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New research shows a small change in where homes are built could make a big difference for wildlife like elk, mule deer and pronghorn.
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The federal framework could result in steep cuts to Arizona’s share of river water. Some Native American communities could be impacted.
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A Yavapai County judge sentenced former Prescott police officer Brian Sutton to seven years in prison for the shooting of Daniel Leslie. It's only the second such conviction in Arizona in 20 years.
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Politicians and water officials say the plan could devastate Arizona's water supply, and pushed the federal government to adopt a counterproposal from the three Lower Basin states.
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Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by the federal government to stave off crisis in the beleaguered waterway.
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Commentator Scott Thybony headed into the Painted Desert to find the route taken by an eccentric anthropologist in 1881. He discovered a wind-carved world and learned from a friend a more civilized way of traveling in the backcountry.
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A new report by Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona shows more than a third of Flagstaff residents are burdened by the cost of housing.
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Mexican wolf advocates are alarmed after Arizona Game and Fish officials say they’re preparing a petition to downgrade the species from endangered to threatened.
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After struggling with addiction for years, Nephi Craig started his own restaurant. He also works at a treatment center owned by the White Mountain Apache Tribe. His new memoir is “Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches From a White Mountain Apache Chef.”
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Ancient agave plants are helping researchers uncover clues about the people who lived in the Southwest more than 1,000 years ago.
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Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.
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New York Times reporter Eric Lipton discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations into Trump's conflicts of interest and whether he's exploiting the power of the presidency for self-enrichment.
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Morby's Little Wide Open is a love letter to a part of the country he finds endlessly inspiring.
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A judge has granted the Justice Department's bid to drop a landmark case against leaders of the Oath Keepers, as former prosecutors warn about the dangers of denying the violence of Jan. 6.
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Candidates backed by twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party have won 24 of the 34 seats decided in the first two phases of voting, the election commission, said Wednesday.
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Storm coverage increases midweek along with slightly less hot afternoons. This will be followed by a downturn in monsoon activity and heat Friday into Saturday. The monsoon looks to get fully going again Sunday into next week.
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