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Endangered red squirrel's numbers show decrease this year in southeastern Arizona

The annual survey conducted jointly by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Coronado National Forest and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service showed an estimate of 144 squirrels.

Senator Kelly calls for assault weapons restrictions after 2023 breaks US mass shooting record

Kelly’s GOSAFE act would impose certain restriction on semiautomatic weapons.

U.S. Department of Justice initiates water rights decree for San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

Environmental group says decree prompts evaluation of existing water rights certificates

Restoration: Tattoos removed from sex trafficking survivors

Over half of sex trafficking survivors have a branding mark that affects their mental health and impedes their healing and reintegration into society.

Arizona rattlesnakes could be affected by I-11 construction

A portion of the project cuts through desert land, which experts say could cause continuing concerns for wildlife.

Federal initiative awards Altar Valley Watershed $1.2 million for flood resilience

The investment drives innovation for water infrastructure projects

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

A native of Arizona who grew up on her family’s sprawling ranch, O’Connor wasted little time building a reputation as a hard worker who wielded considerable political clout on the nine-member court.

Kari Lake loses suit to see ballot envelopes in 3rd trial tied to Arizona election defeat

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah Jr. argued their release would undermine the ballot verification process in future elections.

A new radio drama: "Six Ways to Get Bit by a Rattlesnake"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Hydropower on the Navajo Nation; Preview the upcoming Oro Valley Arts Festival; Listen to a poem by Rick Wamer, and a new song from Gabrielle Pietrangelo.

Cochise County supervisors indicted on election-related felonies

Republicans Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby were indicted by a State Grand Jury.

Celebrating a unique vision with "Bruce McGrew: Continuum".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How Prop 308 made higher education attainable for undocumented students; and why Kidz At Play is not a rap group.

Arizona Thanksgiving meal cost down 28% as turkey prices decrease

Arizona consumers faced “historically high” prices for their Thanksgiving meal ingredients in 2022.

Arizona county again rejects a bid to hand-count all 2024 ballots

The 3-2 vote on Monday by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors against the proposal.

40 years of Gould’s turkey restoration success in the Sky Islands

From local extinction to Thanksgiving triumph, the journey of North America’s largest wild turkey species in Arizona’s southeastern mountains

US wildlife managers have no immediate plans to capture wandering Mexican gray wolf

Her paws have seen hundreds of miles now over the last five months.

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