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Reported by: Associated Press Last Update: 7:13 am Snow turned Happy Jack, Arizona into a winter wonderland. via KNXV

July 2005 astro bytes Teachers spy supernova, Apollo anniversary, satellite reaches orbit, and more Deep Impact strikes its target The first mission to crash into a comet is an unqualified success. via Astronomy

Submitted by rtroxel on Wed, 2008-04-16 06:16. Having just returned from a month's vacation in the Southwest, I'd like to share some information in regard to various dark-sky parks and local astronomy clubs. via Chesmont Astronomical Society

“I originally suggested putting together this committee after voting for the ADOT proposal and later realizing the proposal, as it stood, was not in the best interest of the community”

Candidates lay out environmental positions By Tommy Acosta, SVVT Editor Sedona, AZ - April 17, 2008 - It's down to the wire between Sedona Mayor Pud Colquitt and Sedona Councilman Rob Adams as they race ... via Sedona.biz

“It's like if you drop something in water, you get rings forming, but the middle comes back up.”

The famous Barringer crater, also called simply 'Meteor Crater,' in Arizona. Only 50,000 years old, it is already filling in. via Fox News

Shooter in '06 NE Side homicide is still at large When and Where: April 21, 2006, in the 8700 block of East Bear Paw Place, near East Tanque Verde and East Bear Canyon roads. via Tucson Region

“My concern is now that we've secured Blue Ridge and there could be this euphoria, and people will think there's so much water 'let's go out and use it.'”

"We've come a long way with our water," town Hydrologist Mike Ploughe said in the story. via Water Technology

“Northern Arizona is definitely not dead in terms of volcanoes.”

Several NAU professors have received national recognition for their work on the sleeping giants known as volcanoes. via JackCentral.com

“While it appears that Sedona has plentiful water supplies at this time, this condition may not continue into the future”

On April 19th at 6:30 pm, after the Earth Day festivities come to an end, Sustainable Arizona will host a panel discussion at the Sedona Library on The Politics of Water, Managing Our Water from the Coconino ... via Sedona.biz

“There was lots of water flowing”

S HEADLEY RD/W VALENCIA RD ,TUC ACCIDENT NO INJURY 10:27 E DUVALL VI/S KINO PW ,TUC ACCIDENT NO INJURY 10:19 N ORACLE RD/W RIVER RD ,CO ACCIDENT UNKNOWN INJURIES 10:15 updated every 5 minutes - incidents ... via The Arizona Daily Star

“We gave her some water and took it nice and easy to get her down [from the mountain]”

MARY ANNE MCEVOY , center, chats with rescue crews after Sedona Police Officer Jon Dexter, left, helped the lost hiker off Airport Mesa Trail. via Sedona.biz

Spring training as we know it is threatened. Use this link to learn how to support the national pastime in our own backyard. via KVOA-TV Tucson

Want to discover an impact crater, and even get it named after you? All you've got to do is spend a few hours poring over images in Google Earth or Google Maps. via Universe Today

“We stand by the findings of our scientific studies and continue to proceed forward with the development of The Preserve”

By: Barbara Charzuk , Times Reporter March 19, 2008 Friction over water has evolved between some Goldfield Ranch property owners and the developer of an adjacent planned community. via Fountain Hills Times

“These same precursors are likely to have been present in other primitive bodies, such as comets, that were also raining material onto the early Earth.”

Barringer Crater, also known as Meteor Crater, in Arizona. Nobody knows how life on Earth began, but the primordial soup likely got a lot of its ingredients from space. via Fox News

Academy Award, and nine time Emmy winner Cloris Leachman will workshop her new one woman show CLORIS! in Sedona, AZ before embarking on a 11 city U.S. tour. via Sedona.biz

“If we approve this tonight, are we in compliance with what we have to do?”

By Tammy Gray-Searles Although it is taking some time, plans for a wind farm in the Dry Lake area are still in the works. via Tribune-News

“Not only the fighting, but the marching and being deprived of the comforts we take for granted.”

Don Jolly has never been shot at, but he has eaten hardtack.As a Civil War re-enactor, the 49-year-old Mesa man gets a taste of the hardships of war. via East Valley Tribune

Anyone who has traveled to Sedona recently has probably gotten snagged in that frustrating knot of road construction along Arizona 179. via Arizona Republic

“It's probably the best year we've had since 1998”

Brittlebush are in vibrant bloom along the Sabino Canyon Trail in Sabino Canyon northeast of Tucson in this March 28, 2005 photo by Arizona Daily Star reporter Doug Kreutz. via The Arizona Daily Star