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Ryan Heinsius/KNAUThe Trump administration plans to reissue an environmental impact statement that would permit the government to exchange land with Resolution Copper at Oak Flat in the Tonto National Forest. -
Adrian Skabelund / KNAUArizona Attorney General Kris Mayes spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at a town hall in Flagstaff this week, focusing on the impacts of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency. -
National Park ServiceFootprints made tens of thousands of years ago may look like they’ve been erased by time and weather, but — like invisible ink — they can sometimes reappear under the right conditions. -
Mary Altaffer/AP PhotoThe Trump administration has canceled nine public health grants for Coconino County, totaling $1.8 million, creating ripple effects among rural communities and health care providers.
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A Hispanic immigrant rights group is leading the fight in asking a judge to block Proposition 314 from taking effect. -
As Williams landlords continue to convert their properties to short-term rentals, officials in that city want to transfer its rental assistance vouchers to Flagstaff. -
The Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival is underway and among the films playing is About Damn Time, the story of how women broke into the male-dominated world of Grand Canyon river guiding. -
Republican lawmakers are working to sidestep a court challenge that has kept $15.3 million earmarked for improvements at the rodeo grounds in Prescott locked up for more than two years. -
The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states including Arizona to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country. -
Artificial Intelligence is being applied to many areas of life, including forestry on the Colorado Plateau. A team at NAU is using AI models in conjunction with Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology.
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Is President Trump threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve when he attacks Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates? NPR asks Wharton School associate professor Peter Conti-Brown.
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A court declined to lift a judge's order that the Trump administration facilitate the return of wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, a Maryland senator met with him in El Salvador.
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One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who burned bright for Team USA in February are set to return to the ice. -
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses. -
The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
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A cold front has delivered healthy snow and wetting rain to the region. The showers will push off into eastern AZ Friday evening into the overnight. Snow levels will fall to 4500’, with additional accumulations of several inches for eastern AZ. Expect slick roads across the region into Saturday morning. Tomorrow the sun returns through a cool Saturday afternoon. A sunny and warmer spring day will follow for Easter.
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