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Tribal biologists in northern California say two critically endangered California condors could be tending an egg which would produce the region’s first fledgling in more than 100 years.
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State senators have given preliminary approval to what proponents are calling the first-ever guardrails on the use of automated license plate readers by police in Arizona.
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Numerous conservation groups and elected officials are calling on the U.S. Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
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Flagstaff officials have announced a new online portal for community members to report interactions with ICE agents along with new policies on the use of city facilities by the federal government.
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From the Roosevelts and George W. Bush to NAU students, the Hat Ranch near Williams has a layered history of conservation and public life.
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The National Weather Service forecasts near-normal fire risk for northern Arizona this spring. Drought has improved, but warm, dry conditions remain a concern.
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Arizona wildlife managers say consistent growth in the Mexican gray wolf population could trigger the species' downlisting under the Endangered Species Act.
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Navajo poet, author, medicine man and former Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim died last week at age 63. In a 2019 interview, Lee discusses translating the Diné language and worldview.
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A Pinal County judge issued a temporary restraining order to put on hold the probation against Coolidge High School’s athletics department. The order came after state sports officials placed the school's entire athletics program on a year-long probation amid allegations that Coolidge supporters threatened and used racial slurs against players from Chinle High.
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Road trips on lonely and desolate roads are woven into the western experience. But even the most windswept, far-off places have stories to tell. In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony takes a drive through New Mexico while contemplating cattle drives and fresh-baked pies.
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Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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Georgia O'Keeffe claimed New Mexico's desert "my country." But Pueblo peoples lived on the land long before the artist arrived. There's a push for a more complex view of O'Keeffe and her time there.
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Pakistan faces a bind as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran widens. It is trying to straddle warring sides, while managing public frustration at home.
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After six seasons of streaming, Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby brings his Romani family of Birmingham gangsters to the big screen.
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A celebration of the life of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson will be held in Chicago Friday. Current and former elected officials, faith leaders, entertainers and more are expected to attend. A private funeral will be held Saturday.
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Seasonably cool and breezy Saturday, turning sharply warmer Sunday into next week. An area of low pressure moves into Mexico Monday bringing along rain showers across southern AZ, snow showers Monday night for the White Mountains.