Residential Zoning Changes Make Room for Chickens

Call it YIMBY for chickens: In Mohave County, Arizona, chickens could soon be allowed on all properties zoned for residential use. Previously, chickens were only allowed on properties zoned for agricultural-residential and residential-recreation zoning districts.Bill McMillen reports on the story as the Mohave County Board of Supervisors considers a zoning ordinance modeled on zoning changes…

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The Colorado River flooded the Chemehuevi’s land. Decades later, the tribe still struggles to get its share of the river

This investigation is a collaboration betweenHigh Country News and ProPublica. At night, the lights of Lake Havasu City’s hotels, boat launches and neighborhoods reflect off the reservoir that gave this busy Arizona tourist town its name. The federal government dammed the Colorado River just downstream in the 1930s, providing the water and recreation opportunities that have allowed the…

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