economy

A House bill to speed repairs at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim after the huge Dragon Bravo Fire in July 2025 is inching forward. But businesses dependent on tourism are getting impatient.

Last summer’s Dragon Bravo Fire devastated the economies of many northern Arizona communities near the Grand Canyon. KNAU spoke with Rep. Eli Crane about his efforts to speed up rebuilding the North Rim.

Northern Arizona University officials say they’re halting plans for a College of Medicine amid economic uncertainty.

The federal funding freeze, despite being temporarily stayed by courts, has blocked promised grant money from reaching small business owners in Arizona.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed a $24 million grant to expand production of high-tech manufactured homes at the former site of the Navajo Generating Station near Page.

A recent report highlights the difficulty of getting bank loans on the Navajo and Hopi nations. It found a lack of access to banking services has profound effects on housing, business, and public health.

A nonprofit on the Navajo Nation has started a business incubator known as Change Labs to foster economic development without losing Indigenous ways of thinking.

Trade missions took Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and New Mexico counterpart Michelle Lujan Grisham to the self-governing island of Taiwan in recent weeks.

General Motors says it will close a large computer center near Phoenix at the end of October, eliminating 940 jobs.

The key committee in the U.S. House has approved a bill that would reverse the Biden administration’s recent ban on oil and gas drilling near Chaco Culture National Historical Park.