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Deborah Lee Soltesz/USFS Coconino National ForestThree decades ago, the use of cloud seeding to enhance precipitation over the region was tested as part of a large field experiment. -
Matthew Brown/AP/APThe U.S. Department of the Interior is canceling a rule that put public lands conservation on equal footing with development as part of President Donald Trump's attempt to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. -
NPSGrand Canyon National Park officials say they've found the body of 26-year-old Sandarsh Krishna who'd been missing since late April. -
Alex Hager/KUNCA federal hydrologist appeared to be momentarily at a loss for words Thursday as he described how dire the latest forecast has gotten for how much water will flow through the Colorado River Basin this summer.
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A uranium ore truck headed from the Pinyon Plain Mine to Utah crashed on the Navajo Nation near Shonto Wednesday. Officials say no radiation leak was detected. -
Moon trees are descendants of the seeds astronaut Stuart Roosa brought with him on Apollo 14 in the 1970s. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly helped Lowell dedicate a tree on May 5. -
The Navajo Nation Department of Criminal Investigations does not have an on-site medical examiner, forcing criminal investigators to take on duties they are not properly trained for and slowing down murdered and missing persons investigations. -
Rachel Entrekin has become the first woman to win the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon while shaving two hours off the course record. -
A consultant for Essential Minerals says the proposed project near Coppermine is only being explored. But Navajo residents are still skeptical. -
Calling the Republican budget “unbalanced and reckless,” Gov. Katie Hobbs late Tuesday vetoed the entire $17.9 billion package of spending bills and tax cuts.
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The packaging on some snacks is turning black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in colored ink. Calbee's chips originally came in a bright-orange bag. -
During Operation Metro Surge, mutual aid efforts in Minneapolis raised millions of dollars. But with most agents gone, and with increasing fatigue from community members, funds are drying up and people are moving on. Immigrants are not. -
Military life has always involved some degree of uncertainty. But for many families, the fear and unknowns that come with the Iran war are new territory. -
At least 15 former elected officials and co-conspirators with corruption offenses have been pardoned by President Trump in the last year, undermining the fight against public corruption. -
Some flights are less than 100 miles, and they're the backbone of the U.S. air system, linking small towns and big cities. But short routes were in decline even before jet fuel costs spiked.
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Windy and less hot Wednesday, winds will be particularly strong across northern and eastern AZ, which will lead to increased fire weather danger, Red Flag Warnings will be in effect across Coconino and Navajo Counties. Winds relax late week increasing again over the weekend ahead.
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