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Nicole Gilbert//Cronkite NewsThe Chinle VA Clinic’s Expanded Services at the Chinle Comprehensive Healthcare Facility will provide five-day-a-week, in-person primary care to Navajo and Native veterans in some of the most remote regions of Arizona. -
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressFederal officials have announced a grant aimed at increasing the availability of biofuels at gas stations in Arizona.
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Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via APThe official overseeing about $4 billion in federal relief for people affected by a fire in a New Mexico fire set by the Forest Service is being reassigned to help consolidate recovery operations in the state.
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Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesArizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a multistate coalition urging the Biden administration to move forward on its ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
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The Verde Valley city was ranked as the 16th most popular travel spot in the U.S. this year. -
Colorado poet Daiva Chesonis shares her poem, "Burn Out." She's the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants and was inspired to write about the weight of the region’s conflicts on a recent trip to the country, and how they could be a foreshadowing of humanity’s future.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing for solutions to the West’s long-term drought and its impacts on farmers and ranchers.
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The coalition recommends products that contain “forever chemicals” should be ineligible for certification as well as increased guidelines for plastic packaging and “flushable” wipes that might not meet flushability standards.
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Former Speaker Seth Damon has announced his resignation from the Navajo Nation Council to take a position as New Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Indian Affairs.
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A federal judge has ruled that the third-party group No Labels can prohibit members from using its ballot line to run for office in Arizona.
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After a failed lethal injection, Alabama is planning to execute a man using nitrogen gas on Thursday. The method has never been used in the U.S.
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The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to grant the Biden administration's request to vacate a lower court's injunction in a case involving razor wire placed along Texas' border with Mexico.
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Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be.
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NPR speaks with the author of the children's book I Want to Be Spaghetti!, Kiera Wright-Ruiz about the melting pot of noodles.
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House Democrats plan to campaign on abortion rights in key districts that will determine control of the chamber. Their efforts may be boosted by ballot initiatives in states like Arizona and Florida.
Light showers persist Monday through a cool afternoon. Then next storm enters Monday night into Tuesday with another round of widespread rain and snow showers (1-2” of snow to 6500”, and a half inch of rain at lower elevations), moving into eastern AZ Tuesday night and lingering Wednesday. A fast-moving storm Thursday will bring very light snowfall to northern and eastern AZ Thursday. The weather quiets down Friday into the weekend ahead.
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