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Crews have been trying to take advantage of calmer conditions as they fight the 12,600-acre Greer Fire in the White Mountains ahead of near critical fire expected over the weekend.
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Dr. Tom Myers has worked as a physician on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon since 1990, and he knows all the ways people can get into trouble on a difficult hike. In fact, he co-authored the book Death in Grand Canyon. But that didn’t stop him from completing an epic journey on foot down the canyon’s entire length. His new book is The Grandest Trek.
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A grand jury indicted former Prescott police officer Brian Sutton on one count of manslaughter in the 2024 shooting of Daniel Leslie, who was unarmed.
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The population of endangered Mexican gray wolves has grown for nine years in a row, but conservation groups say the program is running out of time to address important genetic challenges.
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President Donald Trump signed several executive orders Tuesday to keep coal-fired power plants open past their scheduled retirement dates, including the Cholla Power Plant in eastern Arizona.
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Pueblo Grande de Nevada — known as the "Lost City" — is an archeological site near Overton, Nevada. It’s a complex of villages inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans for nearly a thousand years.
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Border czar Tom Homan told Arizona lawmakers Tuesday that he and the president are not at all sorry about rounding up and deporting everyone who is here illegally, regardless of whether they are guilty of any other offense.
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A new alert system will be used for missing and endangered persons who do not meet the Amber and Silver Alert criteria, enabling a more rapid and coordinated response.
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Prescott Republican Representative Selina Bliss introduced three bills to address the explosion of short-term rentals, but all of them stalled in the state House. She spoke with KNAU.
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Officials with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints haven't provided details about the location of the Flagstaff temple yet or when it will open.
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Cuts and disruptions to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are affecting the nation's weather forecasts, potentially endangering people ahead of extreme weather season.
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As a teenager, Joseph Bond fought in Vietnam. Later he started a family and worked for the city of Philadelphia for 35 years. After retiring, there was something he needed — to finish high school.
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At least 72 were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight, according to Gaza health officials. Israeli officials say the strikes are a warning to Hamas to surrender or face an expanded offensive.
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The first week of Sean Combs' criminal trial featured testimony by witnesses and alleged victims, including ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, who testified their relationship was marked with violence.
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Ninety-two people were confirmed dead in the rubble of the building. The building was the only one in Thailand to collapse in the earthquake that was centered in neighboring Myanmar.
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Windy Saturday as a spring storm drops into the Great Basin (The NWS has issued a Wind Advisory for Mohave County and a Red Flag Warning for the Little Colorado River Valley). The region then turns cooler Sunday and Monday. Rain showers develop across northern AZ Saturday night into Sunday morning and then eastern AZ Monday. Warm weather quickly returns Tuesday through the remainder of next week.
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