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Ryan Heinsius/KNAUSeveral thousand acres of forested land around Flagstaff received prescribed burns in recent weeks. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with fire ecologist and director of the Arizona Wildfire Initiative at Northern Arizona University Andi Thode about why it’s critical to take advantage of a narrow “burn window” offered by cool, rainy weather this spring. -
Google ImagesSeveral Flagstaff schools were forced to go into lockdown earlier today following a shooting incident in the city’s Bushmaster Park. -
Alberto Mariani/AP/AP PhotoA judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Republicans who sought to have Arizona’s election procedures manual declared invalid. -
NPS/Chris RoundtreeThe 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. -
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. -
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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Gila County will delay the rollout of new regulations on short-term rentals as the board of supervisors work to address local owner's concerns. -
A new, first-of-its-kind study on evaporating snow could help cities and farms that use water from the Colorado River. The results may lead to more accurate forecasts for water supplies. -
Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest conducted a third and final day of a 4,600-acre prescribed burn project about five miles south of Flagstaff Friday.
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Slovakia's prime minister is in stable condition after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds at a political event on Wednesday. Police have a suspect in custody.
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Part of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision concerned dilapidated schools for Black students. Decades later some schools with large minority populations are again in need of repairs.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with United States Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about diplomatic tensions with China over new U.S. tariffs.
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After Israel marked its 76th Independence Day, Palestinians mourn what they call the 'Nakba," or Catastrophe, amid increasing death and displacement in Gaza.We hear voices from the West Bank.
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Whatever happened to a wealthy private astronaut's plan to save the Hubble Space Telescope? NPR has obtained internal NASA emails that reveal concerns about the proposed mission.
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Scattered showers/thunderstorms stick around today, mostly across eastern Arizona.Warmer and drier weather returns Friday through the weekend, with windsgradually increasing each afternoon.
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