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Adrian Skabelund / KNAUThe affordable housing nonprofit is accepting applications for 10 new starter homes in Flagstaff’s Timber Sky development. It’s the next phase in the project launched last year. -
Ryan Heinsius/KNAUSen. Mark Kelly along with the rest of Arizona’s Democratic congressional delegation are asking Congress for additional funding to help Grand Canyon National Park recover from a series of disasters in the past year. -
Mary Lata/Coconino National ForestEvery hunting season since 1998, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has asked hunters to bring them elk and deer heads to test for chronic wasting disease. -
Courtesy/Gage SkidmoreFormer Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says two years of full Republican control in Washington DC has disappointed voters, as he challenges Rep. Eli Crane in Arizona’s Second Congressional District.
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Hotter, drier conditions driven by climate change have already made wildfires nationwide more frequent and intense. Tribal communities are especially vulnerable both during and after the fires. -
Flash flooding across the Navajo Nation has damaged roads, forced evacuations and claimed three lives as a late-season surge of monsoon moisture brings heavy rain to the Four Corners region. -
Grand Canyon National Park officials aim to restore water service to the South Rim by Nov. 16 and to residents by Thanksgiving. Concessionaires would then begin a phased reopening of overnight lodging. -
Singer-songwriter Dom Flemons is known for a roosty, old-timey sound. But more recently the former Flagstaffian has adopted a more contemporary style reflecting modern convictions, anxieties and joys. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a man outside his Flagstaff home Wednesday morning in the first known enforcement action since ICE opened a local field office. -
Arizona Department of Transportation officials have closed a portion of Highway 160 east of Kayenta following severe flash flooding Wednesday night.
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No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.
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The vote on a war powers resolution introduced by Democrats came at a moment when some Republicans have begun to distance themselves from President Trump over the ongoing conflict. -
Rolling Stone reporter Cheyenne Roundtree says rumors of abuse followed the media mogul for years. Her book examines how Combs remained so powerful, despite decades of warning signs and allegations. -
It's not easy, killing people and raising a family. The new action-thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother reaffirms the power of faith — and delights in outrageous juxtapositions. -
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s annual financial disclosure reveals he has received two lucrative book advances and free flights from a friend while in office.
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms once again today going into the evening. We then look to gradually dry out Friday and Saturday. The forecast focus then quickly turns to the potential for a larger, tropical rain event Sunday into early next week, stay tuned.
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