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A federal judge in Phoenix has temporarily halted transferring the Indigenous sacred site Oak Flat to a copper mining company.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation listed the Flagstaff home where the first Arizona flag was sewn as one of the most endangered places in the U.S.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill that bars protestors and others from setting up encampments at state universities following last year's wave of pro-Palestinian protests on Arizona campuses.
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West Virginia’s Dan Green and Colorado’s Rachel Entrekin each set new course records Wednesday in their respective wins of the Cocodona 250 ultrarunning event.
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A new report says Earth just experienced its second-warmest November on record — second only to 2023 — making it all but certain that 2024 will end as the hottest year ever measured.
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Officials with the Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park say crews will begin several prescribed burns near the North Rim this week.
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The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 and 1918.
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Native American tribes and conservation groups are pressing President Joe Biden to designate more national monuments before he leaves office next month.
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Grand Canyon National Park has strengthened water restrictions for the South Rim after a new break in the Transcanyon Waterline.
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Conservation groups worry President-elect Donald Trump could attempt to rollback some national monuments, as he did in his first term.
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The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.
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Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.
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My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross dances in Rome near the end of the war. She would have been 100 this year.
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Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline. Beachcombers say they look like "blue diamonds strewn across the beach."
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President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.
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Warm this weekend, expect a partly sunny and breezy Mother’s Day afternoon. The region turns very windy early next week and eventually cooler into midweek.
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