KNAU STAFF
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A new poll released today from Colorado College shows that the environment and public lands are top political issues among voters in the West.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has expanded a program to improve wastewater sanitation in 150 communities in the U.S.
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Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley and other tribal officials recently advocated in Washington D.C. for the extension of a law that compensates victims of radiation exposure in the West.
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Arizona Public Service Co. says power was restored to 2,200 residents in northern Arizona following this week's major winter storms.
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The Arizona Department of Transportation has closed several highways in northern Arizona because of winter weather throughout the region.
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The first in a series of winter storms this week dropped two feet of snow in some high-elevation areas of the San Francisco Peaks, creating high avalanche danger.
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Coconino County officials have closed a seven-mile stretch of Lake Mary Road near Flagstaff because of a series winter storms impacting the region.
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Navajo Nation leaders are continuing to oppose the possible transportation of uranium ore from a now-active mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon through its lands.
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Arizona Department of Transportation officials have stationed two high-capacity snowblowers in northern Arizona ahead of a series of winter storms set to impact the region this week.
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Officials at Grand Canyon National Park say crews are making progress building a new waterline to supply the South Rim.