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Cathy McGrath is among the closest neighbors to the project, with a home backing onto the mountains and just across an arroyo from where the company intends to move mine tailings.
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
The hole is tricky because getting to the green requires hitting over an arroyo, a drainage channel, that has been densely lined with concertina wire.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
For this Sedona house, the intent was to retain water on the property and not overwhelm the arroyo behind it.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
More rain is expected to cause dangerous flash, urban and arroyo flooding in some places, including landslides, mudslides and debris flows.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
The hole is tricky because getting to the green requires hitting over an arroyo, a drainage channel, that has been densely lined with concertina wire.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
For this Sedona house, the intent was to retain water on the property and not overwhelm the arroyo behind it.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
More rain is expected to cause dangerous flash, urban and arroyo flooding in some places, including landslides, mudslides and debris flows.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
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