Lawmaker presses education reform post fight to Reform
State Rep. Lisa Graham vows continued push after a stalled 41st Arizona Legislature adjourned without major education reform bills. She criticizes the Department of Education for not providing actionable reports and weighs running for state superintendent while GOP candidate Gabriel Reuben seeks the nomination.
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Biosphere Saboteurs Claim Suspension Was Unknown
In Tucson the court appointed receiver Biosphere 2 argues two former crew members knew of their suspension when breaking into the sealed eco-dome. Abigail Alling and Mark Van Thille say they were unaware. Bowen, overseeing the project, says notice was given in meetings and a memo, while Space Biospheres Ventures declines to comment.
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Japan
Supreme Court rejects appeals by 3 Arizona death row inmates
The U S Supreme Court rejected appeals of Richard Bible Ronald Schackart and Samuel Lopez in a first round of death penalty challenges. Dissent by Justice Blackmun noted opposition to the death penalty. Bible 32 was linked by DNA to murder of Jennifer Wilson in 1988 after abduction in Flagstaff. Schackart 31 killed Charla Regan in a Tucson motel in 1984.
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Aeal
Girlzona
Jennifer Wilson
Yuma
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Forest Service
Flagstaff
Schackart
Pima County
Charla Regan
Tucson
Regan
Navajo protest over naming canyon hantavirus strain
Navajo Nation leaders urged the council to oppose CDC’s proposal to name the hantavirus Muerto Canyon hantavirus after Canyon del Muerto in Canyon de Chelly. They argue the name disrespects Navajo history and sacred sites, while the final decision rests with an international body.
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Canyon of Death
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Atlanta
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Korea
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Howard
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Arizona-New Mexico State Line
Canyon de Chelly
U.S
Kit Carson
Hunter
Agents fired on as rock-throwing group clashes in Nogales
Border Patrol says an agent was hit by a rock and fired six shots at a rock thrower after a bicycle unit chased about 30 to 40 illegal entrants back into Mexico. No injuries reported among the attackers, though two other rock attacks occurred in Nogales with no injuries.
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Nogales, Ariz
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Arizona
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Tucson
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McDonald
United States
Nogales
Four Phoenix residents die in Nogales plane crash
Four Phoenix residents were killed when a light plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Nogales International Airport near the border. Victims identified as pilot Charles Bailey 55 his wife Judy 53 Robert Adams 57 and his mother Thelma Adams 82. The crash occurred about 100 yards from State Route 82 with debris scattered along the roadway. An eyewitness said the aircraft appeared to lose power before skidding into a culvert.
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Nogales International Airport
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Thelma Adams
Santa Cruz County
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Estrada
Nogales
Ariz
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