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Jenny Kane/APThe U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research stations in more than a dozen states as part of an overhaul under President Donald Trump. The Flagstaff Forestry Sciences Laboratory is not impacted. -
NPS Photo/J. BairdThe South Kaibab Trail is now closed below the Tip-Off, a landmark and resting area, and the Bright Angel Trail is off limits to visitors below the intersection with the Tonto Trail. -
Courtesy of Jani IngramA professor at Northern Arizona University teamed up with Navajo communities to test water quality in remote wells. The map is meant to help tribal members still struggling with the effects of past uranium mining. -
Gary Beverly/Friends of the Verde RiverArizona officials have given final approval to boost environmental protections for parts of the Upper Verde River and Sycamore Creek in northern Arizona.
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The Trump administration’s push to allow more road construction in national forests has alarmed preservationists in Arizona, who warn the change could lead to logging or more uranium mining near the Grand Canyon. -
Grand Canyon National Park officials are distributing bottled drinking water to park residents after last weekend’s flooding destroyed sections of the Transcanyon Waterline. -
The federal agency’s action — published Tuesday — contends that its decision is intended to “encourage energy production” in the midst of Trump’s self-declared national energy emergency. -
The Grand Canyon’s notoriously rugged terrain, now scarred by flooding, complicates the search for a missing man and the completion of damage assessments to infrastructure. -
The environmental groups argue Trump’s slashing of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is illegal. -
Deadly flooding at the Grand Canyon is damaging the area's economy, with a washed-out pipeline severing the South Rim's water supply and shutting down lodging at the popular tourist vista for an indefinite period.
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The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice. -
The judge was on the verge of declaring a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder case. Then her defense attorney requested time to seek an emergency stay from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. -
Changing SNAP eligibility actually can change consumption habits. -
It's part of a political showdown with Marcos. A trial could impact her plans to run for president in 2028. -
His trip to Vietnam marks his third visit to an ASEAN member state as he seeks to restore Myanmar's standing in the bloc.
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A sunny and breezy close to the work week for most, showers will develop over the White Mountains region. Over the holiday weekend, expect a continuation of seasonable warmth, isolated storms may develop over the high terrain Saturday. Sunday looks to be the most active day of storms, particularly across northwestern AZ and the Grand Canyon Country, followed by a quiet Labor Day Monday.
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