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A Pinal County judge issued a temporary restraining order to put on hold the probation against Coolidge High School’s athletics department. The order came after state sports officials placed the school's entire athletics program on a year-long probation amid allegations that Coolidge supporters threatened and used racial slurs against players from Chinle High.
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Road trips on lonely and desolate roads are woven into the western experience. But even the most windswept, far-off places have stories to tell. In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony takes a drive through New Mexico while contemplating cattle drives and fresh-baked pies.
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The state House of Representatives rejected a proposal requiring police agencies to have a written policy against the routine use of masks.
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State lawmakers want to require that teachers who call in sick to attend protests be fired and forfeit any rights to reemployment in the Arizona education system.
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The FBI says 8-year-old Maleeka "Mollie" Boone, who was found dead on the Navajo Nation in January, may have been hit by a large vehicle like a pickup truck.
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Throughout his career, Rex Lee Jim served as a medicine man, teacher, author, diplomat and Navajo Nation vice president. He died Tuesday in Albuquerque at the age of 63.
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Republicans in the state Legislature want to require any state and local police force making an arrest to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Arizona’s three public universities have developed a new tool to help environmental officials find and cleanup abandoned mines in the state.
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Fremont cottonwoods form a ribbon of green along Arizona’s rivers and streams. They have heart-shaped leaves which turn golden in fall and fluffy, cotton-like seeds.
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Tribal and state officials have called for an investigation into allegations that attendees at a high school basketball playoff game in Coolidge used racial slurs against players from Chinle High School.
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In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."
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Several leaders voiced support for the operation – but most, including those who stopped short of condemning it, called for restraint moving forward.
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Despite sanctions, Iran is one of the world's major oil producers, with much of its crude exported to China.
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The U.S. and Israel launched military strikes in Iran, targeting Khamenei and the Iranian president. "Operation Epic Fury" will be "massive and ongoing," President Trump said Saturday morning.
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A storied football team may be moving out of Illinois. Will fans of the Chicago Bears stick with them when they become the Hammond Bears?
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Unseasonable warmth persists this weekend. Monday, we turn windy as a storm moves through the Rockies, which will bring an end to the the record warmth, temperatures come down through the remainder of next week, though remain well above average for early March.