Smoke from the Salt River landfill fire could cause health problems
A fire that broke out at a landfill at about 4 p.m. Saturday on the Salt River Indian Reservation, near North Beeline Highway east of Scottsdale, had been reduced to a smolder by Tuesday afternoon.
Arizona gets failing grades in Lung Association tobacco report card
Arizona lags behind in policies that prevent and reduce tobacco use, according to the American Lung Association’s annual “State of Tobacco Control” report. The state received failing grades in three of five categories and did not improve on any of its grades from last year.