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Ryan Heinsius/KNAUThousands of federal workers in Arizona stand to be furloughed Friday as the budget battle in Congress threatens to shut down the government. -
Courtesy of Sage MarshallPoet Sage Marshall is a Colorado native and an avid skier, backpacker, duck hunter and fly fisherman. He works as an outdoor journalist but also writes poetry. He reads his piece “On Perspective.” -
Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice PresidentAfter the announcement that an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren required no future investigation, Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya said she wants the full report to be released. -
NPSMartha Anne Overholser, 66, was last seen at Mather Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Dec. 10, 2024. Park officials say the Michigan resident failed to return to her commercial bus tour.
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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema delivered a farewell speech on the senate floor on Wednesday as she prepares to step down from her seat after a single term. -
Leadership in the U.S. House did not include compensation for victims of radiation exposure in its current budget proposal. The program expired in June and advocates were hoping Congress would renew it before the end of the year. -
Water conservation measures are currently in place at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park due to breaks in the Transcanyon Pipeline. Replacing the pipeline requires a more than $200 million investment in infrastructure without disrupting archaeology and ecology. -
The Relict Leopard Frog was once found in wetlands throughout northwest Arizona, southeast Nevada and southwest Utah. It was thought extinct until isolated populations were found in Nevada in 1991. -
The Apache County Board of Supervisors has voted to appoint Navajo Nation First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren as county attorney, making her the first Indigenous woman to serve in the role. -
Biologists have begun re-introducing endangered black-footed ferrets in Aubrey Valley near Seligman. It's Arizona’s first ferret reintroduction in more than 30 years.
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A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour. -
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote.
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German officials say a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006 deliberately drove his car into a crowded outdoor Christmas market Friday.
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Hours away from a government shutdown, Congress passed a bill to fund federal operations until March 14, 2025.
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An impasse over the budget and the threat of a government shutdown dominated political news earlier this week.
Winter welcome, the solstice is Saturday morning. Unseasonably warm afternoons continue daily into Tuesday.A Christmas morning storm skirts far northern AZ, bringing cooler temperatures Christmas Day, along with light rain and snow showers (down to 6000’) mainly along the AZ/UT border into the Four Corners, possibly a brief flurry or two as far south as Flagstaff.
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