A proposed national monument in Arizona impacts Utah ranchers, energy
Nick Proctor walking in the Colt Mesa area of Old Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Friday, May 14, 2021. The land pictured across the dirt road is part of a national monument. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News The possibility of designating 1.1 million acres of land in northern Arizona as a monument is being explored […]
College Skirts Affirmative Action Ban With Essay Prompt Asking Applicants How SCOTUS Ruling Impacts Them
A private university in New York added an essay prompt to its website asking applicants how the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule affirmative action would affect the goals of college education. Essay prompt, 1 of 3 options listed For first-year applicants, the Sarah Lawrence University website asks students to explain how their goals for college […]
County discusses debt limit options and impacts
gift this article Share This Article Paywall Free. The U.S. could default on its debt starting June 1 if lawmakers failed to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Had the U.S. government failed to pay its bills, there would certainly have been local repercussions. That’s why this topic came up at this week’s […]
Cochise County impacts from end of Title 42 | News
DOUGLAS, Arizona (KVOA) — With the end of Pandemic-era Title 42 Border Policy looming Thursday night, Cochise County is already seeing a steady stream of asylum seekers being released into the community by border agents. Earlier this week, Bisbee reported that dozens had been released in the historic mining town. Douglas Mayor Donald Huesch told […]
Concern runs high, but visible impacts low in advance of U.S. border policy change | Local News Stories
In the final hours of the soon-to-expire immigration policy known as Title 42, federal and local officials have warned that the number of asylum seekers trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border could rise. . “I strongly believe that the option of declaring a federal emergency should be considered,” Nogales Mayor Jorge Maldonado said in a […]
Minimal smoke impacts expected from Russell, Blue Stem Rx burns | Williams-Grand Canyon News
TUSAYAN, Arizona — Fire managers in the Williams and Tusayan Ranger districts of the Kaibab National Forest plan to conduct prescribed fires during the spring when conditions permit, and starting next week at a lead project just east of Tusayan. let’s start doing …. The crew will begin igniting on May 1 and will burn […]
Inflation impacts put Mohave County projects about $16 million over budget | Local News Stories
Mojave County’s capital improvement project is currently about $16 million over budget, officials said in a report filed with the county’s governing board this week. Inflation is accelerating in nearly every aspect of American commerce, even local government agencies are unaffected. According to Mojave County Chief Financial Officer Luke Mounian, capital improvement projects, infrastructure projects […]
Groundwater mostly unregulated, impacts rural areas
A researcher measures the dimensions of the well. Groundwater is one of the primary water resources for most states, but it is limited and largely unregulated, especially in rural areas that rely solely on groundwater. (Photo credit: Scott Stuk/Arizona Department of Water Resources) Groundwater is one of Arizona’s most important water resources. It is finite […]
Director of Arizona Department of Water Resources looking at state’s drought impacts
Howard FisherCapitol Media Services PHOENIX — Tom Buschatzke says it’s not wrong to freeze new development in Buckeye, Arizona and surrounding areas due to a lack of groundwater as canary coal mines. But the director of the State Water Resources Department said the early warning to Arizonans from the Canaries actually first occurred three years […]
