Salt River landowner crisis grips Arizona floodplain areas
Landowners near the Salt River await a decision after the State Land Department mailed 6135 notices to property holders within the river 100 year flood plain. Residents fear homes and industrial properties could be taken as an 81 year old legal oversight creaks back to life. Local families describe the cloud over long established sites while lawyers prepare for riverbed litigation.
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State Land Department
Carolyn Baecker
E. McKellips Drive
Baecker
Bob Evans
Single Mom Delores Ortiz Finds Help After Abuse
Delores Ortiz of Mesa, mother of four boys aged 8 to 13, escaped domestic violence and a divorce and became homeless before finding aid at Autumn House and the Family Emergency Services Center. Her sons now receive mentorship from the Mental Health Association as the family works to rebuild their lives.
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Ortiz
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Family Emergency Services Center
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Mental Health Association
Polly Klaas case ends with girl's body found
Police concluded the two month search for Polly Klaas with the discovery of the 12 year old's body in a wooded area near Cloverdale. The girl's abduction occurred at knifepoint during a slumber party in Petaluma. Detectives spoke with their prime suspect before locating the victim.
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Polly Klaas
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Cloverdale
San Francisco
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Denis DeWitt
U.S. Highway 101
DeWitt
Astronauts swap Hubble gyroscopes during space repair
At Space Center Houston, astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave performed the first in a series of spacewalks to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Hoffman used the shuttle arm to replace two gyroscopes while Musgrave floated to assist, with later tasks including swapping electronic control units amid bulky suits and helmeted conditions.
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