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Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago7 mins

PHOENIX (AP) — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the triple digits.

For the last dozen years, the 61-year-old spent much of the year working near Pasco, Washington, sending money to his wife and daughters in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, Mexico, and traveling back every Christmas.

Amended Article 3 rules (Taking and Handling of Wildlife) to become effective Aug. 10

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago1 mins

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has completed the rulemaking process amending rules within Articles 1, 2, 3, and 6 to implement the recommendations that were proposed in the most recent Article 3, Taking and Handling of Wildlife, five-year review report.

CBP officers in Arizona seize more than half a ton of fentanyl in largest seizure in agency history

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago4 mins

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Lukeville recently seized approximately 4 million blue fentanyl pills — weighing more than 1,000 pounds — in the largest singular fentanyl seizure in CBP history.

“This is the largest fentanyl seizure in CBP’s history, and reflects our unwavering determination to protect our nation and to disrupt the criminal activities of ruthless drug cartels,”

Arizona governor negotiates pause in hauling of uranium ore across Navajo Nation

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago4 mins

PHOENIX (AP) — A uranium producer has agreed to temporarily pause the transport of the mineral through the Navajo Nation after the tribe raised concerns about the possible effects that it could have on the reservation.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday that she intervened this week after talking with Navajo President Buu Nygren

Scores of wildfires are scorching swaths of the US and Canada

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago5 mins

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Alberta and beyond,

Review proposed hunt recommendations now for 2025 turkey, bison seasons

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago1 mins

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s proposed recommendations for the 2025 fall and spring seasons for turkey and bison are available for review at www.azgfd.com/hunting/regulations/hunt-guidelines-process/.

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Amended Article 3 rules (Taking and Handling of Wildlife) to become effective Aug. 10

CBP officers in Arizona seize more than half a ton of fentanyl in largest seizure in agency history

Arizona governor negotiates pause in hauling of uranium ore across Navajo Nation

Scores of wildfires are scorching swaths of the US and Canada

Review proposed hunt recommendations now for 2025 turkey, bison seasons

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