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Scientists warn increased flood risk will affect 99,000 Louisianans by 2045

Scientists warn increased flood risk will affect 99,000 Louisianans by 2045

What if your house flooded twice a month, every month? That's the rate of flooding, termed "chronic inundatio…

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Watch New Orleans termites destroy this tiny house from the inside out

Watch New Orleans termites destroy this tiny house from the inside out

Formosan termites hit you where it hurts. The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) created a video doc…

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Louisiana to get $992,000 for outdoor recreation and conservation projects

Louisiana to get $992,000 for outdoor recreation and conservation projects

Louisiana will get nearly $1 million from federal offshore lease revenues for outdoor recreation and conserva…

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Joan Meiners: Quit being willing to kill me and my friends

Joan Meiners: Quit being willing to kill me and my friends

Public roads are for all traffic, bikes included. I commute to work on two wheels instead of four. Every week…

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Good news: animals won't shrink as the climate gets warmer

Good news: animals won't shrink as the climate gets warmer

Do animals get bigger as the climate they live in gets colder? According to a rule established in 1847, they …

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The Power of Irma

The Power of Irma

In the witching hour of Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Gainesville as a Category 1 storm. Wind gu…

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Artist Bruce Aiken mourns a lifetime of losses in Grand Canyon flood

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By Joan Meiners Verified
| Fresno Bee Verified
FLAGSTAFF - Growing up within Grand Canyon National Park, Shirley Jo Aiken spent every night sleeping out under the stars with her siblings, Mercy and Silas. As the children of now-famous painter Bruce Aiken - who lived at and operated the Roaring Springs pumphouse below the North Rim for 33 years while honing his craft capturing the canyon on canvas - they ran free in Bright Angel Canyon.
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Campwood Fire exceeds 1,000 acres as firefighters gain control Original

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By Joan Meiners Verified
| AZCentral | The Arizona Republic Verified
Aug. 28, 2026, 2:38 p.m. MT Firefighting crews working to contain the Campwood Fire near Bagdad in Yavapai County are "close to having the fire nearly tied in after another successful day of aerial and hand ignition operations," according to an update on August 28 from the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The size of the fire more than doubled since the briefing on Aug. 27, to the current estimate of 1,018 acres and remains at 0% containment.
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Campwood Fire in Yavapai County enters tricky terrain, is 0% contained

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By Joan Meiners Verified
| AZCentral | The Arizona Republic Verified
Aug. 26, 2026, 2:42 p.m. MT The Campwood Fire, burning six miles northeast of the small copper mining community of Bagdad, west of Prescott, dropped off the Blue Mountain ridgeline on August 26 into heavier fuels, sparking flames 100 feet in length. Firefighters are now working in steep, difficult terrain to control the blaze, which is estimated to span 176 acres, according to a 10 a.m. update from the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
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