Visitors to Arizona's White Mountains are often surprised to learn that Pinetop and Lakeside were once separate towns. Today, however, most residents think of them as a single mountain community: Pinetop-Lakeside.

The neighboring communities officially merged in 1984, creating the Town of Pinetop-Lakeside. More than four decades later, the …

Under the Dark Skies of Arizona’s White Mountains

There are still places in America where the night sky remains untouched. Not dimmed by city glow. Not washed out by development. Not reduced to a handful of visible stars fighting through haze and electric light.

Here in Arizona’s White Mountains, at …