1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (314+ words) Aviation marker balls don’t help with electricity flow or improve the efficiency of the power lines. But they do have a very important job....

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1045+ words) The Colorado River and its reservoirs, which supply water for about 40 million people and 30 tribes across seven states and two countries, is drying up. Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border, which has the largest storage capacity of any reservoir in…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (365+ words) The National Interagency Fire Center predicts elevated wildfire potential across much of the West and many Southeast states through August....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (624+ words) An old rodent virus has exposed a modern problem: travel moves faster than diagnosis. A rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked international concern, killed three people, and sent health officials in several countries scrambling to…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (430+ words) Amid drought and heat waves, April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months. Every state in the West is expected to face…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (458+ words) A new study suggests that two of Arizona’s most famous landmarks may be linked. When it comes to famous holes in the ground, northern Arizona has two: Grand Canyon and Barringer Meteorite Crater. “These are two iconic features of Arizona....