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Pinetop-Lakeside is located roughly eight hours east of El Centro and two hours north of Globe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Muse noted before Wednesday’s open that Micron’s stock was trading at less than 3.5 times its expected earnings-per-share potential north of $100 by calendar-year 2027.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

On Tuesday, a vehicle was targeted in the Mansourieh area, a predominantly Christian residential neighbourhood north of Beirut.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Watchful for a Soviet attack from the north, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, as the country’s military is known, were for years concentrated in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four large islands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Whenever the big ice floes drifted down from the north and crashed onshore, making thunderous sounds, he would tremble and turn pale.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell