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Arizona county prepares for role as landing site for capsule

Arizona county prepares for role as landing site for capsule

BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — Cochise County officials don’t have to consider possible emergency responses or road closures when thousands of migratory birds drop in on the Wilcox Playa every year. Not so with Boeing Corp.’s plan to use the flat desert grassland in southeastern Arizona as one of five preferred […]

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BYU Football’s Matt Bushman Named As John Mackey Tight End of the Week

BYU Football’s Matt Bushman Named As John Mackey Tight End of the Week

PROVO, Utah-Tuesday, BYU football junior tight end Matt Bushman was named as the John Mackey Tight End of the week for his performance in the Cougars’ 28-25 upset win of No. 14 Boise State last Saturday. The native of Tucson, Ariz. netted five receptions for 101 yards and two touchdown […]

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Court halts timber activity in Southwest over threatened owl

Court halts timber activity in Southwest over threatened owl

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal court has halted timber activity across tens of thousands of square miles of the American Southwest over a threatened owl. An order issued earlier this month out of the U.S. District Court in Tucson, Ariz., covers 18,750 square miles (48,562 square kilometers) in all […]

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The Latest: Officers surrounded house to capture fugitives

The Latest: Officers surrounded house to capture fugitives

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on husband and wife fugitives accused of murder who were captured in Arizona (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Federal authorities say about 50 officers surrounded a remote Arizona house and arrested a couple accused of murder who had escaped a prison transport van and been […]

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Couple suspected in Arizona murder escape during extradition

Couple suspected in Arizona murder escape during extradition

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a couple suspected in a Tucson murder have escaped while being extradited from New York to Arizona. Tucson police say 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and 59-year-old Susan Barksdale reportedly overpowered two security officers Monday evening in Blanding, Utah. Police say the Barksdales were last seen […]

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Boeing gets new contract for replacement wings for A-10 jets

Boeing gets new contract for replacement wings for A-10 jets

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract for replacement wings for more than 100 A-10 jets, covering the remaining ground support jets still needing wing replacements. A Boeing statement said the contract could pay up to $999 million for up to 112 wing sets and spare […]

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Man gets 77-month prison sentence for robbing 2 Utah banks

Man gets 77-month prison sentence for robbing 2 Utah banks

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a West Valley City man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for robbing banks in Ogden and North Salt Lake. They say 42-year-old Sean Thomas Moore pleaded guilty in February to one count of bank robbery by force […]

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Arizona lawmakers back Colorado River drought plan

Arizona lawmakers back Colorado River drought plan

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers voted Thursday to let the state join a drought plan for the Colorado River, narrowly meeting a federal deadline that threatened to blow up a compromise years in the making for the seven states that draw water from the constrained river. Arizona is the only […]

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Western states near deadline for Colorado River drought plan

Western states near deadline for Colorado River drought plan

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Western states are watching with interest as Arizona comes up against a deadline to approve a plan to ensure a key reservoir doesn’t become unusable for the farmers, cities, tribes and developers that depend on it. The other six states in the Colorado River basin have […]

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Snow on saguaros: Desert cities in US Southwest see freeze

Snow on saguaros: Desert cities in US Southwest see freeze

PHOENIX (AP) — The weather was flipped Wednesday throughout much of the U.S. West, with snow falling on cactuses in the Arizona desert and Anchorage seeing balmy weather — at least by Alaska standards. In Phoenix, the overnight low was 30 degrees for the first time in five years and […]

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