The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests implemented stage 1 fire restrictions Friday amid historically dry conditions in the White Mountains. Forecasters also say snowfall in Flagstaff remains less than 15% of normal.

During the past year, place names from the Grand Canyon have turned up on the surface of Mars. To find out why, author Scott Thybony sought out scientists from the Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff who’d been exploring the Martian surface.

Fire restrictions start in portions of northeastern Arizona Friday as a historically dry winter continues.

Navajo Nation officials this week addressed ongoing concerns about the recent restart of uranium ore hauling through the reservation.

President Donald Trump froze billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act that was designed to protect water supplies for cities, farms and tribes.

Grand Canyon National Park lost 10 probationary employees to layoffs, causing long wait times at the South Rim entrance and delays to the Transcanyon Waterline replacement.

A big focus of the Trump administration is to shore up U.S. dominance in cutting edge technology like semiconductor chips and AI. But it's slashing employees at the agency that works on these issues.

12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or sheep, but seals from as far away as Greenland. The find highlights the extent of medieval trade.

Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year

The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.

In one of the worlds largest refugee camps, thousands of predominantly Somali refugees hoping to travel to the U.S. are waiting anxiously to see if the program will be resumed later in April.