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A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would update how states receive Clean Water Act funding. If passed, it could increase Arizona’s resources to provide drinking water.
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The Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is recruiting volunteers to provide transportation for eligible Veterans to and from medical appointments across the region.
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A section of Interstate 17 will close briefly overnight in both directions next week for rock blasting operations between Bumble Bee and Sunset Point.
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The FBI is looking for potential victims who may have been recruited to live in government funded group homes in Phoenix between January 2020 and the present. The Navajo-Hopi Observer reports the facilities are targeting Native Americans from the Navajo Nation and other tribes.
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A record number of Arizonans signed up for health insurance this year under the Affordable Care Act.
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The idea came from a card collector who said eight Indigenous players who originally played in the NHL were missing and needed to be acknowledged.
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Kaibab National Forest officials will begin an environmental review of a proposal from a cement company to explore for pozzolan at the eastern base of Bill Williams Mountain.
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Federal wildlife officials say the population of an endangered fish in the Upper Colorado River received a major boost last year.
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The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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A study out of the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine has identified a link between sleep problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in college students.
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The man charged with killing seven people in Half Moon Bay this past week reportedly told police he carried out the attack after a supervisor demanded he pay to repair a forklift damaged at work.
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The ban, signed Saturday by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox, prohibits transgender surgery for youth and disallows hormone treatments for minors who have not yet been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rutgers University law professor Michael Carrier about the state of antitrust enforcement in the United States.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Thea Riofrancos, professor at Providence College, about her new research into the environmental costs of the transition to electric vehicles in the United States.
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A Japanese restaurateur celebrates the homely rice ball by turning it into a gourmet treat so enticing that people stand in line for hours just to taste one.
Sunny and seasonably cool this weekend. Sunday winds increase ahead of a storm due to bring a return of rain and snow to the region Monday and Tuesday, lingering in eastern AZ into Wednesday. Snowy details currently range from 3-8” above 5500’ (higher amounts along the Mogollon Rim and mountains of Yavapai county) and 1-2’ down to 4000’.
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