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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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Colorado River conservation programs have stopped receiving money from the federal government despite temporary restraining orders intended to halt the Trump Administration’s funding freeze. -
A Lukachukai man suspected of flying a drone over the Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon Wednesday has been arrested. -
The company that owns a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon has resumed trucking ore from the site. It follows an agreement with Navajo Nation officials last month to allow the shipments to cross the reservation. -
Fewer than 2% of North America’s bark beetle species attack trees, but those that do have killed billions of conifers across the West over the last 30 years. -
An area near the community of Pine Flats south of Mayer remains under evacuation Tuesday due to the Brady Fire. -
A new study explains how two deep canyons formed very quickly on the moon during an asteroid impact. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with local planetary scientist David Kring about the findings.
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In Massachusetts, Revolutionary War reenactors gathered on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the War for Independence.
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A coalition of gangs is close to completely controlling the capital of Haiti. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with independent journalist Harold Isaac about the situation in Port-au-Prince.
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Culture writer Taylor Crumpton says fashionable outfits and colorful hats are how to catch God's eye at Easter Sunday services. She shares with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how Black families dress for Easter.
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Abigail loves staging a good murder mystery for her friends but then her brother dies. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Louise Hegarty about her novel, "Fair Play."
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Zelenskyy said that Russia must fully adhere to the ceasefire conditions and reiterated Ukraine's offer to extend the truce for 30 days, starting midnight Sunday.
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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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