part of the USA TODAY Network. Yepiz was rescued the day before by Phoenix firefighters, who used chainsaws to free him from the palm tree’s “skirt”, the dried fronds that hang from the ...

but he was stuck among a bunch of palm tree fronds. Officials believe he was knocked unconscious by parts of the tree. Rescuers had to use a chainsaw to free Yepiz after he spent about an hour ...

He says vetting carefully is an important part of the hiring process; not just anyone can trim palm trees. RELATED: Man dies after being rescued from 50-foot tree in west Phoenix “Well ...

43 Kayla Perez/GoFundMe Tree trimmer Jaime Yepiz, 43, was working on a 50-foot palm tree when dried palm fronds fell on him Responders arrived to extricate him from the tree, using chain saws to ...

A Mesa boy is now an official Arizona Diamondback, thanks to the team and Make-A-Wish for making his dream come true. Whether you’re looking to celebrate our armed forces or looking to take the ...

There is a special reason the local Arbor Day committee chose to plant a tree at the playground of Catholic Schools of Fairbanks on Tuesday. It was to honor Marci Ward, a third-grade teacher at ...

The west end of Country Club Road will be closed beginning May 5 for equipment replacement work at ... Wagner is a journalist at the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network.