New book charts Southern Arizona search-and-rescue history

On November 16, 1958, three Tucson Boy Scouts went missing in a freak snowstorm in the Santa Rita Mountains, sparking one of the largest and most famous searches in the history of southern Arizona. rice field. Charles “Butch” Farraby was a 16-year-old Eagle Scout when he joined the search for three boys, one of whom […]

Yavapai County back-country search-and-rescue volunteer in need of kidney

Prescott, Arizona — A large petition is being held on behalf of one of Yavapai County’s brightest minds. Ken Harrington said, “I never saw him run away from what he had to do.” “There are definitely people still alive because of him,” said Joshua Schmidt. The two men are talking about Scott Lee, a volunteer […]