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Singer-songwriter Dom Flemons is known for a roosty, old-timey sound. But more recently the former Flagstaffian has adopted a more contemporary style reflecting modern convictions, anxieties and joys.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a man outside his Flagstaff home Wednesday morning in the first known enforcement action since ICE opened a local field office.
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Arizona Department of Transportation officials have closed a portion of Highway 160 east of Kayenta following severe flash flooding Wednesday night.
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The flood comes after a different deluge on Aug. 29 destroyed infrastructure and led to the deaths of three hikers.
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Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West has died. According to his family, Kyl died Wednesday night from a neurological disorder.
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Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week were those of the last remaining person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August, the victim's wife said Thursday.
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Navajo police say two adults and a juvenile were washed away by a flood near Newcomb, New Mexico early Wednesday. Several other areas on the Navajo Nation are also dealing with flooding.
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The Central Arizona Project board is voicing disagreement over whether federal water reclamation plans are fair to Arizona and other lower basin states.
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An audit report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit reveals staffing challenges, a backlog of hundreds of case referrals and families left without required victims' services.
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More than eight decades ago, pioneering Museum of Northern Arizona geologist Major L.F. Brady made a surprising find in sedimentary rocks high up on the east flank of Mt. Elden.
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Russia's parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine's regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.
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Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.
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President Donald Trump says he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland. The announcement comes after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.
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Carly Rae Jepsen has now been releasing critically-acclaimed pop music for more than a decade. And Friday, she's out with her eighth album, called Day and Night.
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Lane Kiffin brings his LSU Tigers to the University of Mississippi for a highly-anticipated football game. Kiffin led Ole Miss for the past few seasons but bolted for LSU, angering many.
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Sunny, seasonably warm afternoons and cool overnights are forecast daily through the final weekend of summer. The equinox is Tuesday.
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