News & Opinion
 Alibi V.20 No.31 • Aug 4-10, 2011 
Midwives Melanie Yanke (left) and Abigail Lanin Eaves run Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center in the North Valley.

News Profile

Where Babies Come From

Midwife-run nonprofit births alternative for expectant mothers

Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center sits on a lush plot of land in the North Valley, set back from the road and abutted by agricultural plots. The sprawling center seems about as un-hospital-like as Abigail Lanin Eaves could make it.

Council Watch

Bring in the Feds

A jam-packed Council report with: APD, Darren White, electronic signs, car boots, Target and chile ristras

Answer Me This

What do you know about last week?
The canyon
Elizabeth W. Hughes

Get Out!

A Damn Grand Canyon

And Flagstaff, where the craft brew flows freely

Our travel writer escapes New Mexico’s flames and hits up Flagstaff, Ariz., where the craft brew flows freely. Then she takes in the majesty of the Grand Canyon.
Odds and Ends

Odds & Ends

Funny because it happens to someone else.