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Bob Wick/Bureau of Land ManagementThe federal government wants to open up 40 parcels for oil and gas near Littlefield, but past drilling in the region didn’t amount to much. -
Ryan Heinsius/KNAUFor ultra runners, going rim-to-rim-to-rim at the Grand Canyon, or R3 as it’s known in the community, is widely viewed as a milestone, even if it doesn’t cover the distance they often cover in other races. -
Insects Unlocked/Wikimedia CommonsHave you ever noticed a large, fuzzy, brightly-colored ant moving rapidly along the ground? Commonly called velvet ants, these aren’t ants at all. They’re actually wingless wasps. -
Scott Franz/KUNCIt's not clear yet how the money would be distributed among several states in a river basin where political fights and an impasse over how to share water long-term have persisted even during historic drought.
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A Flagstaff woman has been arrested after her 17-month-old baby was found dead in a hotel room over the weekend. -
Scientists and research organizations are urging Congress and federal officials not to overturn the management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. -
Energy Fuels Resources wants state regulators to allow higher levels of arsenic in a groundwater monitoring well. But two scientists have filed objections to the proposal. -
Flagstaff police are investigating after an infant was found dead in a hotel room Sunday morning. Two other children were also inside the room, uninjured. -
Coconino National Forest, the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County officials will implement stage 1 fire restrictions ahead of Memorial Day Weekend amid windy and dry conditions. -
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon reopened Friday eight months after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned 145,000 acres and destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.
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The Democratic Party wanted a review of the 2024 election. Then, the DNC learned the report was incomplete and unverifiable, party chairman Ken Martin said Thursday, releasing an annotated version. -
Colbert has approached the last weeks of his show on his own terms, with A-list guests like Tom Hanks, David Letterman and David Byrne — but the guests for tonight's finale remain a mystery.
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Byrne is one of the few actors to receive both an Oscar and a Tony nomination in the same year —for the indie film If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, and for Fallen Angels on Broadway. -
In Washington state and Hawaii, residents can now get mifepristone and misoprostol from Planned Parenthood to keep in their cabinets in case they need to end a pregnancy at a later time. -
Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.
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Sunny and seasonably warm Thursday. A steady warm continues daily into the holiday weekend ahead. Memorial Day Monday looks a bit windy with isolated weak mountain showers and thunderstorms. Best chances for a little wetting rain come Monday night across eastern AZ.
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