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ADOTConstruction begins Monday on a wildlife overpass crossing on Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff, which should improve habitat connections and reduce crashes involving animals, especially elk and deer. -
John Locher/AP PhotoThe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says Arizona will likely continue to take cuts in its Colorado River supply next year. The region’s historic drought shows no signs of easing. -
Adrian Skabelund / KNAUMore than a thousand people rallied in Flagstaff Thursday as part of nationwide May Day protests against the Trump administration and in support of labor. -
Howard Fischer/Capitol Media ServicesThe GOP-controlled House and Senate have approved legislation spelling out that the secretary of state's office cannot certify voting machines unless every part are "sourced from the United States.''
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The petition to remove Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren from office failed to get enough signatures to prompt a recall election. -
Northern Arizona Healthcare’s Breast Care Clinic in Sedona has regained its national accreditation after losing it in 2023. -
Tribal leaders told lawmakers in the U.S. House that the administration’s “chainsaw approach” to government cuts will disproportionately harm Indian Country. -
The federal funding freeze, despite being temporarily stayed by courts, has blocked promised grant money from reaching small business owners in Arizona. -
The Trump administration plans to shutter two National Park Service offices in Flagstaff later this year as part of cost-cutting initiatives that have targeted 2 million square feet of federal office space throughout the country. -
In the summer of 2023, what seemed like tiny aliens turned up at the Wupatki National Monument. A visitor told park staff that tadpoles were wriggling about in a pool of standing water that had flooded the Ancestral Puebloan ballcourt.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks college seniors Bobby McAlpine, Alyssa Johnson, and Liam Powell how they've changed their post-graduation plans in light of the upheaval caused by the Trump administration.
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Israel said it would retaliate after four people were injured and flights temporarily suspended. -
Voters in an unincorporated area of Boca in Cameron County — next to Elon Musk's SpaceX complex in South Texas — are voting to make Starbase a city. That will give SpaceX more power over a public beach and state highway.
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Health insurer Aetna will exit the federal health insurance exchange next year. Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe that will leave around a million people without coverage.
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We meet a Kansas City man who has a massive collection of Star Wars toys, as The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures opens a show with that theme on May 4th. May the fourth be with you!
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Showers and thunderstorms will be widespread Monday, snow mixing with rain at times for the Flagstaff, Mogollon Rim and White mountains regions. Several inches of snow may accumulate tonight into tomorrow morning along the eastern Mogollon Rim into the Whites. Low pressure lingers over the region into midweek with daily showers and thunderstorms into Wednesday.
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