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TweetPinShareCould hemp replace cotton as the staple agriculture product in the Gila Valley? By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PHOENIX – After 81 years of prohibition, industrial hemp will now be legally …
Hemp in the Gila Valley? Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article PHOENIX – Community Action programs across Arizona connect thousands of children and families to innovative, responsive programs and services that help lift them out of poverty toward self-sufficiency, …
May is community action month Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Jenna Miller/Cronkite News: The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is the largest power producer in the nation. If a ballot initiative passes, the plant could be shuttered. By …
Clean Energy ballot initiative could take Palo Verde nuclear plant off the grid Read More
TweetPinShare Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Getting to and from Rocky Point will be safer thanks to a binational effort from Arizona and Sonora. By Angel Mendoza/Cronkite News PUERTO PEÑASCO …
Arizona, Mexico officials work to make the road to Rocky Point safer Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Mormon Newsroom.org Announces plan for a worldwide initiative for children and youth Contributed Article/Courtesy Mormon newsroom.org SALT LAKE CITY – The following is a joint statement from The …
LDS Church to conclude its relationship with BSA at end of 2019 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: The helicopter had to perform an emergency landing after being struck by multiple birds. Contributed Article/Courtesy DPS Northern Arizona — On April 29, at 12:51 a.m., an …
Bird strikes cripple AZDPS helicopter after search and rescue mission Read More
TweetPinShare Jenna Miller Photo/Cronkite News: Retiree Steve Irwin checks the temperature of his “mining rig,” a set up of 14 computers that continuously solve algorithms to compete for cryptocurrency rewards. …
How Monopoly, Jenga and Battleship show cryptocurrency’s energy drain is no game Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy MIT: A water device, created by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley, extracts water from the desert air in Tempe. By Meagan …
Scientists test device that can extract water from dry Arizona air Read More
TweetPinShareThe Boy Scouts will now be known as Scouts BSA. Contributed Article The Boy Scouts of America have announced that they’ll be dropping the word “boy” from their name. The …
Boy Scouts to drop ‘Boy’ from name Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy BIA Forestry & Wildland Management: The Rattlesnake Fire has grown to more than 26,000 acres. Contributed Article By U.S. Forest Service Łťiish bitseghál kó bighą nagoďíi Location: …
Rattlesnake Fire Update, Tuesday, May 1 Read More