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‘Why Me?’ Survivor Recounts Deadly Arizona Flash Flood

When a wall of water came toward him, all Cesar Garcia could think to do was protect his young daughter and try to save his nephew. Garcia and his extended family were celebrating his sister’s birthday with a trip from Phoenix to a waterfall known as Water Wheel in the central Arizona wilderness. Learn more at KNAU.org.

President Begaye Orders Renewable Energy Effort on Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has signed an executive order promoting clean energy. It’s part of a larger push by the tribe to move away from fossil fuels on the reservation. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Earth Note: Cameron’s Boom, and Long Bust

In 1950, Hosteen Nez found a yellowish rock outcrop not far from Cameron, Arizona. His people, the Diné, called it leetso. Ten years earlier that find would have been no big deal. But with the Cold War heating up, Nez suspected this was the valuable ore geologists said contained uranium. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Arizona Prison Inmates Find Freedom Through Training Wild Horses

About four in ten Arizona prison inmates will be back behind bars within three years. That number is far lower for a group of men at the state prison in Florence, where taming wild mustangs is part of a unique rehab program. Learn more at KNAU.org.

California Condor Takes Flight In Wild After Near Extinction

In a remote, rugged valley overlooking the Pacific Ocean, researchers closely monitor an endangered icon: the California condor. The giant vultures flap their wings and circle the sky before perching on branches and observing their observers. Learn more at KNAU.org.