Katelyn Seabury

Beginning this morning, protestors at the state Capitol are going to face some new restrictions. Arizona Public Radio's Howard Fischer explains.

On a party-line vote, the Republican members of the Legislative Council voted Thursday to ban bullhorns by those marching between the House and Senate. House Speaker Andy Tobin said the devices are not only disruptive to the legislative process but also interfere with the rights of others. One of those is Kathryn Kobor who told lawmakers she has come to the Capitol for years to protest illegal immigration.

Yesterday's snowfall in northern Arizona caused major traffic delays for vehicles traveling on both I-17 and I-40. I-40 was closed for hours with multiple vehicle collisions. Currently, both interstates are opened but an additional one to three inches of snow is expected to fall today, according to the National Weather Service.

An additional two to four inches are expected overnight for elevations above 7,000 feet and tomorrow a predicted three to seven inches of new snow accumulation is forecasted. 

On the night he lost his seat as President of the Arizona senate, Russell Pearce sounded more reserved than usual.

“We’re the envy of this nation,” Pearce said. “I’ve got patriots from across this nation that email me and write me everyday thankful for what Arizona has done leading the way.”

By - Lucrezia Cuen

Flagstaff, AZ – Grand Canyon tour bus driver Dick Lott is taking a photo for a couple posed against the Mohave Point overlook. Beyond them, abrupt slopes and impossible cliffs descend almost a mile to an aquamarine ribbon that is the Colorado River.

Lott has been showing people the Canyon for four years. He says he has seen some drop in visitors.

"The whole park, the whole area, has been a little lower," Lott says. "Visitation's been a little lower, because of the economy I imagine."

By - Lucrezia Cuen

Flagstaff, AZ – The first rays of sunrise burst over the red cliffs of Sedona, and Holly McGhee, of Carrollton, Georgia is on a hilltop, watching in awe.

"Oh my gosh," McGhee says. "That is unbelievable. Wow."

McGhee is travelling with her husband and her two sisters. They're staying a few days in Sedona before heading off to the Grand Canyon. There, the four of them will share one room for one night. In these lean times they are making do with less.

By Daniel Kraker

Flagstaff, AZ – The Speaker of the Navajo Nation council is expected to introduce two pieces of legislation today with the goal of creating hundreds of "green" jobs on the country's largest reservation.