Ajo, Arizona (pronounced AH-ho) is a tiny town in the Sonoran Desert, far from everywhere. Ajo thrived as a copper mining town for most of the 20th century.

The high school, which opened in 1956, and the elementary school, which opened 35 years later, are new by Ajo standards. They replaced the old Curley School, which was built in 1919 for Ajo’s ...

AJO, Ariz. – After monsoon storms rolled through Southern Arizona, residents in Ajo are cleaning up the mess it left behind. The historic Curley School, which is now a residence, had its roof ...