Northern Arizona

Those who depend on the federal food assistance didn’t receive benefits this weekend. It’s created pressure on community food banks as recipients stretch what they have.

A Flagstaff food distribution site has seen a 30% increase in demand in the last week as the government shutdown has delayed federal assistance payments to states.

Several Flagstaff residents have demanded the city end a program that uses automated cameras to collect vehicle data from cars.

Local agencies have a new tool to speed up wildfire response — AI-powered cameras. Arizona Public Service plans to install 30 by the end of June.

Author Scott Thybony had no idea a book about a journey to the Grand Canyon by a band of scalphunters in the 19th century would lead him to an important fossil tracksite millions of years old.

Arizona Daily Sun Chief Photographer Jake Bacon has documented life in northern Arizona for more than three decades. Tonight, he takes the stage to talk about some of his favorite images and the importance of community journalism.

Writing assignments have their share of misadventures. In his latest Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony recalls how the haunting music recorded in a deep, stone chamber made the difficulties worth the effort.

Trains are so much a part of a railroad town they tend to blend in with the background. But author Scott Thybony became curious about those who drive them so he sat down with one of the first female railroad engineers in the U.S. to listen to her stories of the home road.

Since the beginning of November, Flagstaff hasn’t received much precipitation. That has forest officials worried about the risk of wildfire. Coconino National Forest Fire Planner Jesse Causer weighs in.

The National Weather Service says it was the warmest year on record for Page, Show Low and Winslow and the second warmest for Flagstaff and Prescott.