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Navajo Nation CouncilRenowned Navajo community leader, matriarch and educator Louva Dahozy has died. She was called the Mother of the Navajo Nation. -
Annie Rice/AP/FR171627 APInternational health officials plan to meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status. Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it. -
ADOTArizona tribal members can now add a Native American designation to state driver’s licenses and ID cards with proof of enrollment under a new law that took effect this year. -
National Park ServiceSaguaros face heat, drought and changing monsoons. Researchers say these iconic desert giants manage to endure and thrive.
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Last year, North Country Healthcare filed for bankruptcy following allegations by staff that the organization had stopped paying for their health insurance. KNAU speaks with the local reporter who broke the story. -
Twin bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate would finalize a long-running Yavapai-Apache Nation water rights settlement and secure additional water sources in the Verde Valley. -
Ancestral Puebloan peoples developed ingenious methods to collect, store, conserve, and utilize water. -
Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has died at age 59. A family representative made the announcement Tuesday afternoon but did not reveal a cause of death. -
In her State of the State address to lawmakers Monday, Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed tax cut initiatives as well as water and affordability issues. -
The proposals range from "no action" to a scenario that might result in water cuts to the lower-basin states, including Arizona. One option would incentivize states and water users to proactively conserve the river.
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The National Weather Service issues a litany of notices before and during inclement weather events. They can be important signals on how to respond. -
A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern seaboard. The winter system could bring more than a foot of snow. -
Some people in Britain are asking what it would look like for their government to sever security and intelligence ties with its closest ally, the U.S.
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What does it feel like to truly own something? Children's book author and illustrator Jon Klassen is trying to give young children that feeling with a trilogy of board books. The first is Your Truck.
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It's not in the Olympics yet, but we'll introduce you to ice sailing ahead of this weekend's U.S. sailing championship.
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Mostly cloudy and mild into Thursday. A storm Friday into Saturday night brings along rain and mountain snow showers, which will be much more impactful for eastern AZ than the western half of the state. Snow levels start around 7000’ Friday, falling to 6000’ Saturday and 5000’ Saturday night. In the end a couple inches of snow is expected for the Flagstaff region, near 6” for the higher elevations of eastern AZ, and light rain totals for Yavapai county. The storm clears Sunday morning, leaving a cold day in its’ wake.
