Bree Burkitt
Morning Edition Host/ReporterBree Burkitt is the host of Morning Edition on KNAU and a reporter. Previously, she was a reporter and editor for The Arizona Republic, covering public safety, law enforcement and crime. She is a graduate of Northern Arizona University and has spent the last decade reporting throughout the Southwest. Contact her at bree.burkitt@nau.edu.
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The U.S. Department of Defense says it plans to restore content on the Navajo Code Talkers recently scrubbed from the agency's website. -
James Arthur Ray, the once-prominent self-help guru convicted in the deaths of three people during a 2009 Sedona retreat, died Friday. -
U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego was formally sworn in Friday. The Arizona Democrat is the first Latino to represent the state in the Senate. -
The 48-year-old self-proclaimed prophet of a polygamist sect claimed to have more than 20 “spiritual" wives, including 10 underage girls. -
The Flagstaff City Council narrowly rejected an ordinance change Tuesday that some residents said would unfairly restrict noise across the city while exempting certain downtown areas. -
Incumbent Rep. Eli Crane faces former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez in the race to represent Arizona's largely rural and Republican Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
The mother of the unarmed man shot and killed by a Prescott police officer is demanding $20 million from the city and the department. -
John Kinsel, Sr. — one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers — died in his sleep at his home in Lukachukai, Ariz. early Saturday. He was 107. -
Daniel Paduchowski was sentenced to 16 years in prison Tuesday for the killing of his wife, Kelly Paduchowski. The Flagstaff man confessed to the murder days after he reported her missing. -
Former President Donald Trump hit the subject of immigration hard during his 90-minute appearance in Prescott Valley. It was his first visit to the city since 2022.
