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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. -
John Locher/AP PhotoLake Mead National Recreation Area officials have closed several trails after a death and multiple rescues as temperatures remain dangerously high.
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Arizona lawmakers want to outlaw the spraying of chemicals into the atmosphere to reduce heat. The practice known as geoengineering has been the subject of unproven conspiracy theories. -
Legislation giving Arizona's electric utilities protections from lawsuits for wildfires sparked by their equipment has been pared down as lawmakers debate the measure. -
The historically dry northern Arizona winter has made forest officials nervous for the fire season. Conditions improved after March storms brought significant snow and rain to the region. -
Tribal leaders say a coordinated alert system for missing Indigenous people could save lives in Arizona. -
Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered the state Department of Agriculture to delay its rules mandating cage-free eggs until 2034. -
Authorities are searching for three members of a family who were traveling from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas last week as a major winter storm triggered a 22-vehicle crash on Interstate 40.
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Christian leaders gathered outside the U.S. Capitol building this week to call for more solidarity with LGBTQ people. We look at the conversations Black churches are having.
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Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney entered politics as trade relations with the U.S. hit a low point. The former central banker's economic chops may propel him to victory in the next election.
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The federal housing agency says its 1968 building faces more than $500 million in deferred maintenance. It also says current staff take up only half the space. -
The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring. -
Twin brothers, both played by Michael B. Jordan, return to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 to start a juke joint in Ryan Coogler's otherworldly tale of race and music, Sinners.
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A strong cold front will push into far northern AZ Thursday night with rain and snow showers spreading across the region Friday. Snow will fall to 6000’, coming down heaviest around the Flagstaff region midday Friday into late afternoon, shifting into eastern AZ Friday night into Saturday morning. Roads will be slippery at times particularly late afternoon into the overnight. A couple inches of snow is expected, with healthy wetting rain for lower elevations, 0.25 - 0.50". For the weekend snow showers linger across far eastern AZ Saturday morning, elsewhere expect a sunny and cool day, followed by a warmer Easter Sunday.
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