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Coconino County Sheriff's OfficeCoconino County sheriff's officials are searching for 69-year-old Carolyn Legaspi-Cosper who was last seen picking up her mail on Feb. 3 in Ash Fork and has a known heart condition. -
Alex Hager/KUNCFederal water managers say Lake Powell's level could drop low enough to impact power production at Glen Canyon Dam by the end of the year as drought conditions worsen across the Colorado River Basin. -
Scott Franz/KUNCThe Fetcher ranch in northwest Colorado is on the frontlines this year of record-low snowpack across the West. It's adding a sense of urgency among seven states to finalize a plan for how to conserve the dwindling Colorado River. -
Cheyanne Mumphrey/AP/APA grand jury in Coconino County has indicted a Flagstaff man on 60 felony counts related to a shootout and deadly DPS helicopter crash last week.
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The Arizona House and Senate are poised to pass legislation mandating hospitals that receive public funding ask patients whether they're in the country legally. -
Sen. Mark Kelly is condemning a failed attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to secure a federal grand jury indictment against him and five other Democratic lawmakers. -
Insects don’t fly straight to lights — new research shows they orbit them instead, offering insight into night behavior and how light affects insect populations. -
Northern Arizona Healthcare says increasing costs and federal Medicaid cuts have forced the company to pause its plans to build a new Flagstaff Medical Center. -
The Trump administration removed tribal lands in Arizona from a 2030 census test, drawing concern over how Indigenous communities will be counted. -
Results from last week's White Mountain Apache Tribe primary show Chairman Kasey Velasquez earned a little over 400 votes, while his challengers both received nearly four times as many.
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The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.
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A selective look at the dramas, rom-coms, action adventures, and would-be blockbusters Hollywood has in store for cinema audiences before Memorial Day.
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We look back on Jesse Jackson's 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance reading Green Eggs and Ham in honor of Dr. Seuss. Jackson died on Tuesday at age 84.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing a significant increase in acts of sexual violence against girls and young women. A support center offers a sanctuary for treatment — and to be heard. -
In Olympic ice dancing events, the pairs are always one man and woman. There's a movement to allow same-sex couples to compete, but it has less to do with queer equality than a gender imbalance.
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A wintry week ahead as a series of storms are set to impact the region. Expect rain and snow along with blowing snow beginning Monday night and continuing into Friday. Snow into Tuesday morning will fall to near 6000’ with 3-9” by sunrise, decreasing in intensity through the day Tuesday. Subsequent storms will bring more accumulating snow mid to late week, snow levels will gradually lower daily, falling to valley floors Thursday night. We break out of the storminess Friday night. By the end of the week snow totals will near 12-18” for the Flagstaff, Mogollon Rim and White Mts regions, 4-8” for the Prescott area, and several inches for lower elevations including the Navajo nation and Hopi. Rain amounts will be 1-2”.
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