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The National Park Service has released its executive summary of the Dragon Bravo Fire’s impacts on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and surrounding forest land.
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New Mexican legislators approved a measure to investigate the forced sterilization of Native American women performed by the Indian Health Service and other providers.
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Funeral services were held in Kingman Friday for the Department of Public Safety pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff earlier this month.
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Leaders of environmental groups are issuing fresh warnings this week about the impacts the ongoing gridlock could have on the river basin.
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On 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.
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Arizona 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.
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Route 66 is known for roadside history, but the landscape also holds older signs of passage and human movement.
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Several schools throughout the Flagstaff area cancelled classes for Wednesday, Feb. 18, due to a winter storm set to impact much of northern Arizona.
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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.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the busiest National park in the U.S., but with the park service cutting nearly a quarter of all positions last year, volunteers have made up the difference.
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Blizzard conditions kept people at home from Delaware to coastal New England, with many communities seeing record snowfall. Travel was banned and clean up will be a big project in many towns.
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In cities around the world, groups of people get together to do on-location drawing in the place where they live. They say it helps them notice new things in their city.
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In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as government troops and militia allies battle Rwanda-backed M23 rebels for control of mineral-rich land, civilians pay the price in a brutal war.
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Oregon caves housed evidence of sewn materials from the end of the last Ice Age.
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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.