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Jan 5, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Kate Duffy |Hunter Fore
PHOENIX – Key pollinators in Arizona faced a rough summer, but community efforts can help them thrive. Arizona is home to the second-most diverse bee population in the country, according to pollination ecologist and bee specialist Stephen Buchmann, who said more than 1,300 native bee species reside in the state. The desert landscape also hosts a large population of honeybees, which, while not native to Arizona, are still important pollinators.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
yourvalley.net | Kate Duffy
By Kate Duffy | Cronkite News PHOENIX – Recently, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality released a proposed roadmap outlining plans to convert treated wastewater into purified drinking water.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Kate Duffy
PHOENIX – Recently, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality released a proposed roadmap outlining plans to convert treated wastewater into purified drinking water. “Advanced water purification has the potential to provide a reliable source of purified water that can alleviate water scarcity issues faced in much of Arizona,” said Randall Matas, deputy director of the water quality division at ADEQ.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Kate Duffy
PHOENIX – If you’ve been to a flea market or visited First Friday in downtown Phoenix, you’ve likely seen booth after booth of independent sellers offering a curated selection of vintage finds. Vintage reselling has become a popular full-time job for fashion enthusiasts in the past few years, and vintage markets have become a destination for young shoppers hoping to lessen their environmental impact by avoiding fast fashion.
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Nov 25, 2023 | 
yourvalley.net | Kate Duffy
By Kate Duffy | Cronkite News GOODYEAR – At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Great Hearts Trivium Preparatory Academy became one of the first schools in Arizona to be named a Purple Star School candidate. The school joined Luke Elementary School, Millennium High School and Dreaming Summit Elementary School in the Purple Star pilot program launching in Arizona.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Kate Duffy |Kiersten Edgett
GOODYEAR – At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Great Hearts Trivium Preparatory Academy became one of the first schools in Arizona to be named a Purple Star School candidate. The school joined Luke Elementary School, Millennium High School and Dreaming Summit Elementary School in the Purple Star pilot program launching in Arizona. All four schools serve families from Luke Air Force Base.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Julia Thompson |Kate Duffy
CHANDLER — On the second night of Dia de los Muertos, just inside the otherwise empty Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery, sisters Miriam Bryant and Ana Gomez sat with 11 of their closest family members and friends around three flower-covered grave sites. Their mother is buried there, right next to Gomez’s husband and son.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Kate Duffy |Adnan Alam |Kiersten Edgett |Kevinjonah Paguio
WILLIAMS – It was just before 8 a.m. on a clear fall day, when trucks carrying fire crews barreled down dirt roads into Kaibab National Forest. Shortly after, the crews began to set over 2,300 acres of the ponderosa pine ecosystem ablaze. The Kendrick Prescribed Fire Project was one of the first of many prescribed burns this fall and winter throughout Arizona with the goal of protecting forest lands and surrounding communities from the threat of potential catastrophic wildfires.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
yourvalley.net | Kate Duffy |Angelina Steel
By Kate Duffy and Angelina Steel | Cronkite News TEMPE – Hamas, which the U.S. State Department has designated a terrorist organization, launched an attack on Israel this past Saturday. More than 1,200 were dead as of Wednesday, according to media reports, and Israel on Sunday declared war on Hamas. Hamas governs more than 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
phoenixmag.com | Kate Duffy
The new Angels on Call app from the Society of St. Vincent De Paul makes donating to those needing financial assistance as easy as possible. An addition to the nonprofit’s Angels on Call program, the app helps donors connect with Valley residents in need and provide them with funds just by using their smartphone, getting help to people quicker and more efficiently. Available in all app stores.
