Arizona
Legal battle brewing over location of Mexican wolves in Arizona
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Conservation groups are pleading with the state to leave two Mexican gray wolves alone or they’ll sue.
The wolves are currently living north of Interstate 40 past the wolf population line drawn by the state.
Greta Anderson, deputy director of the Western Watersheds Project, said the wolves have chosen this area for a reason.
“The wolves themselves are showing us what they need and where they want to be. Why not let them go there,” Anderson said.
According to the Endangered Species Coalition, Mexican gray wolves are the most rare breed of wolves.
Anderson said they’ve been working for years to bring the wolves back from the brink of extinction.
“Our work is to bring them back, help them fulfill the ecological role that they are large predators,” she said.
This summer, the Arizona Fish and Game Department captured and collared a wolf they found north of I-40 near the Grand Canyon.
They then released it, hoping the wolf would reconnect with another one spotted in the same area so they can relocate them to their designated habitat south of I-40.
“The one wolf that has a collar on her, her name is Hope,” Anderson said.
Game and Fish has said I-40 is the hard line for the wolves’ population area, so they do not want the animals anywhere north of this.
However, conservation groups, including Anderson, said moving the wolves could violate the Endangered Species Act if the state can’t prove the animals came from the South. So Anderson said they sent the state an intent-to-sue letter.
“A 60-day window that’s required under the Endangered Species Act, and it gives the agencies like two months to tell us why they think they’re not violating the Endangered Species Act or to change their actions before we can sue them,” Anderson said.
She also wants to remind the public it’s against the Act to kill the endangered wolves.
Arizona Game and Fish says it can’t comment further on pending litigation but believes it is fully compliant with the act.
Anderson said they just want to protect the wolves.
“Until they can prove that these wolves are not dispersing, the permit doesn’t apply and it’s plain language, and so they would be violating the Endangered Species Act if they harm or harass these wolves,” she said.
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PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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