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AP/Arizona Department Of Public SafetyFuneral services were held in Kingman Friday for the Department of Public Safety pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff earlier this month. -
Nick Cote for KUNC/LighthawkLeaders of environmental groups are issuing fresh warnings this week about the impacts the ongoing gridlock could have on the river basin. -
Cheyanne Mumphrey/AP/APOn February 4, residents of a west Flagstaff neighborhood were ordered to shelter in place as Flagstaff police exchanged fire with a man, who was eventually taken into custody. KNAU heard from three residents about their experiences that night. -
AP/Arizona Department Of Public SafetyArizona Department of Public safety officials say the service for pilot Robert Skankey will be held Friday in Kingman while the funeral for trooper paramedic Hunter Bennett takes place in Gilbert on Monday.
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A new poll of Arizona voters shows overwhelming support for public lands and opposition to the rollback of environmental laws. -
Route 66 is known for roadside history, but the landscape also holds older signs of passage and human movement. -
Several schools throughout the Flagstaff area cancelled classes for Wednesday, Feb. 18, due to a winter storm set to impact much of northern Arizona. -
Coconino County sheriff's officials are searching for 69-year-old Carolyn Legaspi-Cosper who was last seen picking up her mail on Feb. 3 in Ash Fork and has a known heart condition. -
Federal water managers say Lake Powell's level could drop low enough to impact power production at Glen Canyon Dam by the end of the year as drought conditions worsen across the Colorado River Basin. -
The Fetcher ranch in northwest Colorado is on the frontlines this year of record-low snowpack across the West. It's adding a sense of urgency among seven states to finalize a plan for how to conserve the dwindling Colorado River.
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New Jersey through Massachusetts could see 2 feet of snow. New York City's mayor said the city had not "seen a storm like this in a decade." -
Some U.S. Olympians at the Winter Games spend most of their lives overseas, training and putting down roots in the countries they compete against.
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Tariffs, DHS funding and international tensions are expected to be at the heart of the president's State of the Union speech to Congress this week.
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NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with Sadeqa Johnson about her new novel THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN and discovering the story of mixed-race children who were left in German orphanages following World War II.
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Father Andriy Zelinskyy, a chaplain in wartime Ukraine, talks about what he sees in the trenches and what he's learned about the fragility of humanity, years into the war with Russia.
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We close out the final week of February with quiet and gradually warmer afternoons as high pressure builds over the region.
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