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You can’t drive anything too ordinary on the roads in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley without feeling like you’re blending into beige. Luxury cars feel like part of the Arizona lifestyle—just like poolside margaritas and triple-digit forecasts. But let’s be honest: driving something high-end here takes a little more effort than keeping it waxed and gassed up. Arizona isn’t exactly gentle on vehicles, especially the ones with sensitive sensors and handcrafted leather interiors.

Meet Biscuit, an adorable 11-week-old female cattle dog mix looking for her forever home at the Arizona Humane Society. This sweet pup is part of a litter of five that was rescued through AHS' Project Reachout Program from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.

After her initial exam at the AHS mobile clinic, Biscuit tested positive for tick fever and went to a loving foster home to recover and gain weight alongside her siblings. According to her foster family, Biscuit is full of playful energy and enjoys interacting with both her littermates and humans.

Despite her early health challenges, this...

As the shelter that cares for the Valley’s sick, injured and abused pets, the Arizona Humane Society is particularly facing challenges in its trauma and intensive care areas as more pets in need of medical care come through its doors each day. Additionally, many large breed dogs have been available and looking for their forever homes but unfortunately are sitting on the adoption floor for much longer than anticipated once medically cleared.

One such pet in particular who has been patiently waiting for his forever home is adorable Brutus, who has been receiving care at AHS for more than...

When someone you love is dying, the last thing you want is to feel lost in paperwork, medical jargon, and sales pitches from people who should be focused on compassion. Hospice isn’t just a medical service—it’s a deeply personal chapter. And in Arizona, where families often live far apart and aging parents are sometimes left to weather their final days without nearby relatives, picking the right provider matters more than most people realize. There’s no rewind button on end-of-life care. Once you start down this road, you want to know you chose a team that respects the person you love as more than just a patient in a bed.