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The Fremont were ancient pueblo farmers of corn, beans and squash, as well as expert hunters and gatherers. By 1000 A.D. they had developed a highly sophisticated culture among the lush river valleys and forested canyons of their homeland.
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The Navajo Nation Council is considering legislation to approve a sweeping water rights settlement with the federal government over the Colorado River and Little Colorado River Basin.
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Arizona’s highest court has given the state’s attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban.
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Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park have likely recovered the body of a Santa Fe man they believe was attempting to raft the Colorado River on a self-made wooden raft.
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The federal government is spending billions to support semiconductor manufacturing. But trainees seeking chipmaking jobs may have to wait.
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The Coconino National Forest’s Mogollon Rim Ranger District will manage a lightning-caused wildfire that sparked earlier this week in an area already scheduled for a prescribed burn.
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Tribes that use the Colorado River want a say in negotiations that will reshape how the river's water is shared.
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The suspect in Mondays' shooting in Cameron that left one person dead has been arrested in Tuba City.
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Here's the story of one business at the intersection of conservation and growth amid Phoenix’s semiconductor boom.
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Hundreds of people silently linked arms during a vigil at NAU in solidarity with the demonstrators arrested the night before as police dismantled an on-campus encampment in support of Palestinians.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rich Schapiro of NBC News, about the three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger reaching plea deals with prosecutors.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former New York Assistant Attorney General Adam Pollock about Michael Cohen's testimony in the ongoing hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.
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Russian President Putin heads to China for a two-day summit. Nearly one out of five credit card users have maxed out on their borrowing. Wildfire season is underway in Mexico and Canada.
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Senior Israeli government ministers advocated for the settlements — presenting a political obstacle for Prime Minister Netanyahu, who hasn't articulated a clear plan for who will rule Gaza post war.
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Mando, a Lancashire Heeler, became the 201st breed to be officially recognized by the American Kennel Club. It was a miniature poodle that took Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
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An area of cut off low pressure will produce scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon, focusing over the high terrain of Yavapai and Coconino counties. Thursday showers will then develop along the Mogollon Rim into the White Mountains. The region turns completely dry and warm Friday into the weekend ahead.
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