KNAU STAFF

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is commending the historic confirmation of a Diné woman to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge in California. Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Tuba City, Arizona, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday to serve as the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Health officials in Coconino County report an uptick in cases of norovirus. The gastrointestinal illness spreads easily through direct contact with an infected person, touching a surface or object contaminated with the virus, or eating and drinking contaminated items.

Navajo Nation leaders are paying their respects to Omar Bradley, the late former Navajo Area BIA Director. Bradley died Monday at the age of 71.

Brain researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center have been awarded a nearly $3 million grant to study the impact of estrogen on brain regulation

High fire danger across northern Arizona the next few days as hot, dry, windy conditions return to an already parched landscape. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning through Friday for the northern half of the state.

The Navajo Police Training Academy last week awarded certificates to the first group of graduates of a new women’s empowerment program focusing on self-defense, situational awareness and assault prevention.

A public safety closure area established during the Crooks Fire has been reduced as fire crews get closer to full containment of the blaze burning in the Bradshaw Mountains. Officials with the Prescott National Forest assumed command of the fire Tuesday night from a Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Winners of the 16th Annual Jim Simmerman Poetry Prize for Poets of Flagstaff District High Schools have been announced. This year's top three winners are all students at Coconino High School.

Critical Fire Weather is expected Thursday for all of northern Arizona. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Thursday and Fire Weather Watch for Friday.

A wildfire burning north of Sedona is now 50% contained at a quarter-acre. Officials with the Coconino National Forest say the Wilson Fire was reported at 1:30 Monday morning about 2.5 miles north of downtown Sedona.