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Report: Southeast Arizona coal-fired power plant has grown inefficient
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (279+ words) A coalition of three Arizona utility companies has elected to stop burning coal at the Springerville Generating Station in southeast Arizona. The coal-fired power plant is transitioning to natural gas, despite scientists warning against relying on gas as a long-term…...
100 years later, travelers still 'get their kicks' on Route 66
1+ week, 5+ day ago (372+ words) In 1926, U.S. Route 66 was just a road connecting the country's midsection to the West Coast, but it soon came to symbolize pursuit of the American dream. One hundred years later, communities along the highway are planning centennial celebrations, including Albuquerque. Sometimes…...
Endangered squirrel clings to life high atop Arizona mountain
2+ week, 2+ day ago (788+ words) In 2017, a wildfire raged across a drought-sick mountain in Southern Arizona and nearly wiped out a subspecies of red squirrel found nowhere else on the planet. In the aftermath of the Frye Fire " which destroyed a large swath of forest…...
Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (80+ words) Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money'krwg.org Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money Lauren-Brooke Eisen, senior director of the Brennan Center's justice program, joins host Robin Young to talk about…...
New Mexico sees mixed data on self-harm deaths
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (324+ words) Expanded access to treatment, home services and statewide community-based prevention helped reduce overdose and suicide deaths in New Mexico over a two-year period but fatal overdose counts began to rise again in 2025. January is Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, meant…...
Local groundwater management is key to mitigate climate change, says New Mexico scientist
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (119+ words) Local groundwater management is key to mitigate climate change, says New Mexico scientist'krwg.org Susan Mor'e talks to Gretel Follingstad, senior manager of Climate Resilient Water Systems Program for the Environmental Defense Fund about a recently published groundwater report. Here…...
July 4 wildfire in Grand Canyon still burning, questions about response still unanswered
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (747+ words) The Grand Canyon's remote North Rim seems like a world away from its more famous South Rim, only a sliver of the nearly five million people who visit the national park each year make it here. At 8,000 feet above sea…...
Arizona woman to serve 8 years for identity theft scheme benefiting North Korea
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (615+ words) An Arizona woman was sentenced to prison on Thursday for her role in a $17 million scam that helped North Koreans steal Americans' identities and use them to land remote IT jobs at hundreds of U.S. companies. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss…...