Victim of bear attack undergoes 6 surgeries
PHOENIX - A Gilbert woman mauled by a bear has undergone six surgeries over seven days. The husband of 61-year-old Lana Hollingworth says her scalp was ripped off.
Hollingsworth was walking her dog the night of June 28 in the Pinetop Country Club when she was attacked. Wildlife experts think the bear was rummaging through garbage looking for food.
A Game and Fish spokeswoman tells The Arizona Republic that four bears have been relocated from the Pinetop area in the past week and another bear was killed after it broke into a trailer.
Most Wallow Fire closures in New Mexico are lifted
SILVER CITY, N.M. - Most parts of the Gila National Forest that have been closed because of the massive Wallow Fire along the Arizona border are being reopened.
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The closures that covered the northwest part of the New Mexico forest will be lifted on at midnight today. A small section north of Highway 180 near the Arizona border and Head of the Ditch campground will remain closed.
Pueblo Park and Cottonwood Park campgrounds have also reopened.
Stage 2 fire restrictions remain in place. That means all campfires are banned, and there is no smoking except in enclosed structures.
Phoenix suburb considers pet waste as energy source
GILBERT - Pet waste as a power source could soon be developed at a Gilbert dog park.
The town is weighing whether to approve a project that would use dog waste collected from the Cosmo Dog Park and turn it into an energy source to power a street lamp first, and possibly other uses later.
The Arizona Republic reports that students from Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in Mesa hope to design and create a "dog-waste digester."
State warns of cut
to Medicare services
PHOENIX - Arizona says it may have to stop paying for Medicare services for 10,000 people enrolled in the state's long-term care program.
The Oct. 1 halt of payments for Medicare Part B services would result from a decision that the state isn't entitled to federal funding despite previous determinations that it was.
Medicare Part B pays for such things as doctors' services, outpatient care and home services.
The state says discontinuation of the state's payments would mean affected people either would have Part B costs deducted from Social Security benefits or have to pay for the coverage themselves if they keep that coverage.
The state says it will send notices by the end of September if the situation isn't resolved in a way that preserves payments.
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