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An endangered Red Squirrel partakes of a snack from a feeder placed on Mount Graham by the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Image taken by a remote camera.

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 speaks at a press conference about the GOSAFE Act that seeks to regulate semi-automatic weapons in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

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.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes asked Cochise County residents to share their thoughts on the Kroger and Albertsons merger agreement at the Ethel Berger Center. July 26, 2023.

Arizona Attorney General initiates investigation into hazardous lead-covered cables, telecommunications infrastructure

Mayes takes action to safeguard environment, drinking water and public health
The San Pedro River post-Monsoon rain. September 14, 2023.

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
Soul Survivors Ink founder Gina Jernukian removes a tattoo that was a branding mark from a survivor of human trafficking. The process includes brightening the skin in the inked area and camouflaging the mark.

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.
A diamondback rattlesnake flicks its tongue.

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.
We visit Altar Valley west of Tucson where various members from the community and different agencies have created the "Altar Valley Conservation Alliance" to try to protect the land for future generations while allowing ranchers and others to continue to make a living on it.

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

The investment drives innovation for water infrastructure projects
Sandra Day O'Connor in the Rose Garden with Reagan, 07/15/1981.

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.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate speaks in Tucson in October 2023.

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.
"Six Ways to Get Bit by a Rattlesnake" is one of the bite-sized productions featured in Alejandro Canelos' "Ten Minute Dramas."

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 Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby. November 28, 2023

Cochise County supervisors indicted on election-related felonies

Republicans Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby were indicted by a State Grand Jury.
Late afternoon under the tree canopy near the Boyce Thompson picnic area. Boyce Thompson Arboretum by Bruce McGrew, c. 1980. Watercolor, 22 in. x 30 in.

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.
Ridgeview Farm in Paulden raises chickens and turkeys.

Arizona Thanksgiving meal cost down 28% as turkey prices decrease

Arizona consumers faced “historically high” prices for their Thanksgiving meal ingredients in 2022.
Ballots from the general election are boxed up at the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix, Monday, Nov. 14, 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
This June 7, 2023, photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a female Mexican gray wolf before she is released back into the wilds of Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the wolf had been found wandering in New Mexico outside a zone created for the recovery of her subspecies.

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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