Dust storm detector will alert drivers to freeway hazards
PHOENIX – State safety and transportation officials are developing a detection system to warn motorists if dangerous dust storms are in the area.
Innovative farming: Harvesting exotic plants in the Southwest
SCOTTSDALE - Glacier lettuce. Thai Lavender Frog Egg Eggplant. Tigerella Tomato. The rare plants are among those grown at Brother Nature Farms in Scottsdale.
Florence prisoners rehabilitate their futures by training wild horses, burros
FLORENCE – It’s almost eight in the morning on an icy cold and windy day in Florence.
New questions on Arizona driver’s test promote safety at traffic stops
PHOENIX - Arizonans taking the driver’s test this spring will answer questions about how to behave during routine traffic stops in a move to improve safety for drivers and law-enforcement officers.
Be cool. Or turn up the temperature of this climate-controlled office chair in REI warehouse
(Photo by Megan Bridgeman/Cronkite News) GOODYEAR – A climate-controlled office chair for workers, a rooftop solar-power array and an air-conditioning system that saves one million gallons of water per year are some environmentally savvy methods at REI’s Goodyear warehouse, its leaders said.
Program helps Latinos diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
PHOENIX – Hispanics suffer from Parkinson’s disease at twice the rate of other ethnic minorities, likely due to environmental factors such as prolonged exposure to herbicides and insecticides or to metals such as copper, manganese and lead, according to a report from Washington University in St. Louis.
