“Arizona volunteers are donating blankets, jackets and money to help snowed-in Indian villages in northern Mexico, where the Mexican government broadened a state of emergency on Tuesday. The relief supplies are bound for remote villages around the Copper Canyon, a popular tourist destination often likened to Arizona’s Grand Canyon. ‘We’re trying to save some lives and alleviate suffering,’ said Richard Fisher of Tucson, who is coordinating the effort. He said donors have pledged about 1,000 jackets and an equal number of blankets so far. Heavy snows have been piling up since early January in Chihuahua’s highlands, cutting off telephone lines and mountain roads. Some 200 villages have been snowed in, according to the state’s emergency-relief agency.” (02/07/07)