Ryan Heinsius
News Director & Managing EditorRyan Heinsius joined the KNAU newsroom as executive producer in 2013 and was named news director and managing editor in 2024. As a reporter, he has covered a broad range of stories from local, state and tribal politics to education, economy, energy and public lands issues, and frequently interviews internationally known and regional musicians. Ryan is an Edward R. Murrow Award winner and a Public Media Journalists Association Award winner, and a frequent contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and national newscast. He's been featured on WBUR's Here & Now among other programs.
Before making the leap to public radio, Ryan spent more than a decade in print media as the editor of an alternative weekly paper. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in political science and journalism and has also returned to teach at his alma mater.
Ryan is a Flagstaff-based musician and has performed and recorded with many bands in the Southwest. He spends as much time as possible with his family hiking, running and cycling the amazing terrain of northern Arizona and beyond.
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Two environmental groups worry that as drought causes Lake Powell's levels to drop infrastructure at Glen Canyon Dam could threaten water deliveries downstream. -
Officials with the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs say a wildfire that started last week at Camp Navajo west of Flagstaff is burning in an area that contains "conventional unexploded ordnance." -
The U.S. Department of Justice has published guidelines for those who plan to apply for the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act after it was renewed and expanded in July. -
The Navajo Nation Council has removed Heather Clah as the tribe's attorney general only two weeks after lawmakers confirmed her to the post. -
One month to the day after the Dragon Bravo Fire was started by lightning, managers say they're hopeful that changing weather and fuel types will help them increase containment. -
The same fire that consumed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge is rapidly eating through nearby timber -
Low humidity and gusty winds have driven explosive growth of the Dragon Bravo Fire as it surpassed 55,000 acres Monday. -
Crews fighting the Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon have successfully safeguarded a critical drinking water pumphouse. -
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are calling for an independent investigation into how federal officials managed the Dragon Bravo Fire burning on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. -
A wildfire over the weekend destroyed a landmark hotel at Grand Canyon National Park. Now, Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling for a federal investigation, saying the response wasn’t aggressive enough. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered Monday with the latest details.
