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Jonathan J. Cooper/AP/APSkyrocketing power demand from massive data centers and rising household electric bills are injecting a wave of attention into who is getting elected to watch over electric utilities. -
Abigail Wilt/Cronkite NewsThe ongoing measles outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border has surpassed 500 cases. -
Cayla Nimmo/APThe SAVE America Act would require voters to prove their citizenship in person to register to vote. But tribal leaders say it would create barriers to voting for Indigenous populations. KNAU speaks with Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley about the proposal. -
Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZMonument Valley’s long film history continues as the Navajo Nation and Utah sign a new agreement to expand production while supporting jobs and Indigenous storytelling.
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Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record. -
Flagstaff Mayor Becky Daggett says she and other local officials are still seeking information on a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement substation in the city. -
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Arizona Republicans to nullify a nearly million-acre national monument near the Grand Canyon. -
Low snowfall this winter, paired with unprecedented June-like heat in March, has local forest managers closely monitoring fire conditions across northern Arizona. -
April in northern Arizona is heralded by the loud metallic wing trills of broad-tailed hummingbirds returning from winter in the Highlands of Mexico and Central America. -
The Trump administration plans to move the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service to Salt Lake City as the U.S. Department of Agriculture begins a sweeping restructuring of the agency.
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The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa. -
The president has had mixed messages about how and when the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran will end. -
A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon. -
Bannon spent four months in prison after defying a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. -
Trump threatened to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. And, NASA's Artemis II crew prepares to make its closest approach to the moon.
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April shower and thunderstorms will develop Monday afternoon mainly from Flagstaff north and eastward. Sunny and warm afternoons are then forecast through the remainder of the week.
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