As search and rescue teams across the country are hampered by an aging volunteer base and struggling to keep up with a surge in calls for help, a Colorado law enacted earlier this year could lead to a dramatic rethinking of the current current SAR structure. Read more» 
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Officials used the cellphone of a missing hiker to find a family of four, who went missing on Sunday night while hiking a Mt. Lemmon trail, authorities said. Read more»
A small group of agents has worked for the last nine months at Tucson BP headquarters to coordinate reports of migrants lost in the Arizona desert, and either launch rescue efforts to save those lost in the desert, or help recover and repatriate remains of those who had died. Read more» 1
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