Sakya Calsoyas

The Navajo Transitional Energy Company has partnered with an Australian-owned mining company to develop a proposed open-pit lithium mining operation in western Arizona.

Ella Mae Begay went missing from her home in Sweetwater, Arizona, in 2021. Her niece walked to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness for her missing aunt and missing and murdered Indigenous women worldwide.

State and Federal land managers have temporarily closed portions of public land and water areas statewide while bald eagles are in their breeding season.

Northern Arizona University is one of more than 80 schools to join the nation’s largest college access scholarship program for immigrant students. As KNAU’s Sakya Calsoyas reports, the Dream.US program provides tuition assistance and other services for young undocumented Dreamers.

Payson is the latest Arizona town to consider implementing regulations on short-term vacation rentals like Airbnb and VRBO. The move comes amid a statewide residential housing shortage and complaints about problems caused by short-term renters.

The Arizona Department of Transportation last week held a series of public open houses to promote to the state’s new electric vehicle infrastructure plan. It’s part of a national plan to construct a coast-to-coast network of quick-charging stations.

The extension of a pandemic-era federal program to provide free meals for K-12 students has expired. Now, many school districts in Northern Arizona have gone back to charging for meals or are using other funding sources to continue free food services.

Finding affordable housing has long been an issue in the City of Flagstaff and the problem is getting worse. The city has an ambitious ten-year plan with a goal of reducing the affordable housing need by half.

The Arizona Department of Transportation plans to hold open houses next week in Flagstaff and Kingman to discuss the state’s plan to install electric vehicle charging stations along several main roadways. The goal is to create a national network of EV chargers on connective interstates.

Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona has begun a new program designed to help ease Flagstaff’s affordable housing crisis. It focuses on placing residents in starter homes rather than long-term housing that’s been the organization's longtime focus.