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Beetles vs. birds: What happens when fighting nature with nature backfires?

COTTONWOOD – Beetles used in a biological control program from nearly two decades ago continue to threaten nesting habitat for the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher.


Native Americans hope to protect ancestral sites threatened by multibillion-dollar copper mine

TONTO NATIONAL FOREST – In the wake of the Oak Flat protests, Resolution Copper funds a program in which Native Americans record culturally significant sites with an uncertain future.


Supervisors reject request to extend poll hours in Maricopa County because of computer delays

State and county election officials asked that polling hours be extended past 7 p.m. because of technical problems at more than 60 polling locations but the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors said extended hours would be too confusing for voters in Tuesday’s primary election.

Two voters walking into library to place their votes

Election Day: Computer problems at polls vex voters in Maricopa County

Voters and local media report technical problems with computers in Arizona’s largest county as polls opened across the state Tuesday in the primary election.

A man walks through the glass door of the Desert Rose Community Room of The Citadel Senior Living Community in Mesa.