Shar Porier

Arizona

Reporter at Herald/Review Media

Reporter at Wick Communications

Freelance writer, many journalistic awards. Great interest in news, politics, environment, health and just plain fun.

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Articles

Antenori: Call on Trump to fix wolf predation problem

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

BISBEE — The federal government wants to continue the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, but the county’s and the state’s eastern ranchers and farmers would rather the effort go away. The Cochise County Board of Supervisors held a work session Thursday and heard from Pascal Berlioux, executive director of the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization (ECO). Its mission has been to plan and implement specific environmental programs impacting economic development in the region.
Another Griffin groundwater water bill vetoed by Hobbs

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

PHOENIX — Another bill promoted by Rep. Gail Griffin (R-LD19) about managing groundwater in the state was vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Hereford representative is disappointed in the decision.
Funding Shortages Limit Firefighters In Battling Wildfires

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

PHOENIX — Fire departments and fire districts are facing more challenges as drought continues to dry the mountains and grasslands throughout the state and now federal grants are limited. More and more homes are being built next to wildlands and their dangerous vegetative and manmade fuel loads can tear through hundreds to thousands of acres in a matter of hours.
Chiricahua Mountains to provide backdrop peaceful protest

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

PORTAL — Taking a page from the peaceful demonstrations of the 1960s and 1970s, a group of local musical activists has planned a 'Get Up! Stand Up!' Protest Music Festival on Saturday, May 17. It’s an all–day affair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Geronimo Event Center at the intersection of U.S. Route 80 and Portal Road in Rodeo, N.M.kAm$4@EE wF36C[ E96 @C82?:K6C[ DE2E65[ “x? E96 e_D[ >FD:4 H2D 2 A@H6C7F= G69:4=6 7@C F?:7J:?8 @AA@D:E:@? E@ H2C[ C24:D>[ A@==FE:@?
Local nonprofit receives needed funding for food, Begins new program to build mental health component

2 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

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Huachuca, Chiricahua mountains at Risk as Federal Lands Open for Logging

2 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

COCHISE COUNTY — Now that President Donald Trump has opened federal lands for logging, will the Huachuca and Chiricahua mountains be stripped of its trees? There's no answer as yet from the National Park Service (NPS) or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), both under the Department of the Interior.
Griffin Calls Out Governor Over Vetoes on Water Bills

3 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

PHOENIX – State Rep. Gail Griffin is not happy with the decision of Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto several bills she offered on water conservation which passed through the House and Senate. “In rural Arizona, shallow domestic wells, typically between 100 and 300 feet deep, are going dry,” Griffin wrote in a press release.
Protected Female Mexican Wolf Shot by U.S. Fish and Wildlife

3 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

PHOENIX — A removal order by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of one, non–collared Mexican gray wolf led to the killing of a collared and protected female Mexican gray wolf in southeastern Arizona’s Apache National Forest and according to environmental groups it should never have happened. The pack is part of the broader population of Mexican gray wolves that inhabit the region and also southwestern New Mexico.
Hobbs vetoes six groundwater bills

4 weeks ago | gvnews.com | Shar Porier

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Hobbs vetoes six bills proposed by Griffin on groundwater protection

4 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Shar Porier

PHOENIX — Keeping true to her promise, Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a number of bills passed by the senate and house which she says would hinder, not help, the state’s groundwater situation. On Apr. 17, she released a letter to House Speaker Steve Montenegro (R–LD 12) and explained her reasons for giving the bills the boot. kAm“t249 @7 E96D6 3:==D H2D DA@?D@C65 3J #6A] v2:= vC:77:? W#–s`cX[Q w@33D HC@E6] Qs:D2AA@:?E:?8=J[ ?@?6 @7 E96D6 3:==D >2<6 2 5:776C6?46 :?