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For the first time in decades, Flagstaff law enforcement recruits will attend a local police academy instead of traveling to other parts of the state. The move is aimed at helping regional agencies save money.
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The annual Navajo Bridge Star Party is this Friday and Saturday. This year’s talks will focus on identifying Navajo star constellations and historical Diné teachings about the stars.
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In a new op-ed for the Washington Post, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland discusses the removal from federal lands of a racist, misogynist slur historically used toward Indigenous women.
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The U.S. Senate has passed bipartisan legislation to improve the nation’s disaster preparedness. It was sponsored by Arizona Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
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A research collaborative at Northern Arizona University has received a $21 million grant to continue its work on health equity and disparity in the Southwest. The Center for Health Equity Research received a five-year grant from the National Health Institute’s Minority Health Disparities division.
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New data released this month shows an overwhelming majority of Arizona voters want abortion to be legal. OH Predictive Insight’s September Arizona Public Opinion Pulse shows 91% of the state’s registered voters want abortion to be legally available in at least some cases, including rape, incest and the health of the mother and fetus.
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Some Flagstaff businesses surrounding the campus of Northern Arizona University say they’re seeing an increase in non-patrons using their customer parking lots.
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The Hopi Tribe was under strict safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, with nightly curfews and stay-at-home orders. That left little to do for young people on the remote Reservation in northeastern Arizona. So…they started skateboarding. Anywhere they could. It was something to do outside, together, that was relatively safe. It became therapeutic. In the village of Tewa, two friends decided to create a skateboarding collective and build the Hopi Tribe’s first skate park. KNAU’s Sakya Calsoyas spent a recent sunny day at the half pipe.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the final revised recovery plan for the Gila Trout. The species is found in small, high mountain streams in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is criticizing the quality of the Arizona Cardinals field turf, saying two of his players were injured during their winning game last week over Arizona. Meanwhile, the NBA suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million after an investigation found he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.”