Bree Burkitt
Morning Edition Host/ReporterBree Burkitt is the host of Morning Edition and a reporter for KNAU. Previously, she worked as 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 also worked at The Spectrum & Daily News in Southern Utah and Flagstaff's Arizona Daily Sun. When not working, Bree can usually be found reading or out in the woods with her two dogs, Jill and Sonora. Contact her at bree.burkitt@nau.edu.
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Activists have rallied around a transgender woman charged with aggravated assault in Flagstaff. They allege she was defending herself from a violent attack, but police reports and witness accounts say her actions were unprovoked.
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A new board game is set to be released in which indigenous warriors fight to stop the impacts of colonialism. Diné activist Klee Benally created the game because he didn’t see himself or his culture represented in popular games with concepts based on capitalism and resource extraction. He also intends for it to teach Indigenous history and broach hard conversations about colonialism.
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A Coconino County judge has rejected Northern Arizona Healthcare’s request to throw out a ballot referendum on a proposed Flagstaff hospital.
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Northern Arizona Healthcare has asked the court to throw out a ballot referendum on a proposed new hospital. They say the language used in the petition signed by thousands of voters was “misleading.”
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Hundreds of Prescott residents are petitioning the city for more transparency in a multi-million-dollar plan to expand the Prescott Rodeo Grounds.
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A recent lawsuit claims a multi-million-dollar subsidy in the state budget earmarked for Prescott's annual World’s Oldest Rodeo event violates the Arizona Constitution.
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Theatrikos Theatre Company is bringing the Pulitzer Prize finalist Dance Nation to the Flagstaff stage. The show follows a group of pre-teen competitive dancers preparing for a national dance competition. It’s a violent declaration of girlhood, but also an exploration of the complexity of puberty and the adolescent experience.
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Melissa Sevigny's "Brave the Wild River" recounts botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter’s historic 1938 journey down the Colorado River to survey the plant life of the Grand Canyon. The pair risked their lives during the unprecedented 43-day journey only to be nearly forgotten in history.
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Flagstaff folk-rock band Tow’rs recorded their new album live in studio, forcing them to abandon their quest for perfection. Like so many others during the pandemic, front couple Kyle and Gretta Miller felt like parts of their lives were out of control. Their new album is an intimate, yet brutally honest examination of the life they’ve built together and letting go of what doesn’t serve them.
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Flagstaff Justice of the Peace Howard Grodman dismissed the petition against harassment that ordered Arizona Capitol Times reporter Camryn Sanchez not to contact Sen. Wendy Rogers at her residence.