Park rangers and Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) rescued a dehydrated hiker from the Tanque Verde Ridge Trailhead in Saguaro National Park on Oct.
27 after she called for help; responders gave her fluids and escorted her down the trail.
Arizona officials confirmed the state's first New World screwworm after a Cochise County vet found a dog with maggot filled wounds on Oct.
26; the dog is treated and USDA and state agencies will set an infested zone, boost surveillance, release sterile flies, and plan a dispersal facility (Douglas).
State and federal officials confirmed Arizona’s first New World screwworm case in a Cochise County dog after a vet found a wound heavily infested with maggots on Oct.
26; authorities are establishing a 20 kilometer infested zone, increasing surveillance, and planning sterile-fly releases and a dispersal facility in Douglas to stop spread.
University of Arizona astronomers used Hubble to show the 'Cat's Tail' in Beta Pictoris is a huge carbon-rich, porous dust stream from a past collision 63 light-years away.
Study (The Astrophysical Journal Letters) says a warp in the disk points to a gas giant 10 times Jupiter.
More than $1.2 million in restitution checks will be mailed this week to hundreds of Arizona veterans who paid fees to unaccredited VetLink Solutions from Jan.
2019 to March 13, 2024, under a consent judgment; Tucson residents with questions can call (520-628-6648).
Tomb Town Tucson will return this weekend as a guided Halloween trail in the Stewarts' front yard near N.
Wanda Road and W. Emerine Drive, featuring props, animatronics, scare actors, pop-ups & classic movie characters.
Stillwell House opens to the public with the Ghouls Night Out Halloween Market and Open House today, and will hold Friendsgiving on Saturday, Nov.
21 and Cocoa & Cookies on Saturday, Dec. 12; 20 to 25 local vendors will sell baked goods, crafts, and Si Charro catering items including tamales, salsas + pastries.
Researchers at the University of Arizona developed Olorofim, a drug that appears to kill the Valley Fever fungus (in a second clinical trial) and could move toward FDA review this year with fewer side effects than current treatments, and a vaccine for dogs is nearing approval with human trials possible later.
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