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Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest
Record high temperatures, strong winds and thunderstorms are prompting warnings for high wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest.
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Ammon Bundy ordered to pay $50 million. But will the hospital ever see the money?
A jury as ordered Ammon Bundy and an associate to pay more than $50 million in damages to Idaho's largest hospital after armed protests last year led to a security lockdown.
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Tribes object. But a federal ruling approves construction of the largest lithium mine
A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what's likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada.
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Western tribes' last ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada
Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.
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Appeals court to hear challenges to lithium mine from environmentalists, tribes
West Coast Native American tribes will make a last-ditch effort in federal court Tuesday to block what would be the nation's largest lithium mine.
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Facing water shortages, Arizona will curtail some new development around Phoenix
The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.
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State line pot shops latest flashpoint in Idaho-Oregon border debate
There is a marijuana boom in Ontario, Oregon, just across the river from the Boise metro area where pot is illegal. It's the latest flashpoint for conservatives who want to annex eastern Oregon.
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Tribes are suing to stop a proposed lithium mine in Nevada, saying the site is sacred
The fate of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada — one that's important to production of electric cars — is now in the hands of a federal judge as tribes sue to stop it.
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How Maricopa County defeated election disinformation — for now
The Republican chairman of Maricopa County, Ariz., is winning praise for his skilled handling of the election in the face of disinformation and voter conspiracy theories, mostly from his own party.
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A 23-year megadrought is endangering the agricultural economy in the Southwest
Drought is pushing Arizona farmers to the brink as they've been cut off from the shrinking Colorado River. The crisis is also renewing questions about the viability of growing crops in a desert.