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Courtesy/City of Sedona GovernmentSedona officials say they’re disappointed that a state bill to crack down on short-term rentals doesn’t address housing affordability. -
Jamie Sanderlin/ARUResearchers in the Southwest are using hidden recorders to capture the fluted whistles of the pinyon jay. It’s part of a new effort to track ecological changes through sound. -
Adobe Stock/235910406Authorities in northern Arizona say they have made an arrest in the 1987 stabbing of 24-year-old Northern Arizona University student Ina Claire Langstaff. -
Deborah Lee Soltesz/USFSThe Gila County Sheriff’s Office says a 25-year-old man drowned at the Fossil Creek Lower Waterfalls over the weekend.
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Experts attribute the drop in visitors to Grand Canyon National Park to last summer’s Dragon Bravo Fire. -
New Mexico water negotiator Estevan López said talks resumed this month, and the upper and lower basin states are using a short-term pitch from Nevada as a starting point. -
Coconino County health officials have confirmed 2026's first measles case. Members of the public were possibly exposed at three locations in Page. -
Arizona Public Service Company wants to raise its electricity rates by about 14%. But Attorney General Kris Mayes says APS could get away with a 3% increase and still maintain reliable service. -
The National Weather Service says the record-setting temperature was recorded just outside Martinez Lake along the Arizona-California border. -
It's officially the last day of winter, but the forecast says otherwise. KNAU meteorologist Lee Born stopped by Morning Edition to discuss the heat wave breaking record-high temperatures.
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The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits. -
A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman. -
Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb. -
"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson. -
Low morale, staff turnover and budget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration is expected to soon name a new director, who will have their hands full.
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Unseasonable heat persists this week, with daily high temperature records falling daily for many locations. An end of this persistent ridge is finally in sight, breaking down Sunday into next week, which will end the heat wave and bring along chances light showers.
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