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What is it like to be a meteorologist in Phoenix during climate change?

102

What is there to know about Arizona scorpions?

103

Why is the national media obsessed with Arizona?

104

How to celebrate Dia de los Muertos respectfully

105

Is the Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee really haunted?

106

Will the Arizona Cardinals ever be good?

107

What happened to the Arizona Coyotes?

108

Where in Arizona has the best Mexican food?

109

What is Bethany Home Road named after?

110

What happened to Phoenix's Trotting Park?

111

How hard is it for Arizonans to survive the heat?

112

Producer Kaely Monahan is signing off

113

No Arizona summer is complete without....

114

Arizona's Paleolithic history is just 45 minutes from Phoenix in the Great Bend of the Gila

115

Can Arizona's power grid sustain our future?

116

How many 'childless cat ladies' live in Arizona?

117

Where does Arizona's political extremism come from?

118

The efforts to grow the film industry in Arizona

119

Should Arizona be using its limited water on growing weed?

120

Is Arizona's Black history being erased?

121

Should all fireworks be legal in Arizona?

122

Calling all dog lovers! Find out how to prep your pooch to hit the trails with you.

123

Arizona can be weird. Here's 3 things you might not know about the Grand Canyon State

124

How heat domes help generate Arizona's monsoons

125

An ode to Arizona columnist Clay Thompson, the original Valley 101 respondent

126

Where to cool off this Memorial Day

127

Protect your home from wildfires with these practical and affordable tips

128

Tell us your Arizona 5 C's stories

129

What kind of bees are in Arizona? More than 1,300 types. Here's why

130

Why doesn't Phoenix have a Disneyland?

131

What can I recycle in metro Phoenix? Depends on where you live.

132

Cine Capri was an iconic movie experience in Phoenix, so what happened?

133

Are my solar eclipse glasses legit?

134

How an elaborate student prank over land fooled UA Wildcats

135

Meet Sedona Schnebly, namesake of Arizona's red rock city

136

Meet the 'mother of bilingual education,' Maria Urquides

137

Meet Arizona's grandmother of women's sports, Ina Gittings

138

Arizona HERstory's Annie Watkins, a Flagstaff woman who helped African Americans vote

139

How Black activist, Lincoln Ragsdale Sr., revolutionized Phoenix

140

The legend of Winnie Ruth Judd, Phoenix's 'Trunk Murderess'

141

Why would Pluto become Arizona's official state planet?

142

How to eat cactus

143

El Jefe isn't the only famous Arizona cat. We explore 'celebri-kitties'

144

Why is the city named Phoenix?

145

Why Mesa has a special connection to Martin Luther King Day

146

Before light rail, trolley cars ran on Phoenix streets. What happened and where are they?

147

Happy New Year from Valley 101!

148

Happy Holidays from Valley 101!

149

The best songs to get you in the holiday mood

150

How Phoenix Latinos are represented in the local music scene

151

Valley 101 journeys to Lazy B Ranch to see where Sandra Day O'Connor grew up

152

Where to go to eat and drink your way through Arizona history

153

Did you know that turkeys have beards? Find out the answer to that and more in our Turkey Day episode

154

The history and status of opera in Arizona

155

Welcome to donkey race country. Inside this tiny Arizona mining town's annual tradition

156

Why doesn't Arizona turn back their clock for Daylight Saving Time

157

The lore behind Tucson's El Tiradito

158

Horrifically haunting ghost stories to make you lose your head

159

Haunted hotels and creepy campsites. Listen to these terrifying Arizona ghost stories

160

6 scary stories every Arizonan should know from a haunted movie set to a ghostly ballerina

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Where to see fall colors in Arizona

162

Is there a connection between heat and crime?

163

What is the history behind "Sonoran sushi"?

164

How did Arizona have two Governors in the same term?

165

Our 10 favorite road trips to escape Phoenix heat, from Bisbee to Flagstaff

166

Meet Kenny Dillingham, one of the youngest coaches in college football

167

Is there a new theory in the Don Bolles case?

168

Examining the movie theatre industry in Arizona after the pandemic

169

Did the "Meg" swim in Arizona's prehistoric waters?

170

Think you know Arizona? Think again and consider these 3 things you probably don't know about the Grand Canyon State

171

Are monsoons good or bad?

172

It might be too hot to fly planes: why?

173

The Corbin Carroll Effect: Looking at the 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks' season

174

The farmers behind Chris Bianco's famous pizza

175

The good and the bad of Ozempic and other semaglutide drugs

176

Hot news: How Arizona ended up supplying most of the nation's chili pepper seeds

177

How many saguaro cactuses grow in the Valley?

178

The Lab on Valley 101: What is genetic testing?

179

5 of the best places to beat the Arizona heat this summer

180

Arizona got a lot of rain and snow. Was it enough to ease the drought?

181

From Washington to Roosevelt: Why the streets in downtown Phoenix are named after US Presidents

182

What is Paolo Soleri's Arcosanti? Take an audio tour of the architectural gem in Arizona

183

What's happening to Fiesta and Metrocenter malls?

184

He was Phoenix's first Black councilmember and a lifelong educator. Meet Morrison Warren

185

Phoenix City Council makes history with 2 Black leaders

186

Where are the best places to see wildflowers?

187

Is there a Lost Dutchman Mine?

188

Arizona HERstory: Meet Sister Clare Dunn, the nun who served in the state Legislature

189

Arizona HERstory: Meet Mary Jane Colter, Grand Canyon architectural pioneer

190

Arizona HERstory: Meet Pearl Hart, the 'Bandit Queen'

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Arizona HERstory: Meet Ayra Hackett, community leader and Black publisher

192

Did Arizona make money on hosting the Super Bowl?

193

What animals native to Arizona are endangered?

194

A Valentine from us to you – How Arizona became a state

195

Where to go bird-watching in the Valley

196

Some say it's time for the Chiefs to change

197

Where are the best wings in the Valley?

198

Why is the sun so much brighter in winter?

199

What happens when there's a new governor?

200

How to protect your plants during Phoenix winters