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Navajo Office of the PresidentNavajo Nation President Buu Nygren joined the chorus of Indigenous leaders condemning a racist post by the conservative media figure Ann Coulter. -
Mike Elson/USGS Coconino National ForestIn May the atmosphere’s concentration of carbon dioxide exceeded 430 parts per million for the first time in recorded history. That’s bad news for many ecosystems and for human communities and societies that rely on them. But there might be a silver lining for residents of the Southwest who like rainy summers. -
Courtesy of Navajo Nation Office of the PresidentAll evacuation orders related to the 11,027-acre Oak Ridge Fire southwest of Window Rock have been lifted as of Tuesday morning. The fire is now at 87% containment. -
Ken Lund/CC BY-SA 2.0Services from Colorado City will respond to Fredonia emergency calls, while Coconino County officials work to find a long-term solution.
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Clouds start to build in the early afternoon and the air becomes sweet with the promise of rain. The monsoon season is ramping up across the southwestern United States. -
The Oak Ridge Fire grew more slowly but still surpassed 10,600 acres last night. More than 350 people in several communities remain under evacuation orders. -
Congress is poised to revive payments to uranium miners and nuclear test downwinders through the Senate's version of the Senate’s “Big Beautiful Bill. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired last year. -
Rain comes when water molecules in the atmosphere clump together to form ice crystals or water droplets that are heavy enough to fall to the ground. But what causes that clumping to happen? -
More than 350 people have been evacuated from their homes southwest of Window Rock on the Navajo Nation as firefighters continue to battle the Oak Ridge Fire. -
Little America Hotel plans to close public access to its property in Flagstaff to protect against wildfire danger.
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NPR speaks with former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser about abandoned plans for a warning system in the part of central Texas that has now been devastated by floods. Moser pushed for the system.
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The death toll for the Texas floods tops 100 as the search and rescue efforts continue for over 160 missing people. And, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now. -
The latest on the deadly floods in Texas, foreign policy dominates President Trump's week, Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume mass federal layoffs for now.
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NPR's Leila Fadel examines the use of masks by federal agents while carrying out immigration arrests
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The Trump administration can move ahead, for now, with plans to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal workers following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Tuesday.
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The heat wave peaks Wednesday, Excessive Heat Warnings have been issued for elevations below 4000’. In addition, dry air will further overtake the region with isolated showers, if any at all for the remainder of work week. Heat eases somewhat for the weekend ahead along with a modest return of monsoonal moisture.
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