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AP Photo/Matt York, FileArizona will provide billions in taxpayer money to help fund several new initiatives aimed at providing alternate drinking water sources for the state. -
Abigail Wilt/Cronkite NewsThe small town is known for its polygamist history under the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A recent measles outbreak marks Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah again. -
Yavapai County Sheriff's OfficeThe Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says a man was rescued and another man remains missing after a flash flood in Cordes Lakes Tuesday afternoon. -
Patrick Hayes/NPSMammoth bones found on the Colorado Plateau may shift the timeline of when humans first reached the Americas. Archaeologists are debating what the discovery means.
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Last week, more than a dozen tribes across the U.S. commented on a new proposal by the Trump administration to let developers obtain preliminary permits for hydropower projects on reservations in spite of tribal opposition. -
The Page City Council moved forward with plans to sell 500 acres for the construction of a $15 million data center. But some residents want the issue to go to a city-wide vote. -
Former Republican lawmaker Austin Cole Smith pleaded guilty to criminal charges for forging signatures on nominating petitions during his 2024 campaign. -
Hopi voters this week overwhelmingly elected Lamar Keevama as their new chairman. It's the first time in eight years that the tribe will have new leadership. -
The parents of a Flagstaff baby sickened in an infantile botulism outbreak are suing the makers of the ByHeart baby formula at the heart of a nationwide recall. -
Flagstaff housing officials have created a map showing the city’s 990 registered short-term rentals. It provides residents with information about the properties located in local neighborhoods.
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Many think it's a dangerous ploy by the tobacco industry. But some say, with millions of deaths each year attributed to smoking cigarettes, it's the lesser of two evils. -
In 2024, Romania, an upper middle income European country, had over 30,000 cases — putting it on the world's top ten measles list. Its vaccination rate hovers around 60%. How did this happen? -
The CDC claims, without evidence, that vaccines may cause autism. And, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani heads to the White House, where he will meet the president for the first time. -
Six Democratic lawmakers, who also served in the military, released a video this week reminding U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders," drawing the ire of President Trump and his supporters.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Congressman and former Army Ranger Jason Crow for his response to President Trump after Crow participated in a video urging U.S. troops to refuse illegal orders.
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The final storm in this series brings rain into western AZ Friday afternoon, then dives south Friday night. Showers persist across southern and central AZ Saturday. Saturday night into early Sunday rain and snow showers push as far north as Flagstaff, with little to no snow accumulation. Showers taper off across eastern AZ through Sunday afternoon. Quiet and mild weather then returns for Thanksgiving week.
