Bree Burkitt
Morning Edition Host/ReporterBree Burkitt is the host of Morning Edition and a reporter. for KNAU. 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.
Reach her at bree.burkitt@nau.edu.
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President Donald Trump signed several executive orders Tuesday to keep coal-fired power plants open past their scheduled retirement dates, including the Cholla Power Plant in eastern Arizona. -
Officials with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints haven't provided details about the location of the Flagstaff temple yet or when it will open. -
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.
