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Two men die in rollover crash Friday night in Farmington
The Farmington Police Department is investigating a double fatal single-car crash. Officers were called out at 11:30 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Municipal Drive and Boyd Drive in response to a single-vehicle rollover crash, according to police spokeswoman Shanice Gonzales. A 39-year-old male passenger was ejected from the vehicle...
Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico who are members of St. Joseph Apache Mission, their Indigenous culture had always been intertwined with faith. Both are sacred. “Hearing we had to choose, that was a shock,” said a tearful Brillante, a member of the mission’s parish council. The focus of this tense, unresolved episode is the 8-foot Apache Christ painting. For this close-knit community, it is a revered icon created by Franciscan friar Robert Lentz in 1989. It depicts Christ as a Mescalero medicine man, and has hung behind the church’s altar for 35 years under a crucifix as a reminder of the holy union of their culture and faith.
Northern Arizona Thunderstorm Forecast: Isolated Storms Expected Over Weekend
Flagstaff, AZ – Northern Arizona is set to experience a mix of weather conditions over the coming days as a drier air mass moves in from the west. According to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Flagstaff, isolated showers and thunderstorms will mainly impact the White Mountains and portions of the eastern Mogollon Rim through Wednesday.
Abe Hamadeh won't share details of a campaign loan that experts question
Congressional candidate Abe Hamadeh is declining to disclose details about a loan that experts question, based on a review of available records, as possibly unethical or illegal. To help finance his campaign, Hamadeh, a Republican, took out a loan using a newly created LLC that is managed by someone who has donated the...
US to award Amkor up to $400 million for chip packaging plant
(Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it plans to award Amkor Technology up to $400 million in government grants to help fund the company's planned $2 billion advanced semiconductor packaging facility in Arizona.
Here's how Arizona athletes did on the first day of Olympic competitions
PARIS, France — The games of the 33rd Summer Olympics in Paris are now underway!. The Olympics officially kicked off with an opening ceremony unlike any before. As athletes paraded down the Seine River, artists such as Celine Dion and Lady Gaga performed to the delight of more than 300,000 people in attendance and millions watching worldwide.
Durango’s Riley Amos has ‘special something’ when overlooked
PARIS – Todd Wells can’t quite put a fine point on what makes mountain bike racers successful. He just knows it when he sees it. They have a certain “je ne sais quoi.”. It is sort of fitting that the phrase is French, considering Wells believes Durango’s Riley Amos – who is about to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games – has it in spades.
Minimum wage hike, open primaries proposal shouldn't make AZ ballot, suits argue
Ballot measures intended to raise Arizona's minimum wage and eliminate partisan primary elections shouldn't be allowed on November's ballot, three separate lawsuits filed Friday allege. One Fair Wage, the group pushing a planned ballot measure to raise the minimum wage in Arizona, didn't properly fill out its petitions and turned in numerous invalid...
Man pleads guilty in threats against Arizona election workers
An Alabama man indicted for threatening election workers in Maricopa County, Ariz., pleaded guilty Thursday, according to the Department of Justice. Brian Ogstad sent several messages over social media to election workers in the county during the 2022 primaries, at times threatening to kill the workers for being “cheats” and “frauds.” Maricopa County, a key…
Fleet Profile: Arizona Public Service looks to lower cost, emissions
Working to reduce a fleet’s carbon footprint requires diligent and comprehensive research—but the reward comes from lowering operating costs. That’s according to Cresencio Celaya, leader of transportation strategy and planning at Arizona Public Service Company (APS). Headquartered in Phoenix, APS provides energy to approximately 1.4 million homes and businesses in 11 Arizona counties.
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