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 hiking, running and cycling the amazing terrain of northern Arizona and beyond.
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A man from Flagstaff and another man from Canada were injured in a lightning strike Wednesday near the summit of Humphreys Peak near Flagstaff. -
On Monday Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren submitted his state of the nation address in written form, marking the fifth time he did not deliver the speech in person to tribal lawmakers. -
Multiple chapters on the Navajo Nation were impacted by recent flooding from a tropical storm that caused dams to fail and cut off access to homes and farmlands for residents. -
The Dragon Bravo fire continues to burn in remote pockets of the park. Federal officials have not yet provided details on their response to lawmakers. -
Republican Rep. Paul Gosar has introduced bills in the U.S. House that would rescind the designations of two Arizona national monuments, including the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. -
All Things Considered host Ailsa Chang is a true believer in public radio’s ability to create enlightening and passionately crafted stories and of its importance in American civic life. She recently spoke with KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius. -
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.
