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Arizona State Mine InspectorArizona’s three public universities have developed a new tool to help environmental officials find and cleanup abandoned mines in the state. -
NPSFremont cottonwoods form a ribbon of green along Arizona’s rivers and streams. They have heart-shaped leaves which turn golden in fall and fluffy, cotton-like seeds. -
CourtesyTribal and state officials have called for an investigation into allegations that attendees at a high school basketball playoff game in Coolidge used racial slurs against players from Chinle High School. -
City Lights BooksNAU professor Gioia Woods discusses her biography of the iconic City Lights Bookstore in San Frrancisco, from fighting 1950s obscenity charges to meeting the modern challenges of the 21st century.
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Family and law enforcement officials gathered Monday for the funeral of an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper killed in a helicopter crash this month in Flagstaff. -
Officials at Grand Canyon National Park say an Idaho man died after he entered the water at the top of Hance Rapid while on a private trip on the Colorado River last week. -
The National Park Service has released its executive summary of the Dragon Bravo Fire’s impacts on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and surrounding forest land. -
New Mexican legislators approved a measure to investigate the forced sterilization of Native American women performed by the Indian Health Service and other providers. -
Funeral services were held in Kingman Friday for the Department of Public Safety pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff earlier this month. -
Leaders of environmental groups are issuing fresh warnings this week about the impacts the ongoing gridlock could have on the river basin.
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In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Trump once again touted new tax benefits for tipped workers, who like many Americans are feeling the pinch of higher prices. -
During a confirmation hearing, senators asked Dr. Casey Means about her current positions and her past statements on a range of public health issues. -
Allegra Goodman's new novel is called This Is Not About Us, but critic Maureen Corrigan says that title is coy: Readers are bound to see aspects of themselves and their families in these pages. -
Skarsgård plays a filmmaker struggling to connect with his two grown daughters in Sentimental Value. As the father of eight, the Swedish actor says he understands the tension his character faces. -
With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
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