Saguaro National Park is the latest to offer dark sky vistas for star gazing despite a sea of artificial light. It joins eight other Urban Night Sky Places around the world.

A wind energy project that dates back to the Obama administration is on hold now along a roughly 50-mile stretch in southern Arizona where a group of tribes and local communities oppose it.

Last year, an endangered Mexican gray wolf made headlines when she wandered into northern New Mexico. She was returned to Arizona, but reports say she is on the move again.

Flagstaff voters rejected a proposal to rezone nearly 100 acres of land south of the city in order to build a new hospital and ambulatory care facility. The Northern Arizona Climate Change Alliance was one of several organizations that opposed Proposition 480.

Initial results from Tuesday’s election show support for Phoenix issuing half a billion dollars in bonds, with approval ranging from 60% to 70%.

The fate of Oak Flat, a holy site to the Apaches, remains uncertain after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard the Apache Stronghold’s case after a prior ruling against them.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a preliminary injunction to stop a proposed sand and gravel mine planned for a Chino Valley neighborhood.

Arizona State University has appointed a new curator at large for its museum. The daughter of two creative parents, Erin Joyce was raised in northern Arizona and began her prior work as a curator on an independent basis in California.

A 34,000 acre prescribed burn operation is underway near Globe. Adam Bromley, a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service, says fire officials have contingency resources in place.