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Arizona Projects 08-16-24
1. Abrazo West Campus broke ground on its Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital, a 27KSF space in the Abrazo Litchfield Medical Building under construction in Goodyear. The 24-bed hospital is expected to be completed in September 2025. 2. The City of San Luis announced the groundbreaking of a two-million-gallon water storage tank...
Arizona Archer Brady Ellison Captures Silver Medal at Paris Olympics
Five-time Olympic archer Brady Ellison narrowly missed winning the gold medal Sunday. However, for his wife, Toja Ellison, and his devoted supporters in Arizona, he remains a champion. Brady, an Arizona native, has represented his country on the world stage numerous times in his career. This summer, he brought home...
Hike of the Week: Railroad Grade Trail near Greer
Over its 21-mile course, Railroad Grade Trail passes by five lakes, crosses three streams, and makes a creaky traverse of an old-style trestle bridge. Once used by the Apache Railroad to service bygone logging operations, the route had a brief second wind as a tourist ride before being decommissioned and repurposed into its current status as a hike/bike/horse trail. Because of its relatively flat terrain, ever-changing scenery, four trailheads, connectivity with other popular White Mountains trails and proximity to campgrounds, hiking this historic gem is do-able as a long day hike or a multi-day excursion. The cinder substrate trail runs north-south between State Route 260 and Big Lake through marshes and fur-spruce woodlands flanked by the volcanic massif of Mount Baldy ridge, which at 11,420 feet is the second highest point in Arizona that you can hike to legally. Mid-way through the trek, the route passes through a tunnel under State Route 273 emerging at Sheep Crossing, a popular fishing spot on the West Fork of the Little Colorado River. Here, the trek makes an easy ascent up toward the West Baldy Trail and the hike’s highest point where scars from the 2011 Wallow Fire paint the forest in shades of gray. Heading down toward Big Lake, views of 10,912-foot Escudilla Mountain stand out among treeless grasslands punctuated with glassy ponds that attract blue heron, eagles and swarms of waterfowl. This is also cattle country, so herd encounters are guaranteed, especially along the last miles leading to the trail’s southern terminus at Railroad Cove—a northern estuary of Big Lake.
Comtech Relocates its Corporate Headquarters From New York to Arizona
Comtech has relocated its corporate headquarters from Melville, New York to Chandler, Arizona to invest in the next stage of the company’s growth. The company has had a presence in Arizona since the ‘80s and opened up a new office in Chandler in 2023. The corporate headquarters and financial reporting that remained in Long Island, New York is now relocated to Chandler, which is in the Phoenix area.
SR 87 southbound lanes reopen after vehicle fire south of Rye in Gila County
The southbound lanes of State Route 87 were closed south of Rye on Friday evening due to a vehicle fire, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. About 4:40 p.m., ADOT reported the fire south of the SR 87 and State Route 188 junction, leading to the closure of the southbound lanes on...
17-year-old Arizona girl found in Iowa with man after being missing for 10 days
A 17-year-old girl from the Gila River Indian Community was found in Iowa after being missing for 10 days, and a man she met there has been arrested by the FBI, according to the Gila River Police Department. The girl was reported missing Aug. 6 after she disappeared from Bapchule, a community south...
Mark Meadows tries to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows wants to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court, just as he unsuccessfully tried to do last year in an election subversion case in Georgia. In a court filing made available on...
Phoenix Man Suspected of Second-Degree Murder in East Phoenix Apartment Shooting
Phoenix police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting that claimed the life of a young man at an east Phoenix apartment complex earlier this week. Forty-year-old Thomas Draper has been taken into custody on suspicion of second-degree murder related to the death of 24-year-old Jacob Sierra. FOX 10 Phoenix reported that the shooting occurred just after 1:30 a.m. on August 12, close to the intersection of 43rd Street and McDowell Road.
Memorial Dedication Ceremony for firefighters killed in the 1990 Dude Fire
8/15 This Saturday, Tonto National Forest will hold a Dude Fire Memorial Dedication Ceremony to honor the fallen firefighters of the Perryville Crew. On June 25-th, 1990, lightning started the Dude Fire under the Mogollon Rim, engulfing the subdivision of Bonita Creek Estates and the historic Pyle Ranch; it destroyed 63-homes and burned some 24,000-acres. During the fire, 6-firefighters from the Perryville Crew perished and 5 others were injured. The ceremony begins at 10:30-am at Bonita Creek Estates in Payson.
Sophie Cunningham to start vs. Sky, Natasha Mack will slot in at power forward for Mercury without injured Rebecca Allen
After the news broke that Phoenix Mercury forward/guard Rebecca Allen was going to be out indefinitely with a right hamstring injury, head coach Nate Tibbetts and his staff had to get crafty with what to do and who to call upon to start against the Chicago Sky tonight. Thank you...
2 in extremely critical condition after crash in Phoenix parking lot
PHOENIX - A man and woman are in extremely critical condition after a crash in a parking lot on Thursday night in Phoenix. The Aug. 15 crash happened around 9 p.m. in a parking lot near Tatum Boulevard and Cactus Road. The crash involved a motorcyclist and a pedestrian, says...
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