Chris Clements
ReporterChris Clements is an award-winning journalist for KNAU whose reporting interests include coverage of the Colorado River, uranium and coal mining and public health. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, he's covered state politics, environmental issues, Indigenous communities and public health in southwest Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona. He's earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Public Media Journalists Association. His local stories are regularly rebroadcast on NPR programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. Contact Chris at Chris.Clements@nau.edu.
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After the Pocket Fire exploded in size over the weekend, Kachina Village residents felt anxious as they prepared for a possible evacuation. KNAU caught up with a few of them. -
The fire grew over 5,500 acres overnight. A spokesperson for the team managing the blaze says he hopes it will be easier to fight in the flatter terrain south of Kachina Village and Forest Highlands. -
One bill would codify a new office within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to better track mine sites that need cleanup. -
The manager of a resort hotel near the Pocket Fire says she's concerned about it dropping into the canyon. A spokesperson working on the fire said it was “looking much better” on Saturday. -
Though the price of gas at the pump is falling, it’s still roughly $1 higher in Arizona than it was a year ago, due in part to the war with Iran. That’s putting a squeeze on the river rafting economy. -
The Coppermine Chapter voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution opposing mining projects like the kind Essential Minerals wants to build. -
The collection of artwork and informative panels pose the question: How can Arizona work toward water security? -
Releases from Glen Canyon Dam into the Colorado River are low. But if they fall much more, commercial river rafters worry it could change their livelihoods and the nature of boating in the Grand Canyon. -
The application for preliminary permits is Nature and People First’s latest proposal for energy development on tribal land. The federal government denied a similar proposal by the company in 2024. -
The estimate pops up again and again in reporting on the West’s most important waterway, but one researcher thinks it might be slightly high. That might point to a bigger problem.
