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Salina Bookshelf, Inc.Navajo poet, author, medicine man and former Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim died last week at age 63. In a 2019 interview, Lee discusses translating the Diné language and worldview. -
ScreenshotA Pinal County judge issued a temporary restraining order to put on hold the probation against Coolidge High School’s athletics department. The order came after state sports officials placed the school's entire athletics program on a year-long probation amid allegations that Coolidge supporters threatened and used racial slurs against players from Chinle High. -
Scott ThybonyRoad trips on lonely and desolate roads are woven into the western experience. But even the most windswept, far-off places have stories to tell. In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony takes a drive through New Mexico while contemplating cattle drives and fresh-baked pies. -
Ross D. Franklin/APThe state House of Representatives rejected a proposal requiring police agencies to have a written policy against the routine use of masks.
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State lawmakers want to require that teachers who call in sick to attend protests be fired and forfeit any rights to reemployment in the Arizona education system. -
The FBI says 8-year-old Maleeka "Mollie" Boone, who was found dead on the Navajo Nation in January, may have been hit by a large vehicle like a pickup truck. -
Throughout his career, Rex Lee Jim served as a medicine man, teacher, author, diplomat and Navajo Nation vice president. He died Tuesday in Albuquerque at the age of 63. -
Republicans in the state Legislature want to require any state and local police force making an arrest to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Arizona’s three public universities have developed a new tool to help environmental officials find and cleanup abandoned mines in the state. -
Fremont cottonwoods form a ribbon of green along Arizona’s rivers and streams. They have heart-shaped leaves which turn golden in fall and fluffy, cotton-like seeds.
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Colman McCarthy dedicated his life to peace — from training to be a monk, to teaching and writing about peace. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with his eldest son, Jim McCarthy, about his father's legacy.
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Outside of Chicago, a homeless shelter and rehab center called Wayside Cross hosts a unique program to help people get back on their feet, one mile at a time.
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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have released videos of Bill and Hillary Clinton's depositions in the committee's ongoing investigation into the Epstein files.
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As missiles continue to fly across the Middle East, what do Americans make of the U.S. attack on Iran so far? Residents of Harrisburg, Pa., weigh in.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, international spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, about the ongoing war with Iran.
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Warm and windy Monday (Wind Advisories are in effect across northern and eastern AZ). Otherwise, gradually less warm into midweek, then cooler late week.Reminder there will be a lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning, beginning at 2:50 a.m., totality occurs from 4:04 - 5:03 and comes to an end at 6:17, cloud free skies are expected.
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