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This weekend, Northern Arizona University will host an international conference on stabilizing indigenous languages. Language experts estimate that hundreds - if not thousands - of native languages have been lost worldwide over the last century, mainly due to the influence of outside cultures and ideologies. Jon Reyhner teaches bi-lingual multicultural education at NAU. He spoke with Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris about what it means to stabilize these languages.

A man suspected of starting a string of forest wildfires near Flagstaff has been ruled mentally incompetent. Arizona Public Radio’s Terry Ward reports…

You can't always tell a book by its cover - it's a cliche', but it's bearing out in the world of biology. As biologists peer ever more closely inside the book of life, they are learning there may be far more species of plants and animals than anyone previously thought.

Two people have died in a small plane crash south of Flagstaff near the community of Mountainaire. Arizona Public Radio’s Terry Ward reports…

Federal water managers are meeting with representatives from seven Western states including Arizona to begin hammering out rules for sustaining the Colorado River. Arizona Public Radio’s Terry Ward reports…

The Peregrine Fund says lead poisoning killed four of the eight California condors that died last winter in Arizona and Utah. Arizona Public Radio’s Terry Ward reports…

Peering over the edge of the Grand Canyon for the first time can be a sublime experience. The awe-inspiring beauty can overwhelm and take over your senses. But, as commentator Scott Thybony says, not all first-timers are able to go "into the view" of the Grand Canyon. Instead, they remain on the outside looking in.

Campfire and smoking restrictions go into effect at 8 oclock Wednesday morning on the entire Coconino National Forest and on the Williams and Tusayan Ranger Districts of the Kaibab National Forest. Arizona Public Radio’s Terry Ward reports…

It's hard to put a label on author Pam Houston's books. The prize-winning writer blends together fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Houston will be in Flagstaff this weekend headlining the Northern Arizona Book Festival. In KNAU's latest Southwest Book Review, writer Ann Cummins reviews Houston's latest novel, Contents May Have Shifted, the true story of an imaginary character named Pam Houston.

Thousands of people accepted into the federal Deferred Action Program will not be getting state drivers' licenses - at least not yet. Arizona Public Radio's Howard Fischer reports.