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The risk of human-caused wildfire is high due to hot and dry conditions. Certain activities are now restricted within state trust lands in Gila, Maricopa and Pinal counties, as well as the Tonto National Forest.
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A federal hydrologist appeared to be momentarily at a loss for words Thursday as he described how dire the latest forecast has gotten for how much water will flow through the Colorado River Basin this summer. -
Temperatures in Phoenix will be about 14 degrees hotter than normal Monday and Tuesday. Climate Central ranks the weather event at the highest end of its Climate Shift Index scale. -
The Arizona Science Center has a new leader, but she’s not new to the organization. Tammy Stewart has served as the interim CEO since last fall, but was recently named the Hazel A. Hare president and CEO. -
University of Arizona researchers have developed equipment to measure seismic activity on the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign. -
Officials from the Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed one passenger on board an cruise ship where three passengers died from hantavirus has returned home to Arizona. That person is being monitored by local health officials. -
The list includes a Latter Day Saints church, a Fry’s, a Target and several restaurants. Anyone who may have been exposed to measles should watch for symptoms for three weeks. -
Arizona Public Service has nearly 40 active AI smoke-detection cameras and plans to have 71 by summer's end, and the state’s fire agency has deployed seven of its own. -
Smoke from the fire near Buckeye has blown into the rest of the Valley since it started burning Saturday. -
Kathleen Muldoon is a professor at an Arizona medical school who lives in north Peoria not too far from where the Hazen wildfire is burning. And she has Valley fever. -
Are we in for another record scorching summer? There just might be hope on the horizon in the form of a “super El Niño” heading our way. -
The Phoenix Zoo fears border wall expansion plans on the Arizona-Mexico border will endanger species in two areas they study. -
Mayo Clinic researchers have published data showing that cancer patients can safely get chemotherapy treatment away from hospitals and clinics, in their homes instead.
