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Officials say attackers uploaded a secret code disguised as an image in the website’s candidate portal on June 23. The next day, they replaced the candidates’ photos on the election results page with “politically charged imagery,
Fire restrictions placed on federal and state lands in Southeastern Arizona have been lifted. According to the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM), monsoon moisture has led to fire restrictions being lifted on July 21.
White Sage Fire containment reaches 17% amidst improved weather that helped firefighting efforts but concerns remain over weather changes and invasive grasses.
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says his department will use state funds to pay for school officers while federal funding is frozen. He said the money will come from the school safety account but will be reimbursed when the federal money comes through.
Lake Havasu City authorities said the fire killed clinic owner Walter Foxcroft, 43. Hyperbaric therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a high pressure chamber.
Arizona’s fire districts — particularly those in rural and semi-rural areas — are in crisis. Many cannot afford enough full-time firefighters to maintain coverage around the clock.
Firefighters responded to the reported fire at Dream With Colors nursery near 36th Street and Southern Avenue around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Gibby Parra has what we know right now.