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Ryan Heinsius/KNAUThe Trump administration rescinded a $1 million grant that funded three community centers in Flagstaff where residents could get help during wildfires, floods and other emergencies. -
Ross D. Franklin/AP PhotoGov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed a breakthrough bipartisan measure to fund services for tens of thousands of disabled Arizonans that had run out of cash and led to a months-long fight between her and Republican lawmakers. -
Scott ThybonyBooks can take you in new and unexpected directions. When author Scott Thybony read about a journey to the Grand Canyon by a band of scalphunters in the 19th century, he had no idea it would lead him to an important fossil tracksite millions of years old. He recounts the experience in this month’s Canyon Commentary. -
Tim Peterson/EcoFlightSix Southwestern tribes have formed a coalition to defend Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument against threats that include possible cuts to its size by the Trump administration. The monument was established for its geology and biodiversity but also has deep cultural significance.
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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. -
Officials with the Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park say crews will begin several prescribed burns near the North Rim this week. -
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. -
Native American tribes and conservation groups are pressing President Joe Biden to designate more national monuments before he leaves office next month. -
Grand Canyon National Park has strengthened water restrictions for the South Rim after a new break in the Transcanyon Waterline. -
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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Fueling Knowledge is a two-part series from the W-W-N-O and W-R-K-F podcast Sea Change, produced with Floodlight and the Louisiana Illuminator.
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Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades. -
He had to wait until the fifth round, but Shedeur Sanders, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders — his coach at the University of Colorado — has finally been drafted by the NFL. -
The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.
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