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NASA astronauts practiced moonwalking on the San Francisco Volcanic Fields near Flagstaff over the past week. The training is for the Artemis III mission, which aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.
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Critical fire weather conditions are expected for areas north of the Mogollon Rim including the Little Colorado River Valley and Navajo Nation, as well as the mountains of Yavapai County and Oak Creek/Sycamore Canyons.
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Tribal leaders are calling out a high school in Farmington, New Mexico after a Lakota student’s traditional feather plume was cut off her cap during her graduation ceremony.
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The U.S. Forest Service says the cost of fighting wildfires on public lands throughout the country could reach nearly $4 billion or more a year by 2050.
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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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Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told a congressional subcommittee that chronically underfunded programs represent a failure of the federal government to uphold its trust obligation to tribes for equity and socioeconomic justice.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has finalized its guidance for protecting water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
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Writer and former wilderness guide Michael Engelhard explored remote corners of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau by boat and by foot for more than 20 years. His new book argues for the profound value of wild places for the human spirit.
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Fire crews with the Coconino National Forest are continuing a 2,700-acre prescribed burn Thursday five miles south of Flagstaff.
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Nearly five years after three young children died in northern Arizona's Tonto Creek, Gila County is using a $21 million federal grant to build a bridge over part of the stream.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been declared dead in a helicopter crash. As Michael Cohen's cross-examination wraps up, here's why the verdict in Trump's trial could come down to sex and privacy.
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Mail in parts of the U.S. has been arriving late because the rollout of a consolidation plan by the U.S. Postal Service has run into problems
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In April, Iran and Israel traded attacks and came close to full-on war. Now Iran's government is in transition — while Israel's is in turmoil.
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President Ebrahim Raisi had been flying with Iran's foreign minister and other officials, who were also killed. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Robin Wright of the Wilson Center about Iranian leadership.
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Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.
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Windy Monday which will lead to elevated wildfire danger, red flag warnings are in effect across much of the region. The next couple of mornings mountain low temperatures will hover near freezing. Winds relax through the remainder of a sunny and warm work week.
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