, including 35 years in Northern Arizona, she is slowly and joyfully easing into retirement from her Shine Creative Industries design and marketing firm, as she builds a new venture, the Musical Meanderings Series, an extension of her Roots and Boots Music Camp (RBMC), started in 2019 and inspired by the bluegrass tradition. This musical move is not a big stretch, as … [Read more...] about Meandering with Music
Rock Your Bath
What began as a dream in the midst of a global pandemic has meta-morphed into business success for Sheon Paige, a Phoenix-area entrepreneur who turned her passion for creativity, relaxation and the Arizona landscape into bath bomb geodes. Paige, who launched Smell ‘N Bomb in July 2020, had been running a direct marketing company for four years when she realized that her true calling was elsewhere. “I loved being a business owner and leader, but I knew marketing wasn’t my passion. I prayed for … [Read more...] about Rock Your Bath
Darlene Packard Honored for Her Commitment, Accomplishments
Darlene Packard, the 2024 recipient of the Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce Heritage Award, credits the difficulties she has had to overcome from birth for the person she is today. The Heritage Award honors individuals whose accomplishments and commitment to Arizona are recognized not only in Arizona but also nationally. Born into a military family in Dunkirk, New York (her father was a WWII and Korean War veteran), Packard underwent four surgeries to repair a cleft palate and was left with … [Read more...] about Darlene Packard Honored for Her Commitment, Accomplishments