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Thomas Peipert/APA federal judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who admitted to beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time. -
Adrian Skabelund/KNAUFlagstaff officials say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has leased office space at 1585 S. Plaza Way. The site is privately owned and no city property has been requested. -
Jim Clark/U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceSenate Bill 1280 would bar the Arizona Game and Fish Department from transporting gray wolf puppies into the state or using its own resources to do so. -
Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons/(c) 2020 Tony WebsterFlagstaff City Hall was placed on a 30-minute lockdown Tuesday night during a city council meeting after shots were fired across the street near the Downtown Library.
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The federal Colorado Basin River Forecast Center says just 1.4 million acre feet of Colorado River water is expected to reach Lake Powell through July — less than a quarter of what's considered normal. -
An Arizona House measure boosting rules for short-term rentals like those offered through Airbnb and Vrbo is likely dead for the year after failing to get a hearing in the state Senate. -
How did Southwest Tribal people protect and store their food before the days of refrigeration? -
Flagstaff activists say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish office space on South Plaza Way. The owner says he isn’t aware of the plans. -
Conservation groups drew attention to economic and other benefits of public lands during Arizona Public Lands Day. A new report shows federal lands have a $5 billion impact on the state economy. -
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren announced he's running for a second term Monday, saying he wants to build on the momentum from his first term.
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A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war." -
Federal regulators want airlines to cut the number of flights at O'Hare Airport in Chicago this summer. It's an unusual move, sparked by a turf war between two major airlines with hubs at the airport. -
Last year, Congress approved $75 billion for immigration enforcement. That money has allowed ICE to operate nearly unfettered during a record-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. -
The year began with many people becoming U.S. citizens, but by December, fewer people were doing so, driven by ramped-up scrutiny of applications and eroding trust in the system. -
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Partly cloudy windy and cool Monday with the approach of a cold front that brings increasing rain showers later this afternoon turning to snow showers down to 6000’ this evening into tomorrow morning, with an inch or two of snow accumulation, quarter inch or so of rain for lower elevation. A cool Tuesday afternoon follow, then a bit warmer Wednesday into a windy Thursday, cooler again Friday.
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