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The Arizona Department of Transportation has released its first-stage environmental review of a proposed new interstate from the border to north of Phoenix. The agency wants the public to weigh in on the controversial proposal, and is holding public meetings in Tucson and Marana this week. Three years ago, the state transportation department began evaluating the possibility of a new interstate highway, called I-11, which would connect traffic from the Mexican border to the Nevada border. In 2015 a federal act identified the route as a high-priority corridor eligible for federal funding. State transportation spokesperson Laura Douglas says her agency...

A 4-year-old South Carolina boy touched hearts around the world when he told a mall Santa that his Christmas wish list included Santa's prayers for a baby on life support in Las Vegas. Prestyn Barnette met Santa at the Dutch Square Mall in Columbia., S.C., a week ago. First, the shy little boy asked for a toy train. Then he asked St. Nick to pray for Baby Knox, a 2-month-old being kept alive on a respirator. Prestyn learned about the infant through his grandmother's Facebook prayer group. "Santa said we will pray now and he got down and prayed," the...

This WWII vet had it mailed not presented to him by the O-Bumer creeps.

Greetings Western Arizona FReepers. I just got off the phone with Jim, he'll be in Mohave County on Friday. He'll be staying Friday night in Kingman and coming to Lake Havasu City on Saturday for lunch. If there are any FReepers out here who would like to have supper with Jim in Kingman on Friday, or who would like to join us for lunch on Saturday, FReepmail me ASAP. I'll post information on Saturday's lunch on this thread shortly.