
Shaun McKinnon
Environment Editor at The Arizona Republic
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Apr 1, 2024 |
azcentral.com | Shaun McKinnon
Lou Conter, who survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor aboard the battleship USS Arizona, died Monday at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., at the age of 102, more than 82 years after the attack. He was the last remaining member of the ship's final crew. His daughter Louann Daley said he was surrounded by family when he died. Conter was a 20-year-old Navy quartermaster on the USS Arizona on Dec.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Shaun McKinnon
One of the longest-running stories on the Arizona environment beat is the plight of the Mexican gray wolf, a predator eradicated in the wild by government agencies decades ago and one that some of those same agencies are now trying to restore to the landscape. Wolves have long worn an almost mystical allure in cultures around the world, the subject of myth and legend, creatures feared and admired, hated and revered, heroes and villains in stories we keep telling.
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Oct 30, 2023 |
eu.thespectrum.com | Shaun McKinnon
Welcome to AZ Climate for the week of Oct. 31. If someone forwarded this to you,please consider signing up so you'll receive the newsletter every TuesdayHappy Halloween! (Or Happy Nevada Day, orthodox version, if you so celebrate.) If you live in Phoenix, the weather couldn’t be more perfect for trick-or-treaters, partiers, baseball fans or anyone else who likes high temperatures in the low 80s and open-window overnights.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
azcentral.com | Shaun McKinnon
The Arizona Republic is a finalist in the national Scripps-Howard Awards, recognized for a series of stories about how drought, climate change and politics are reshaping the Colorado River a century after it was put to work by an influx of western settlers. The stories, published in The Republic and on azcentral during 2022, took readers from the river's headwaters in Wyoming, through drought-stricken reservoirs and into the fields near the river's end.
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Aug 16, 2023 |
azcentral.com | Shaun McKinnon
The Arizona Republic's award-winning coverage of environment and climate issues is on its way to your email inbox with a new weekly newsletter that will help you keep up with some of the most important stories of the moment.
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