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John Locher/APArizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by the federal government to stave off crisis in the beleaguered waterway. -
Scott ThybonyCommentator Scott Thybony headed into the Painted Desert to find the route taken by an eccentric anthropologist in 1881. He discovered a wind-carved world and learned from a friend a more civilized way of traveling in the backcountry. -
City of FlagstaffA new report by Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona shows more than a third of Flagstaff residents are burdened by the cost of housing. -
Jim Clark/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, FileMexican wolf advocates are alarmed after Arizona Game and Fish officials say they’re preparing a petition to downgrade the species from endangered to threatened.
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After struggling with addiction for years, Nephi Craig started his own restaurant. He also works at a treatment center owned by the White Mountain Apache Tribe. His new memoir is “Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches From a White Mountain Apache Chef.” -
Ancient agave plants are helping researchers uncover clues about the people who lived in the Southwest more than 1,000 years ago. -
Navajo Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley tapped former state Rep Chris Deschene as her running mate. Meanwhile, attorney Justin Jones picked former rival Emily Ellison. -
Arizona is part of one of the nation's largest measles outbreaks as the number of cases surpasses the record high set in 2025, with five months of 2026 still to come. -
For seven decades, Flagstaff’s Starlite Lanes has been a bowling beacon in the Flagstaff community along Route 66. Now, its owner looks to pass the torch to the next generation. -
The National Interagency Fire Center raised the country’s wildfire preparedness level to the highest point. Even though Arizona is in the midst of monsoon season, a former Forest Service official says the state isn't out of the woods yet.
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The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021. -
There are at least three fires in and around the city. Large parts of Spokane are under Level 3 evacuation orders, which read: "Leave NOW! This may be your only notice." -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Glory Dolphin Hammes, CEO of IQAir North America, about the difficulties of tracking wildfire smoke.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Bloomberg AI infrastructure reporter Dina Bass about concerns over circular financing in the AI sector.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabai of the the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about potential offramps from the war available to the U.S. and Iran.
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Heat the headline of the forecast through the weekend. Spotty showers and thunderstorms develop each after over the Mogollon Rim into the White Mountains. Excessive Heat Warnings remain in effect through the weekend. The monsoon gradually gets going through next week, firmly becoming re-establish mid-week moving forward.
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