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Last week, the Bureau of Reclamation inked three historic water conservation agreements in Santa Fe with the Gila River Indian Community, which thinks it can step up to help take some strain off Lake Mead and stabilize the Colorado River Basin. Less than a week later, they’re already breaking ground on two of these projects.
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All over the world, the Hopi people have come to symbolize a deep spirituality. The problem is that this version of the Hopi religion was largely popularized by non-Hopi people. -
The railway project began under former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — and was meant to increase capacity of the current rail system between the Sonoran cities of Guaymas and Nogales. -
A bill co-introduced by Sen. Mark Kelly looks to renew a federal program that monitors groundwater quality and availability along the U.S.-Mexico border. -
Millions of dollars spent to hold back the San Francisco Peaks after two years of post-wildfire flooding -
The Biden administration has released the final version of an asylum restriction put in place along the border this summer. -
Officials in Pima County are monitoring an Air Force plan that would allow fighter jets to dip closer to the ground in some areas. -
Local officials in Tucson are throwing their support behind a plan to create an urban wildlife refuge along a portion of the Santa Cruz River that runs through the city. -
Vice President Kamala Harris will call for further tightening asylum restrictions, breaking from President Joe Biden’s policy on an issue where her rival, former President Donald Trump, has an edge. -
The town of Marana — just north of Tucson — is suing the federal government over water contamination issues tied to military and airport facilities nearby. -
Members from Arizona’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Joe Biden last month, urging him to issue a major disaster declaration on the San Carlos Apache Tribe’s behalf. But that request is still under review. -
The Navajo Nation Zoo’s 4,000-square-foot Eagle Aviary and Education Center, touted as the only tribally owned and operated zoo nationwide, helps provide legally sourced eagle feathers required for tribal ceremonies. -
A new report from human rights groups working along the border looks at how climate change impacts migration and refugees.
