Last week, Northern Arizona University announced the creation of NAU Health, an innovative initiative aimed at improving health outcomes for all Arizonans, particularly those in rural, Indigenous, and underserved communities. At the center of this initiative is the creation of a distinctive new College of Medicine that will focus on educating primary healthcare providers who...
Read MoreYou are invited to join the Chandler SCHEELS as they celebrate the Grand Opening of their new Arizona location. Community partners such as the Arizona Cardinals and the ASU Sun Devils, will be alongside to join in the celebration. Festivities will begin at 7:00am in the parking lot west of the front entrance with...
Read MoreWith threats of government shutdowns looming, the state of Arizona has announced they plan to keep the national parks open if a federal government shutdown happens. The economic impact of national parks is vitally important to the state Arizona and leaders have prioritized to invest state funds to keep the parks open. The government...
Read MoreIf you’ve recently driven along Interstate 17 north of the Phoenix metro area, you’ve seen the commotion of Photo: ADOT construction activity, along with the definite progress, as the I-17 Improvement Project moves toward a safer and more efficient corridor for all travelers. Tuesday marks one year since major construction work began to add new general...
Read More((PPhoto Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber) After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth. It landed at 8:52 a.m. MDT (10:52 a.m. EDT) on Sunday, in a targeted area of...
Read MoreThe Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has released the Final 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan that provides a blueprint and vision for the state’s transportation system over the next 25 years. The plan, which is not project-specific, sets transportation investment priorities for ADOT and partner agencies based on anticipated future revenues and costs for improvements. ADOT...
Read MoreThe National Park Service is announcing the expected Transcanyon Waterline construction-related closures to Grand Canyon National Park trail and campground areas today. Expected visitor use area closures include: Rim Trail in front of Bright Angel Lodge with a detour going around the Lodge: Nov. 16, 2023-April 4, 2024 Plateau Point Trail from the Tonto...
Read MoreTransportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport prevented a flight attendant from boarding a plane with a loaded .380 caliber handgun on Friday, Sept. 15, two weeks after they prevented a man who worked at one of the airport retail concession shops from bringing his loaded handgun through the security checkpoint. Both individuals were...
Read MoreThe Department of the Interior announced last week more than $40.6 million in grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 10 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands to support land acquisition and conservation planning projects on over 7,200 acres of habitat for 65 listed and at-risk species through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF)....
Read MoreThis story is what nightmares are made of. On Tuesday, an Arizona homeowners stumbled across what he thought was were three rattlesnakes in his Mesa garage. A snake removal company was called to safely remove the venomous creatures. But what Rattlesnake Solutions snake wrangler Marissa Maki found was quite shocking. In the man’s garage...
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