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The National Park Service released a report on climate change in the Grand Canyon that projects a warmer, drier future for the iconic national park.
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Coconino County has one confirmed case of measles and another probable case. Health officials urge residents to be alert for symptoms of the highly contagious illness, which has no treatment but can be prevented by a vaccine.
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The federal government indicated its support on Tuesday for a plan hammered out by the Lower Basin states to conserve water in the Colorado River over the next three years. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The Coconino County Board of Supervisors heard plans Tuesday for forest restoration work west of the San Francisco Peaks to lessen the risk of catastrophic wildfires. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy met Wednesday in Flagstaff with Navajo and Hopi leaders to discuss an unprecedented federal investment in solar energy for tribal homes.
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The Coconino County Flood Control District will present a pair of studies to its Board of Directors Tuesday that forecast the risks of post-wildfire floods in the Rio de Flag watershed in Flagstaff.
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The Arizona Department of Housing awarded $2 million to an Indigenous-led, Utah-based nonprofit to address housing needs on the Navajo Nation. It’s the first time money from the state’s housing trust fund has been allocated to a nonprofit group.
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A new children’s book tells the story of a young farmhand–turned–astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh who spotted Pluto from Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Sedona author Diane Phelps Budden hopes it will inspire children to chase their dreams.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a draft plan Wednesday responding to the invasion of nonnative, predatory fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
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The Forest Service recently released a proposal to revise its forest management plans to protect old-growth trees. KNAU spoke about this unprecedented effort with Andrew Sanchez Meador, executive director of NAU's Ecological Restoration Institute.