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Alex Hager/KUNCThe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has finalized its guidance for protecting water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, it’s a long-awaited but temporary response to reduced flows in the Colorado River from overuse, drought, and climate change. -
Courtesy of Michael EngelhardWriter and former wilderness guide Michael Engelhard explored remote corners of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau by boat and by foot for more than twenty years. He spoke with KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny about his new book, No Walk in the Park, which argues for the profound value of wild places for the human spirit. -
Coconino CountyFire crews with the Coconino National Forest are continuing a 2,700-acre prescribed burn Thursday five miles south of Flagstaff. -
Gila County Sheriff's OfficeNearly 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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The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona is fortifying how they handle cases involving missing or murdered Indigenous peoples. -
People gathered across the U.S. on Sunday for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. It's intended to spotlight the high rate of disappearances and killings in Native American communities. -
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure the 19th century law remains in the past. -
Former Taos, N.M., poet laureate Sawnie Morris says as a young girl poetry showed her how events and objects were connected in curious ways. In the latest installment of PoetrySnaps!, she reads her piece called “After the Late-Winter Car Trip.” -
The federal government is spending billions to support semiconductor manufacturing. But trainees seeking chipmaking jobs may have to wait. -
The Coconino National Forest’s Mogollon Rim Ranger District will manage a lightning-caused wildfire that sparked earlier this week in an area already scheduled for a prescribed burn.
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A pier for the delivery of food and other supplies to Gaza is complete and is expected to be installed off the coast of Gaza in the coming days. Aid groups say there are a lot of unanswered questions.
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Jazz bandleader Kamasi Washington returns with Fearless Movement, a new album inspired by dance.
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Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima join the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York.
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As part of the "We, the voters" series exploring immigration, we meet Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani, a Mexican American representing Arizona's Sixth Congressional District.
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This week began with the Met Gala, which brought much-needed pageantry to the everyday lives of mortals. There was also real estate, dating apps, resignations and more.
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Partly sunny and warmer Friday, expect haze around Flagstaff due to prescribed burning. Partly cloudy skies and seasonably warm afternoons are forecast through the weekend ahead, with stray light showers over the mountain regions.
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