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Officials in Mohave County say a 65-year-old man slipped and fell 130 feet to his death last week in the western portion of the Grand Canyon.
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Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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Since 2021 Flagstaff photographer Dawn Kish has been documenting the reemerging Glen Canyon as the water levels at Lake Powell have dropped. She was inspired by Tad Nichols who photographed the canyon in the 1950s before it was dammed.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs is applying to get $1 billion in newly available federal aid to help shore up rural health care—especially with the risk of loss of federal Medicaid dollars.
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President Donald Trump instructed the Defense Department to “immediately begin” nuclear weapons testing last week. And that directive has been sending shock waves around the West.
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The Clovis people hunted mammoths across the Southwest more than 13,000 years ago. Archaeologists are still uncovering what their tools and camps reveal.
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Fire managers throughout northern Arizona conducted numerous prescribed burns Tuesday, creating visible smoke that impacted Flagstaff and other local communities.
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Those who depend on the federal food assistance didn’t receive benefits this weekend. It’s created pressure on community food banks as recipients stretch what they have.
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The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with tribes in the Southwest as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has begun the cleanup of uranium mine waste in the Lukachukai Mountains near Four Corners on the Navajo Nation.
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Atletico Madrid is about to come under American ownership. The Spanish giant has announced that Apollo Sports Capital will become the soccer club's majority shareholder early next year.
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After 41 days of a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate has passed a set of bills to reopen the government. Its fate in the House is uncertain.
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The families of some of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who died in catastrophic flooding in Texas on July 4 are suing Camp Mystic and its owners.
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If you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, how do this year's prices look to you?
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As COP30 U.N. climate talks start in Brazil, the host country president warns of "extremist forces" spreading climate lies as he calls for a global roadmap to end deforestation and fossil fuels.
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Mild temperatures and partly cloudy skies are forecast daily into Thursday. Our first cold front of the season is due to bring rain and light mountain snow to the region Friday into Saturday along with sharply colder temperatures, stay tuned.