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Sheila BrownAncestral Pueblo people began making turkey feather blankets about 1,800 years ago, coinciding with the transition to settled agricultural life. -
Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa/White Mountain Independent via APThe Navajo County Sheriff's Office declined to reveal a motive in the killing of a prominent California farmer’s estranged wife in Pinetop, but said the couple's lengthy divorce repeatedly came up in interviews. -
Terry BrianIn the midst of the holiday season, Scott Thybony reflects on a few crucial life lessons. He’s learned it pays to jump headlong into an endeavor, even though one might be wholly unprepared for what they’re about to face. -
Steve Ryan/WikiCommonsHouse finches are a familiar sight in northern Arizona, but their path to the West is a story of human introduction and adaptation.
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Brendan Basham is a Diné author, educator and artist who lives in New Mexico near the Navajo Nation and Pueblo of Zuni. Basham was the first-ever culinary resident at Ucross, a foundation that hosts artists in Wyoming, and is working on his second novel after his celebrated debut "Swim Home to the Vanished." -
Veteran Flagstaff outdoor photographer John Burcham is recovering from a recent rock-climbing accident in a remote Sedona canyon. -
Navajo Nation police say a suspected drunk driver drove into a crowd ahead of a Christmas parade in Kayenta Monday, killing one person and injuring several others. -
Gov. Katie Hobbs' office says it's partnered with a nonprofit to erase $642 million in medical debt owed by almost half-a-million Arizonans. -
Rep. Walt Blackman of Snowflake has introduced a proposal to provide $1.5 million to the new independent office overseeing the state's prison system. -
Water leaders in the U.S. West gathered this week at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference as negotiations continue on a long-term plan for sharing water from the Colorado River.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness. -
Survivors of the Eaton and Palisades Fires find healing and community working on a Rose Parade float to honor the lives and communities lost in last year's wildfires. -
The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony. -
The U.S. military says it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days. The attacks killed eight people, while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command did not reveal where the attacks occurred. -
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
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Rain showers into New Years Day, winding down pre sunrise Friday. Quiet weather briefly returns Friday into the weekend. A poorly organized storm looks to deliver another round of light rain showers Sunday night into Monday. These are warm storms for this time of year, snow will only be seen over the high mountains.
