Científicos de ambos lados de la frontera trabajan para entender cómo la barrera está afectando a la biodiversidad de la zona. Mientras tanto, las comunidades intentan mantener con vida a los animales que se han quedado sin acceso al agua. Read more»
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Tribal, state and federal leaders gathered in Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Community, to celebrate the grand opening of the new Gila River Police Department. Read more»
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert eked out a win in 2022 by just 3,000 votes. With abortion likely on the ballot in November, Democrats are confident they can flip the Phoenix-area district this time around, and a half dozen have lined up to try. Read more»
Gov. Katie Hobbs and GOP legislative leaders are teaming up to request that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes cough up their legal fees for a lawsuit she launched and recently lost over how the state’s share of a national opioid settlement should be spent. Read more»
Three of the Arizona Republicans indicted as “fake electors” for their roles in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election will serve as delegates at the Republican National Convention in July. And they are defiant. Read more»
Arizona’s city leaders say they’re doing all they can to fend off anxiety about an uncertain future for water supply, and instead of paying for small tweaks, many are thinking bigger, putting multimillion dollar checks towards infrastructure projects aimed at keeping taps flowing for decades. Read more»
If there’s one week of the year that keeps animal shelter staff and leadership up at night, it’s the week after the Fourth of July. Read more»
(From the archive) • Increasing evidence reveals that reasons far from supernatural contributed to the tragic deaths of 19 of the 20 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Dispatch logs show the wildland firefighting crew should not have been deployed to fight the Yarnell Hill Fire. Read more»
(From the archive) • The Prescott Fire Department identified Monday afternoon the 19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots killed Sunday while fighting the Yarnell Hill wildfire. (with time-lapse video of the fire) Read more»
(From the archive) • In the aftermath of the deadliest event for wildfire-fighters in modern history, here is what I don't want: Cheap sentimentalizing and cynical religiosity from politicians who are otherwise hostile to public employees, adequate government budgets and sensible land-use policies. Unless these issues are discussed seriously and intelligent responses made, then the butcher's bill for fire fatalities will keep growing. Read more»
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff through sunset on Sunday, June 30, to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire. Read more»
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover condemned the Supreme Court's ruling criminalizing sleeping outside in a statement Friday, saying in a statement: “While the Supreme Court might tolerate cruelty, our community does not.” Read more»
Three migrants were found dead by U.S. Border Patrol agents on Wednesday afternoon in the desert west of Ajo, Ariz., officials said. Read more»
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected former Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s emergency appeal to avoid reporting for his four-month prison sentence on July 1, after Peter Navarro lost a similar emergency appeal at the high court in March. Read more»
The Arizona Court of Appeals partially enjoined a voter-backed campaign spending law, ruling in favor of state lawmakers challenging its constitutionality, who say the Voters' Right to Know Act takes rulemaking authority away from the Legislature. Read more»
The Arizona Supreme Court sided with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Resolution Copper to allow the discharge of treated wastewater from potential future mining operations into Queen Creek. Read more»
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