Allen H. Awfe, Cronkite News
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Allen is a sustainability reporter whose work can be found at the Glendale Star and Peoria Times.
Firefighters had the difficult task of keeping two looming dangers at bay: large-scale wildfires and a highly-transmittable virus.
The agency's west coast office will focus on tracking and cleaning up abandoned mines, a particular problem in Arizona's history of uranium excavation.