An Engineering Marvel Takes Shape Near Hoover Dam
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Less than a mile downstream from one of the nation’s best-known engineering marvels, the Hoover Dam, a second is taking shape.
A soaring 1,900-foot span across the gorge created by the Colorado River on the Arizona-Nevada border should be completed this fall, eliminating much of a sometimes hourlong bottleneck as traffic [...]
TV Production Class a Boon to Marana School District
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Brendan Peterson and McCauley Harlan are amateur filmmakers.
Jordan Yentzer is a budding cameraman.
Manny Vinas-Barreras is prepping for a career as a film director.
All are honing their crafts in Bob Abel’s television production classes at Mountain View High School.
Abel’s advanced broadcast journalism class is designed to give his students the independence [...]
N. Ariz. Food Banks Combat Rising Hunger Rates – Video
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) — A new study on hunger in America shows that close to 900,000 people in the U.S. received emergency food in 2009. Those numbers are up over 85 percent since 2006.
The Association of Arizona Food Banks says the study reinforces the struggles that many Arizonans are facing.
NAZ Today student reporter Jennifer buzzard [...]
Employees of Sweat Lodge Leader Granted Immunity
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Two employees of a motivational speaker facing manslaughter charges told authorities they had no reason to be alarmed when participants in a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony began vomiting and passing out, because their boss told them such responses were to be expected, according to documents released Friday.
Megan and Josh Fredrickson [...]
Review Finds Mistakes in Handling of Williams, AZ Wildfire
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Forest officials overseeing a controlled burn that erupted into a wildfire and threatened a small community west of Flagstaff last year made several mistakes, including not having enough resources in place in case something went wrong, according to a review released Thursday.
Fire managers also underestimated how much fuel was in [...]
