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(Still) ‘Enough Rope’: My Favorite Plane Crash …By Bill Davis

by stiles • August 1, 2021 • 2 Comments

A print from Tom Arnold of his Sept. 4, 1985 emergency landing about five miles north of the Hans Flat Ranger Station near the Maze. The engine failed while Tom was on his way to pick up some river trip passenger.

One of the truisms of life as a reporter, especially in a small town, is one always had to have access to motorized transportation. There was no predicting when or where a news event would take place, and, especially if…

‘THE NINE(TEEN) LIVES of TOM WESSON’ …by Jim Stiles

by stiles • August 4, 2017 • 1 Comment

The phone rang. I looked at the ID and saw it was Wesson again. We’d spent most of the last two hours on the phone, though it was, by necessity, a one sided conversation. He talked and I scribbled furiously.…