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National Cancer InstituteNorthern Arizona Healthcare’s Breast Care Clinic in Sedona has regained its national accreditation after losing it in 2023. -
Shauneen Miranda/States NewsroomTribal leaders told lawmakers in the U.S. House that the administration’s “chainsaw approach” to government cuts will disproportionately harm Indian Country. -
Cory BrueningThe federal funding freeze, despite being temporarily stayed by courts, has blocked promised grant money from reaching small business owners in Arizona. -
Ryan Heinsius/KNAUThe 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.
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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. -
Coconino National Forest employees were among the thousands of federal workers recently laid off by the Trump administration. Three now-former federal workers shared their stories with KNAU. -
A Senate committee will hold a hearing Thursday on the proposed Fix Our Forests Act, which is aimed at reducing catastrophic wildfires. However, support is mixed. -
The Southwestern population of endangered wild Mexican gray wolves has grown for the ninth consecutive year to at least 286. -
The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests implemented stage 1 fire restrictions Friday amid historically dry conditions in the White Mountains. Forecasters also say snowfall in Flagstaff remains less than 15% of normal. -
During the past year, place names from the Grand Canyon have turned up on the surface of Mars. To find out why, author Scott Thybony sought out scientists from the Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff who’d been exploring the Martian surface.
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Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight. -
The lawsuit pushes back against a recent executive order from President Donald Trump that asks funding applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology" in their work. -
The president's message to his Cabinet secretaries comes amid continuing questions over the role of billionaire adviser Elon Musk in the drastic reshaping of the federal government. -
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., says the CDC has sent vaccines to Texas, but emphasizes using vitamin A to treat the disease -- worrying infectious disease doctors.
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It's safe to say the relationship between the U.S. and Canada is at a low point. We look at how the two countries are already linked and what the U.S. could learn from its neighbor to the north.
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Phase 2 incoming with snow picking up overnight and through the day to Friday. Snow will fall to 4000’ in elevation at times, with additional accumulations of 6-10” into Friday night for elevations above 6000’, 2-4” to 5000’. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for the high country of the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains. Mild weather returns for the weekend ahead.
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