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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Flagstaff</title>
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		<title>Authorities: All reports of stranded or overdue hunters in northern Arizona resolved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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Overdue hunters in northern Arizona accounted for

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities in northern Arizona said Thursday all hunters reported stranded or overdue after a powerful storm brought deep snow and freezing temperatures to the area have been accounted for.
In all, authorities received 22 reports either from hunters or concerned family members. Coconino County Sheriff&#8217;s Office spokesman .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-all-reports-of-stranded-or-overdue-hunters-in-northern-arizona-resolved-242707/" title="Authorities: All reports of stranded or overdue hunters in northern Arizona resolved">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities fan out across Northern Arizona to find hunters stranded after snowstorm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Deputies search for snowbound hunters in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Searchers fanned out across a wide swath of Northern Arizona on Thursday in an effort to reach more than a dozen hunters stranded in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
Authorities said the hunters got caught in a powerful storm that dropped 2 to 3 feet of snow ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-fan-out-across-northern-arizona-to-find-hunters-stranded-after-snowstorm-242568/">Authorities fan out across Northern Arizona to find hunters stranded after snowstorm</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona officials searching for more than 30 hunters reported stranded after snowstorm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Hunters stranded in N. Arizona after winter storm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Officials in northern Arizona are searching for more than 30 hunters who became stranded in snow after a powerful winter storm swept through the state.
Gerry Blair of the Coconino County sheriff&#8217;s office says authorities received 11 reports, some from hunters themselves or others in the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-officials-searching-for-more-than-30-hunters-reported-stranded-after-snowstorm-242291/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Arizona officials searching for more than 30 hunters reported stranded after snowstorm</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fierce wind, heavy snowfall, icy roads snarl traffic and close schools in Midwest, New England</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Meredith</dc:creator>
		
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Heavy snowfall, wind pounding Midwest, New England

DES MOINES, Iowa — A gigantic winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow across much of the Midwest and New England as it marched eastward Wednesday, creating blizzard conditions, burying cars under huge drifts and providing ammunition for a massive campus snowball fight in Wisconsin.
Even more snow .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fierce-wind-heavy-snowfall-icy-roads-snarl-traffic-and-close-schools-in-midwest-new-england-241965/">Fierce wind, heavy snowfall, icy roads snarl traffic and close schools in Midwest, New England</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fierce wind, heavy snowfall, icy roads threatening Upper Midwest as &#8216;monster&#8217; storm moves east</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie S. Welte</dc:creator>
		
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&#8216;Extremely dangerous&#8217; blizzards move into Midwest

DES MOINES, Iowa — A fierce winter storm was leaving dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward Wednesday, threatening to wreak havoc on commuters in the Upper Midwest and closing schools across New England.
More than a foot of snow was expected in parts ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fierce-wind-heavy-snowfall-icy-roads-threatening-upper-midwest-as-monster-storm-moves-east-241858/">Fierce wind, heavy snowfall, icy roads threatening Upper Midwest as &#8216;monster&#8217; storm moves east</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Big storm sweeps out of West, bringing heavy snow and strong winds to Upper Midwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie S. Welte</dc:creator>
		
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Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind

DES MOINES, Iowa — A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest.
As much as two-thirds of the country will be affected by the storm by .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/big-storm-sweeps-out-of-west-bringing-heavy-snow-and-strong-winds-to-upper-midwest-241654/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon to change backpacker permit system</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Grand Canyon to change backpacker permit system

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Grand Canyon National Park is changing the system for getting backcountry permits.
Starting Feb. 1, 2010, the park will consider only written requests for backcountry permits four months in advance of trips.
The requests can be sent in by fax, by mail or hand-delivered, but all requests ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/grand-canyon-to-change-backpacker-permit-system-234745/">Grand Canyon to change backpacker permit system</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon to change competitive, &#8216;unfair&#8217; process to get backpacking permits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Grand Canyon to change &#8216;unfair&#8217; permit system

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and &#8220;unfair&#8221; that managers at the national park have decided to change the system.
Now those who want the coveted permits either show up in person .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/grand-canyon-to-change-competitive-unfair-process-to-get-backpacking-permits-234393/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Grand Canyon to change competitive, &#8216;unfair&#8217; process to get backpacking permits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers seek new judge for Arizona boy charged with killing father and other man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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New judge sought for Ariz. boy charged in killing

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Defense and prosecution lawyers in the case of a 9-year-old Arizona boy charged with killing his father and another man want a new judge appointed so a plea deal doesn&#8217;t fall through.
Defense attorney Ron Wood said Apache County Superior Court Judge Michael Roca is .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-seek-new-judge-for-arizona-boy-charged-with-killing-father-and-other-man-223742/">Lawyers seek new judge for Arizona boy charged with killing father and other man</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Christmas tree to begin journey from Arizona to Washington, D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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Capitol Christmas tree to be cut from AZ forest

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An 85-foot blue spruce soon will embark on a long journey from the mountains of northeastern Arizona to Washington, D.C., to stand as the Capitol Christmas tree.
The 7,000-pound tree that is taller than a seven-story building will be harvested Saturday. From Alpine, it will ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/capitol-christmas-tree-to-begin-journey-from-arizona-to-washington-dc-221073/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Capitol Christmas tree to begin journey from Arizona to Washington, D.C.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo Nation wants to buy Arizona Snowbowl ski resort to stop snowmaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation may try to buy a popular Arizona ski resort to stop snowmaking on one of the tribe&#8217;s most sacred mountains, the San Francisco Peaks.

The Navajo Nation Council voted Wednesday to consider legislation that would allow the tribe to secure an appraisal and negotiate with the partners who own the  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/navajo-nation-wants-to-buy-arizona-snowbowl-ski-resort-to-stop-snowmaking-202812/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Participant in Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that left 3 dead recounts ordeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — More than 50 followers of spiritual guru James Arthur Ray had just endured five strenuous days of fasting, sleep-deprivation and mind-altering breathing exercises when he led them into a sweat lodge ceremony.

It was supposed to be a religious awakening, the culmination of a $9,000-plus-a-person retreat outside Sedona, Ariz., aimed at helping people .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/participant-in-arizona-sweat-lodge-ceremony-that-left-3-dead-recounts-ordeal-202759/">Participant in Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that left 3 dead recounts ordeal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Newsbreak: Participant in Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that left 3 dead recounts ordeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A woman who took part in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony tells The Associated Press that the spiritual guru who led the event pushed participants too far in what was supposed to be a life-expanding experience that culminated with people vomiting and passing out on the floor.

Texas resident Beverley Bunn is the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-newsbreak-participant-in-arizona-sweat-lodge-ceremony-that-left-3-dead-recounts-ordeal-202325/">Read : AP Newsbreak: Participant in Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that left 3 dead recounts ordeal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: Third person overcome during Arizona sweat lodge ceremony led by self-help guru dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An Arizona homicide investigation now includes three deaths after a woman died more than a week after participating in a sweat lodge ceremony that hospitalized nearly two dozen people.

Liz Neuman of Minnesota died Saturday at a Flagstaff hospital, Yavapai County sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Dwight D&#8217;Evelyn said.
The 49-year-old suffered multiple organ damage during the ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sheriff-third-person-overcome-during-arizona-sweat-lodge-ceremony-led-by-self-help-guru-dies-199004/">Sheriff: Third person overcome during Arizona sweat lodge ceremony led by self-help guru dies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Self-help expert holds conference call with participants in Ariz. retreat that left 2 dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray held a telephone conference call with many of the participants in a sweat lodge ceremony that left two people dead, according to people on the call who provided a transcript to The Associated Press on Thursday.

In the call Wednesday, Ray stressed the importance of eating healthy food, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/self-help-expert-holds-conference-call-with-participants-in-ariz-retreat-that-left-2-dead-197258/">Self-help expert holds conference call with participants in Ariz. retreat that left 2 dead</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>County official says Arizona sweat lodge where 2 died during spiritual retreat lacked permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A sweat lodge in central Arizona where two people were overcome and later died lacked the necessary building permit, an official said Monday.

Yavapai County building safety manager Jack Judd said there was no record of an application or permit for a temporary structure at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona.
At any ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/county-official-says-arizona-sweat-lodge-where-2-died-during-spiritual-retreat-lacked-permit-194193/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : County official says Arizona sweat lodge where 2 died during spiritual retreat lacked permit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz. man makes surprise confessions in 2 killings, tells officials he was ready to kill again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An Arizona man being held on a murder charge made surprise confessions in two other killings, and told authorities he would have continued on a vigilante-style killing spree if he hadn&#8217;t been caught, authorities said Wednesday.

William Inmon of the rural eastern Arizona town of Springerville is among four people charged in the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ariz-man-makes-surprise-confessions-in-2-killings-tells-officials-he-was-ready-to-kill-again-183397/">Ariz. man makes surprise confessions in 2 killings, tells officials he was ready to kill again</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hopi lawmakers, Navajo president say environmentalists harming tribes&#8217; economies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of the country&#8217;s largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. and Hopi lawmakers say environmentalists&#8217; efforts could hurt the tribes&#8217; struggling economies by slowing or stopping coal mining.
Shirley said Wednesday that he will .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hopi-lawmakers-navajo-president-say-environmentalists-harming-tribes-economies-183239/">Hopi lawmakers, Navajo president say environmentalists harming tribes&#8217; economies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit claims feds ignored health risks of planned snowmaking at Arizona ski resort</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S. Forest Service is being sued in an effort to block expansion of a ski resort on an Arizona mountain that American Indian tribes consider sacred.

The lawsuit was filed Monday by the Save the Peaks Coalition and a group of citizens. It comes more than three months after the U.S. Supreme ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawsuit-claims-feds-ignored-health-risks-of-planned-snowmaking-at-arizona-ski-resort-174450/">Lawsuit claims feds ignored health risks of planned snowmaking at Arizona ski resort</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona in the fall: Good weather and fall colors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The weather&#8217;s good, the landscape ranges from grasslands to canyons and mountains, and the foliage is beautiful too: That&#8217;s Arizona in the fall.

You can see changing colors late September to mid-October in bigtooth maple trees, scarlet sumac, and of course in the golden aspens.
Some of the best places to see autumn colors ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-in-the-fall-good-weather-and-fall-colors-168248/">Read : Arizona in the fall: Good weather and fall colors</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds urge carrot-toting tourists in old Ariz. gold mining town to stop plumping up the burros</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — There is an epidemic in an old gold mining town in western Arizona: The wild burros that roam the town&#8217;s single street are overweight, with rolls of fat on their necks and big, full bellies. But don&#8217;t blame them. They&#8217;ll eat anything.

It&#8217;s the half million tourists who visit tiny Oatman each year. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/feds-urge-carrot-toting-tourists-in-old-ariz-gold-mining-town-to-stop-plumping-up-the-burros-154879/">Original article &nbsp;: Feds urge carrot-toting tourists in old Ariz. gold mining town to stop plumping up the burros</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal government has agreed to consider whether the Sonoran desert tortoise, a Southwest icon whose population has declined by half in the past 20 years, warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Two environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the tortoise, found in southwest Arizona and northern ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fish-and-wildlife-to-consider-protections-for-sonoran-desert-tortoise-152631/">Fish and Wildlife to consider protections for Sonoran desert tortoise</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>1st test coming of new Forest Service policy requiring Grand Canyon mining claims to be proven</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The reclassification of nearly 1 million acres of land around the Grand Canyon to prevent new mining claims comes with a fundamental change in how the U.S. Forest Service does business with mining companies.

Companies that file to do exploratory drilling and other projects on more than 560 square miles of the Kaibab ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/1st-test-coming-of-new-forest-service-policy-requiring-grand-canyon-mining-claims-to-be-proven-140125/">1st test coming of new Forest Service policy requiring Grand Canyon mining claims to be proven</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking disputes out of courtrooms the aim of agreements on forest service projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. —Long on opposing sides when it comes to forest use, timber interests and environmental groups have agreed on how thinning and prescribed burns should be done on nearly 1 million acres of Arizona&#8217;s ponderosa pine forest.

The upfront agreement could take tough disputes out of the courtroom and lead to fewer delays in implementing ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taking-disputes-out-of-courtrooms-the-aim-of-agreements-on-forest-service-projects-134593/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Taking disputes out of courtrooms the aim of agreements on forest service projects</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chevron Mining donates land for a museum to honor WWII Navajo Marines who baffled Japanese</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — As members of an elite group of Navajo Marines approach their 90s, they know there&#8217;s little time left to tell the story about how they used their native language to confound the Japanese during World War II.

Their vision for a venue to tell those stories, including the years in which they kept .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chevron-mining-donates-land-for-a-museum-to-honor-wwii-navajo-marines-who-baffled-japanese-127780/">Chevron Mining donates land for a museum to honor WWII Navajo Marines who baffled Japanese</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet down! Government agencies work to cut aircraft noise over the Grand Canyon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Two federal agencies want to quiet things down at the Grand Canyon.

The National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration are working on proposals that would lessen aircraft noise over the park. Last year, the FAA recorded 56,000 air tours over the Grand Canyon.
The total number of tour and transportation flights below .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/quiet-down-government-agencies-work-to-cut-aircraft-noise-over-the-grand-canyon-124375/">Quiet down! Government agencies work to cut aircraft noise over the Grand Canyon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents at odds over incorporating community on the way to Grand Canyon&#8217;s popular South Rim</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Residents of a small Arizona community that serves as a gateway to the Grand Canyon&#8217;s popular South Rim are at odds over incorporating.

Tusayan has about 550 residents, and its 144 acres of private land are dotted with houses, hotels, restaurants and shops. Voters defeated a move to incorporate by 16 votes last .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/residents-at-odds-over-incorporating-community-on-the-way-to-grand-canyons-popular-south-rim-117699/">Residents at odds over incorporating community on the way to Grand Canyon&#8217;s popular South Rim</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal appeals court upholds Grand Canyon&#8217;s Colorado River management plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge by environmentalists to federal rules allowing the use of motorized rafts at the Grand Canyon.

Several environmental groups sued the National Park Service in 2006 over its Colorado River Management Plan, which permits the use of motorized rafts in the canyon. The groups argued that ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-appeals-court-upholds-grand-canyons-colorado-river-management-plan-116689/">Read more : Federal appeals court upholds Grand Canyon&#8217;s Colorado River management plan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus funds will bring clean water to thousands in Indian Country, remote Alaskan villages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The road from the Navajo community of Sweetwater to Red Mesa is unpaved and rugged but well traveled.

Twice a week, about 100 residents on the outskirts of Sweetwater load up 55-gallon drums and drive 12 miles so that they can have clean drinking water for themselves and their livestock. Other water sources .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stimulus-funds-will-bring-clean-water-to-thousands-in-indian-country-remote-alaskan-villages-105095/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Stimulus funds will bring clean water to thousands in Indian Country, remote Alaskan villages</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators find marijuana, cash in wreckage of Texas-bound plane that crashed in Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A private plane that crashed in Arizona this week, killing four people, carried more than 12 pounds of marijuana and more than $8,000 in cash.

Cmdr. Bob Sutton of the Navajo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said the drugs and money were in the rear of the wreckage, stashed separately in a suitcase and a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-find-marijuana-cash-in-wreckage-of-texas-bound-plane-that-crashed-in-arizona-93079/" title="Investigators find marijuana, cash in wreckage of Texas-bound plane that crashed in Arizona">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Las Vegas Boy Scout dies after jumping from boulder in Arizona; foul play not suspected</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A 15-year-old Boy Scout from Las Vegas is dead after he collapsed while hiking in West Clear Creek Canyon south of Flagstaff.

It happened Saturday morning. The Coconino County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says the teen was hiking with two other Scouts and two Scout leaders when he jumped 2 to 3 feet off of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/las-vegas-boy-scout-dies-after-jumping-from-boulder-in-arizona-foul-play-not-suspected-89029/">Source article &nbsp;: Las Vegas Boy Scout dies after jumping from boulder in Arizona; foul play not suspected</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Louie the Lumberjack statue in Flagstaff, Ariz., gets a badly needed makeover</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The years have not been kind to Louie the Lumberjack. His torso is rotting, his limbs are cracking, and his feet have fallen off.

The 10-foot, 1,000 pound cedar statue has greeted visitors to Flagstaff for decades from his post outside one of the city&#8217;s oldest restaurants, Granny&#8217;s Closet. Now it&#8217;s time for ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/louie-the-lumberjack-statue-in-flagstaff-ariz-gets-a-badly-needed-makeover-84871/">Louie the Lumberjack statue in Flagstaff, Ariz., gets a badly needed makeover</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA to spend millions a year rebuilding Navajo Nation homes contaminated with uranium</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal government plans to spend up to $3 million a year to demolish and rebuild uranium-contaminated structures across the Navajo Nation, where Cold War-era mining of the radioactive substance left a legacy of disease and death.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its Navajo counterpart are focusing on homes, sheds and other .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-to-spend-millions-a-year-rebuilding-navajo-nation-homes-contaminated-with-uranium-81363/">EPA to spend millions a year rebuilding Navajo Nation homes contaminated with uranium</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Memorializing &#8216;Long Walk&#8217; stirs painful memories among tribes taught not to revisit suffering</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — In a culture that teaches not to revisit suffering, a proposal to memorialize routes that Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indians marched as they were forced from their homelands has stirred up painful memories.

The march in the 1860s from tribal lands to a desolate tract in eastern New Mexico, known as the Long .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/memorializing-long-walk-stirs-painful-memories-among-tribes-taught-not-to-revisit-suffering-80901/">Source &nbsp;: Memorializing &#8216;Long Walk&#8217; stirs painful memories among tribes taught not to revisit suffering</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal village in Grand Canyon hit by flood welcomes back tourists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona&#8217;s Havasupai Tribe is welcoming back tourists after months spent repairing trails and clearing debris from a flood that swept through their reservation last summer.

The reservation deep in a gorge off south side of the Grand Canyon reopened to the public June 1.
Water from a summer thunderstorm surged through the canyon in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tribal-village-in-grand-canyon-hit-by-flood-welcomes-back-tourists-68990/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Tribal village in Grand Canyon hit by flood welcomes back tourists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report blames deadly collision of Ariz. medical helicopters on both pilots</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The pilots of two medical helicopters that crashed in midair, killing seven people, are both to blame for failing to see and avoid each other near a hospital, federal investigators said Friday.

In its collision report, the National Transportation and Safety Board found that one pilot erred in failing to contact the hospital&#8217;s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-blames-deadly-collision-of-ariz-medical-helicopters-on-both-pilots-56556/">Original article &nbsp;: Report blames deadly collision of Ariz. medical helicopters on both pilots</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon officials hope they&#8217;ve finally cleared fallout of persistent radiation rumors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Grand Canyon National Park officials hope they have finally put to rest a long-standing rumor that the athletic fields where local children play were contaminated with radiation.

For years, people in the area speculated that uranium mining waste was used to construct the athletic fields at the park&#8217;s high school. Park officials never .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/grand-canyon-officials-hope-theyve-finally-cleared-fallout-of-persistent-radiation-rumors-45567/">Grand Canyon officials hope they&#8217;ve finally cleared fallout of persistent radiation rumors</a>.]]></description>
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