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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Feds planning nearly 25 miles of new border wall near Coronado National Forest
April 14, 2025
Environmentalists decry project in Southeastern Arizona as ‘ecological catastrophe.’
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Here’s how early voting in Arizona ended up, by the numbers
November 05, 2024
As Arizonans head to the polls across the state to cast their ballots, more than half of the votes that will determine the next president, who will control the state legislature and whether abortion will be a constitutional right in the Grand Canyon State have already been cast.
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New and upgraded health care facilities for Native Americans open in Arizona
January 02, 2024
Three new and upgraded health facilities recently opened in Arizona to provide Native Americans with better access to health care, including one on the Havasupai Tribe’s lands at the bottom of the Grand Canyon – accessible only by helicopter, mule or on foot.
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‘Scoping’ results show new Colorado River rules will face a range of demands
October 24, 2023
A new federal government report shows Colorado River states are aiming to agree on a plan to cut back on water, but remain divided about how to share the shrinking supply among tens of millions across the Southwest.
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‘Blessed to have water’: Hualapai Tribe praises historic water rights settlement
October 02, 2023
After more than a decade of negotiations, the Hualapai Tribe settled with the federal government and the state of Arizona to provide water to the tribal residents, and establish a trust fund of $312 million that can be used to develop water infrastructure on the Hualapai Nation.
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Border Patrol agents kill tribal member on Tohono O’odham Nation
May 22, 2023
Man shot at 38 times after reportedly calling BP agents for help with people crossing his property.
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The very bad math behind the Colorado River crisis
April 28, 2023
California and Arizona are currently fighting each other over water from the Colorado River, but this isn’t new – it’s actually been going on for over 100 years; at one point, the states literally went to war about it – and the problem comes down to some really bad math from 1922.
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Border towns see ‘disaster’ without federal help as end to Title 42 looms
April 27, 2023
Arizona border communities face a “humanitarian disaster” in two weeks if the federal government does not step in to help with the crush of migrants expected when Title 42 ends, officials from Pima County, Yuma and Sierra Vista told a Senate panel Wednesday.
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