Hikers, boaters, horseback riders and even BASE jumpers get into dangerous situations in the national forest just outside Mesa and just like in the city, emergency responders rush to the
Emergency responders can attest that incidents like flipped ATVs, broken ankles and heart attacks still occur even when people leave the confines of Arizona’s major metropolitan areas.
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Wichita Falls’ harrowing experience with a five-year drought that began in 2010 could help other Texas communities through future water crises.
Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed into law a measure that puts the state on the path to developing water resources through Direct Potable Reuse projects.
Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) means processing effluent sewer water for immediate use as drinking water.
When Wichita Falls hurried a DPR system into use during the drought, the city made headlines across the country as the city that drinks “potty water.”
But it worked and now Wichita Falls can maintain a steady level of potable water into Lake Arrowhead, the primary water reservoir.
Still a target
JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer
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Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 470,000 people in the U.S., legislators across the country are
still filing bills targeting LGBTQQ people. That was the takeaway from a recent Human Rights Campaign press call lead by Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director for the LGBTQ advocacy organization.
The three most common types of bills now winnow in on creating barriers for transgender people participating in sports, those seeking medical care and those obtaining identity documents.
“These anti-transgender attacks are just the latest assaults on the LGBTQ community. These political extremists are taking painstaking efforts. They should focus on educating children, not solutions to non-existent problems,” Oakley said.