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ASU Prep Academy coming to southern Arizona
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (13 News) - Sierra Vista Unified School District has partnered with Arizona State University. The ASU Prep Academy is the SVUSD’s approach to getting some of Sierra Vista’s nearly 1,000 homeschooled students back into the classroom. “We thought that we could partner with ASU and...
How to Participate in the Hermosa Scoping Process
Coronado National Forest (FS) has begun work on an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) for the South32 Hermosa Critical Minerals Project. This EIS is required because South32 intends to expand mining on their private lands in the Patagonia Mountains into the public Coronado Forest. The proposed project will impact surface disturbance on 480.5 acres, underground disturbance of 223 acres, and restricted access to 343.4 acres.
Redditer-Recommended Gay-Friendly Small Towns in America
Forget what you thought you knew about the rural United States. These small towns are the real deal small town America, with populations of less than 100,000, and are disrupting the notion that small communities mean small-minded. Plus, all of these charming towns are just a stone’s throw away from some of our favorite national parks, state parks, and outdoor adventure experiences.
Teen Dead, Another Airlifted after UTV Crash on Hawkeye Road [Cochise County, AZ]
13-Year-Old Girl Dead, 14-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized after UTV Accident in Elfrida. The incident occurred on private property at approximately 5:30 p.m. on May 4th, along Hawkeye Road, located about 40 miles outside of Bisbee. Both teenagers were ejected from the side-by-side UTV under unknown circumstances. Emergency services responded to the...
South32's Hermosa Mine Project in Patagonia Sparks Environmental and Public Concerns Amid Progress to Greener Energy
The ambitious Hermosa Mine Project, a venture by South32 with aspirations of fueling the nation's transition to cleaner energy through the extraction of critical minerals, has motorists in the region eyeing the rearview, wary of the environmental and societal toll that building a mine in the idyllic Patagonia Mountains could entail. This particular initiative has honed in on sourcing zinc and manganese to sate the burgeoning appetite for electric vehicle batteries, and while digging hasn't started, officials are keen to commence zinc production in 2027.
'A TOUGH LITTLE GUY:' Baby born after 25 weeks lives because of aunt, paramedics
Crews from Palominas and Fry Fire districts helped a new mom and her sister keep a premature baby boy breathing back in December. Hope Foreman didn't realize she was in labor when her baby arrived.
A slight chance of thunderstorms returns
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A weak low pressure system will move across southeastern Arizona and bring another chance of showers and thunderstorms for Thursday. We don't expect any significant accumulation, but a few thunderstorms will produce some brief moderate rain and gusty outflow wind. High pressure returns as we...
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