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Brittany Peterson/AP Photo/APFederal officials are considering cool water releases for the third consecutive year at Glen Canyon Dam in Northern Arizona this summer to safeguard the humpback chub, a federally protected fish. -
Dermont Stevenson/Cronkite NewsThe Flagstaff City Council voted to rename Columbus Avenue and extend Switzer Canyon Drive three blocks following a student-led proposal about Columbus’ treatment of Indigenous peoples. -
Coconino County Detention FacilityA Coconino County grand jury has returned a 21-count indictment against a Flagstaff woman accused of murdering her 16-month-old child. -
Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo/APPresident Donald Trump made inroads with Latino voters in 2024. But as Republicans gear up for the midterms in the fall and the 2028 presidential election, all eyes are on whether they can maintain it, especially after the administration's immigration crackdown.
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The 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. -
For 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. -
Have 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. -
It'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. -
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.
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Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.
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This week, FIFA finalized the list of where competitors will train during the tournament. Here's a breakdown of the U.S. cities that are included. -
Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend known as the Saxophone Colossus died yesterday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 95 years old and one of the last of his generation of jazz titans.
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Fishermen working off Ecuador say they were attacked by drones, taken onboard a U.S.-flagged vessel, cuffed and handed over to Salvadoran officials. They want to know who attacked them and why.
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Republicans are talking up healthcare amid the midterm election campaigns, but President Trump's $50 billion fund for rural healthcare won't reopen hospitals.
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Several windy days are in the forecast as a slow moving area of low pressure system stalls over the Great Basin, Red Flag Warnings will be in effect region wide, blowing dust across the high deserts will lead to periods of reduced visibility. Afternoon temperatures will be running a few degrees below avg. for this time of year. Winds relax Friday with a warm up going into the weekend ahead.
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