It doesn’t take much to realize that Flagstaff embraces its love of the ponderosa pine tree. There are a number of festivals that end with the phrase “in the Pines,” ...

High on Flagstaff Mountain, a ponderosa pine had quietly succumbed during the summer of 2020, but its green needles lingered another year to blanch in the fall of 2021. The tree was now conspicuous, ...