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Here’s what the Diamondbacks have coming up after Giants series

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April 20, 2024

Here’s what the Diamondbacks have coming up after Giants series

The Arizona Diamondbacks continue their 10-game, 11-day road trip with six games this week. On Monday, they begin a three-game set in St. Louis, followed by an off day Thursday and a three-game set in Seattle next weekend. The off day marks their first break in two weeks, helping provide a respite after a hectic early-season schedule.

Brandon Pfaadt, Ryne Nelson and Jordan Montgomery were lined up to start in the Cardinals series, but Nelson suffered a bruised elbow Thursday night in San Francisco and his status was uncertain. The first two starters in Seattle figure to be Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, before the rotation makes its way back around to Pfaadt on Sunday.

The Seattle series features two nationally televised games. The Friday night game is on ESPN+ before the Saturday night game on Fox Sports 1.

The Diamondbacks split their six games with the Cardinals last year. Even as St. Louis struggled to a 71-91 record — their worst since 1995 — they were able to take two out of three at Chase Field in July. The Diamondbacks won two out of three at Busch Field last April, although that series was more notable for the final start of Madison Bumgarner’s Arizona career. In the series finale, Bumgarner allowed seven earned runs in three innings. He was designated for assignment the next morning, capping a Diamondbacks tenure in which he went 15-32 with a 5.23 ERA.

The Diamondbacks have not been to Seattle since 2021, when they surprisingly took two of three games against a Mariners team that finished 38 games ahead of them.

Last season, the Mariners won two of three against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field just prior to the trade deadline. Paul Sewald closed out the first game of that series for Seattle — his last appearance with the Mariners before a July 31 trade to Arizona.

The series will hold extra significance for Corbin Carroll. Carroll grew up in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood and attended Lakeside School, where he became a nationally-known prospect as a high schooler. Carroll returned to his hometown for last year’s All-Star Game, in which he started for the National League, but he has not played a regular season game at the Mariners’ T-Mobile Park.

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Arizona presses for federal help as new report reveals $33.5M loss in floods

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November 13, 2025

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Arizona presses for federal help as new report reveals .5M loss in floods

GLOBE, AZ (AZFamily) — Arizona lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have sent a letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to swiftly approve Gov. Katie Hobbs’ request for a major disaster declaration for Gila and Mohave counties.

The move brings hope to communities like Globe, which are grappling with the aftermath of destructive and deadly floods in September and October.

Globe Mayor Al Gameros expressed his appreciation for the bipartisan effort.

“It’s amazing that letter was written in this shorter period of time,” Gameros said. “I’m glad that it’s a bipartisan letter. I’m glad that it’s urging the president to immediately sign this and not delay it, because it is important to our rural community.”

Included in the correspondence is a newly released damage assessment compiled by FEMA, the state, and local leaders.

The assessment of the two counties details significant destruction, including that 312 homes were damaged, with 64 destroyed, 89 suffering major damage, and 159 receiving minor damage. The total estimated loss in dollars is $33,579,081.

Gameros noted the challenges communities face in securing aid.

“We (other mayors) tried to learn, at the same time, learning what the complexity of filing for reimbursement,” he said.

He explained that while the state will reimburse towns up to 75% of costs, federal approval could mean up to 90% is paid back.

Now, Gameros is anxiously awaiting the Trump administration’s decision, hoping that if the disaster declaration is approved, the process won’t be slow.

“That would really put a hurt in our community as far as us being able to move forward,” he said.

In the meantime, he said they have restaurants open in Globe and urges Arizonans to pay them a visit.

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Kansas football bowl projections following Big 12 Conference loss on road against Arizona

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November 12, 2025

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Kansas football bowl projections following Big 12 Conference loss on road against Arizona

LAWRENCE — Kansas football lost 24-20 on the road this past weekend against Arizona.

The Big 12 Conference defeat saw the Jayhawks (5-5, 3-4 in Big 12) come up short on what could have been the day it became bowl eligible this season. Coach Lance Leipold and company gave up a late lead against the Wildcats and suffered a disappointing defeat. Bowl eligibility is still possible, as KU navigates an open week, but with the loss, reaching that point has become all the more challenging.

Before Kansas’ season resumes Nov. 22 on the road against Iowa State, here are some bowl projections for the Jayhawks:

This projection places Kansas in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, scheduled for December 26 in Dallas, Texas. It would put the Jayhawks up against Boise State (6-3, 4-1 in Mountain West Conference). Boise State most recently lost against Fresno State, but is still in contention to play for its conference title.

These projections place Kansas in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, scheduled for December 30 in Shreveport, Louisiana. One has KU facing Kennesaw State (7-2, 5-0 in Conference USA), while the other has KU facing Louisiana Tech (5-4, 3-3 in Conference USA). Kennesaw State beat Louisiana Tech earlier this season.

This projection places Kansas in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, which is set for Dec. 23 in Frisco, Texas. It would put the Jayhawks up against California (6-4, 3-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference). California is coming off of a win against now-No. 21 Louisville.

Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.

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Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council

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November 10, 2025

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Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council

The Colorado River Indian Tribes have formally accorded personhood status to the Colorado River, creating a powerful new mechanism to protect the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.

The resolution was approved by the CRIT Tribal Council on Nov. 6 in Parker.

The nearly 4,300-member tribe has long been alarmed at the state of its life-giving waterway, CRIT Chairwoman Amelia Flores wrote in a statement shared with The Arizona Republic.

“The Colorado River is in jeopardy,” she said. The tribe, which holds the largest quantity of senior water rights in the state, regards the river as a living being, so the resolution codifies that belief and the tribe’s commitment to protecting its needs and ability to provide water for future generations.

CRIT’s leadership conducted a rigorous process, including consultations with its membership, to formulate the resolution.

Personhood status opens a door to legal actions

During the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, Earth Elder Coordinator Mindahi Crescencio Bastida Munoz said the state of the natural world is in “such a systemic crisis that we need to rethink our position in the world as human beings.” Munoz also questioned why corporations have more rights than rivers, mountains or oceans.

Granting personhood to natural resources, such as rivers, allows people or parties to take legal action to protect them. For example, forum participants said a person could sue a company or entity that pollutes a river because the river has the right to be pollution-free.

CRIT is now authorized to include the river’s needs in transactions involving its water, Flores said in her statement, supporting the river’s long-term health, restoring habitats, designating flows for the river delta or building new wetlands.

The Colorado is now the third river with such legal protections in North America. The Yurok Tribe was the first to grant personhood to the Klamath River in 2019, which “establishes the Rights of the Klamath River to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve; to have a clean and healthy environment free from pollutants; to have a stable climate free from human-caused climate change impacts; and to be free from contamination by genetically engineered organisms.”

The Magpie River in Quebec was granted “legal personality” in 2021 by a joint resolution of the Conseil des Innu de Ekuanitshit, a Canadian First Nation and the Minganie Regional County Municipality, the local county government.

Other rivers, most notably the Whanganui River in New Zealand, have received personhood protections, which are enabling local Indigenous communities to begin the long process of restoring natural flows and habitats. Representatives from CRIT and other Southwestern tribes have met with Maori peoples to share ideas and concepts on how best to protect water and waterways.

“The river is a part of who we are and who we will always be,” Flores said. “The Colorado River Indian Tribes.”

Debra Krol reports on Indigenous communities at the confluence of climate, culture and commerce in Arizona and the Intermountain West. Reach Krol at debra.krol@azcentral.com. Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @debkrol and on Bluesky at @debkrol.bsky.social‬.

Coverage of tribal water issues in the Colorado River Basin is supported by the Water Desk.

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