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Arizona is located in the Western United States as one of the Four Corners states. Arizona is the sixth largest state in area, after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 118,000 square miles, approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is government forest and park land, recreation areas and Native American reservations.

Arizona is best known for its desert landscape, which is rich in xerophyte plants such as cactus. It is also known for its climate, which presents exceptionally hot summers and mild winters. Less well known is the pine-covered high country of the Colorado Plateau in the north-central portion of the state, which contrasts with the desertic Basin and Range region in the southern portions of the state.

Like other states of the Southwest, Arizona has an abundance of topographical characteristics in addition to its desert climate. More than half of the state features mountains and plateaus and contains the largest stand of Ponderosa pine in the United States. The Mogollon Rim, a 2000-foot (600 m) escarpment, cuts across the central section of the state and marks the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, where the state experienced its worst forest fire ever in 2002. Arizona belongs firmly within the Basin and Range region of North America. The region was shaped by prehistoric volcanism, followed by a cooling-off and related subsidence.

The Grand Canyon is a colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. The canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and is largely contained in the Grand Canyon National Park—one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of designating the Grand Canyon area, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lion and enjoy the scenery.

 

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Local News from Arizona Daily Sun via Yahoo! News

Dept. of Interior challenges Grand Canyon mining halt

Jul 18, 2008 2:25 pm

PHOENIX (AP) -- The Interior Department is challenging a U.S. House committee vote that puts one million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon off-limits to new uranium mining.

 

Emergency training begins July 25

Jul 18, 2008 2:25 pm

The Coconino County Sheriff's Office and the Flagstaff Police Department will be offering Community Emergency Response Team training beginning July 25 at the law enforcement building, 911 Sawmill Road...

 

Correction

Jul 18, 2008 2:25 pm

The construction crew photographed for Thursday's story about Presidio in the Pines was working at an unrelated adjacent housing development called Cedar Ridge.

 

Reorganization promotes tourism chief

Jul 16, 2008 7:43 pm

Under Flagstaff City Manager Kevin Burke's plan, CVB head Stacey Button will lead an 'economic vitality' division.

 

Puckett wants to rescind resignation

Jul 16, 2008 7:43 pm

PAGE -- Tom Puckett, the Page City Councilmember whose resignation was accepted last week, now wants his resignation rescinded.

 

Flag firefighter injured in Calif. blaze

Jul 16, 2008 7:43 pm

Firefighter Jess Maier, a six-year member of Flagstaff Fire Department, suffered second-degree burns to both legs Monday while battling the wildfires in Northern California.

 

Kaibab preps for prescribed burns

Jul 15, 2008 3:58 pm

Prescribed burns are being planned on the Kaibab National Forest, from this month until October or November.

 

Construction hours extended in Page

Jul 15, 2008 3:58 pm

PAGE -- Construction hours will be extended for a roadway improvement project south of Page on Highway 89, the Arizona Department of Transportation has announced.

 

Correction

Jul 15, 2008 3:58 pm

Updated figures provided Monday by the city of Flagstaff show that June visitation to the city visitor center was 12,290, down 9.2 percent from the same month the year before, not 31.2 percent.

 

Prescott woman buzzing about bees

Jul 14, 2008 6:43 pm

PRESCOTT (AP) -- Lifelong Prescott resident Sally Bagby is an apiculturist -- better known as a beekeeper.

 
 

Local News from Tucson Weekly via Yahoo! News

It's a Wrap

Jul 16, 2008 11:36 pm

The 2008 legislative session made the state safe for cupcake bakers, breast implants and Ultimate Fighting

 

Expensive Oversight

Jul 16, 2008 11:36 pm

Tucson's police auditor has recommended two cases out of 372 be revisited. Is this worth hundreds of thousands of dollars?

 

Nucleus Meltdown

Jul 16, 2008 11:36 pm

A not-quite-liveblog of last week's debate between Democratic candidates for the Board of Supervisors

 

Republican Wrangle

Jul 16, 2008 11:36 pm

Joe Higgins takes on incumbent Ann Day in the District 1 Board of Supervisors GOP primary

 

County Conflict

Jul 16, 2008 11:36 pm

Newcomer Robert Robuck looks to upset incumbent Supervisor Ram?aladez

 

The Skinny

Jul 16, 2008 11:36 pm

Little bits of news strung together haphazardly.

 

The Range

Jul 16, 2008 11:35 pm

A recap of last week's news

 

Media Watch

Jul 16, 2008 11:35 pm

La Poderosa Makes Local Move

 

T Q&A

Jul 16, 2008 11:35 pm

Tucson Q&A with Narciso Soto

 

Police Dispatch

Jul 16, 2008 11:35 pm

Evidence of the local criminal mind at work.

 
 

Local News from Tucson Citizen via Yahoo! News

New city Homeless Connect puts key services at one site for a day

Jul 19, 2008 7:10 am

The rules for the day were simple: no weapons, no alcohol, no drugs. And getting there was easy.

 

Bush raises money for Bee, plugs McCain, gives out award

Jul 19, 2008 7:10 am

State Senate President Tim Bee hosted President Bush's fundraiser Friday but Sen. John McCain, symbolically, shared the stage.

 

Carlock: Drugs, abuse, chaos like a snake eating its own tail

Jul 19, 2008 7:10 am

There is no uniform in Islam ... raiding the Grapefruit League ... think first ... education end run

 

Fuel, food costs chew up meals program

Jul 19, 2008 7:10 am

Hundreds of elderly people in Pima County rely on home-delivered meals and also look forward to a caring face at their door at least once a week.

 

City to alter firefighter training after complaint

Jul 19, 2008 7:09 am

A $60,000 settlement over a former firefighter who was bound in duct tape and left in a cold shower has prompted Tucson Fire Department to introduce a new training session for all employees, a departm...

 

Insurers won't hear of speeders caught by cameras

Jul 19, 2008 7:09 am

PHOENIX - Motorists speeding on Arizona highways face the prospect of getting citations generated from photo enforcement cameras starting as soon as September, now that a company has been picked to ru...

 

Report: Contractors scam millions from feds

Jul 19, 2008 7:09 am

Companies around the country received millions of dollars in federal contracts under the guise of being located in low-income neighborhoods when actually they were not, according to the U.S. Governmen...

 

Feds seek landowners to house wild horses

Jul 19, 2008 7:08 am

Anyone with lots of land and a love of wild horses may want to bid on a chance to house some of those horses, according to a news release from the Bureau of Land Management.

 

Kromko eyeing return to office

Jul 19, 2008 7:08 am

John Kromko is running for state representative to get more political influence - which might be tough since few in Arizona politics have had more of the stuff in the past 30 years.

 

Cajero Bedford has political kin

Jul 19, 2008 7:08 am

Olivia Cajero Bedford is following a longstanding family tradition in seeking re-election to the state House in District 27 - both of her parents served the district before her.

 
 

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