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The Arizona high country was built to burn. The state’s ponderosa forests came up through centuries of fire, which took out brush and small trees. But land managers have excluded fire from the landscape for more than a century. There is too much fuel on the ground. The Arizona Healthy Forests Initiative will use inmates to thin some of that fuel.The inmates earn a fraction of
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX -- State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a $100 million fire fighting and relief plan, but not
Late last week, Gov. Doug Ducey reluctantly gave permission for Pima County to work with FEMA to set up vaccination centers in minority and low-income neighborhoods. Why Ducey decided to pick this particular fight remains a mystery. In an effort to get more minority and poor people vaccinated, FEMA has been working with some local authorities to set up vaccination centers with a dedicated supply of doses. Pima County happens to be transitioning to indoor vaccination clinics (as efficient as the drive-thru mass vax sites are, you can't expect your staff to stand out in triple-degree digits fo...
Transitional housing still effective as programs fade away Trent Deweese, 20, stands at the door to his apartment provided as part of the transitional housing program of Native American Connections, a Phoenix-based nonprofit that offers behavioral health and housing support. Deweese was homeless his senior year in high school and through the program has found an electrician apprenticeship and will soon move into his own apartment. PHOTO BY LUIS ZAMBRANO/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES When Trent Deweese set out to Phoenix from Tonopah, he did not expect to be sleeping under a bridge his senior year in ...