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The outlook for the most important river in the Southwestern U.S. remains grim this summer after April storms failed to produce much snow in the mountains that feed the waterway, forecasters said Monday.

Authorities say an Arizona state trooper was injured during a confrontation with a possibly intoxicated pedestrian walking on a state highway north of Flagstaff.

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Authorities say a man accidentally fell about 800 feet to his death at the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area in northern Arizona.

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Arizona prosecutors say Sedona's regulation requiring short-term rentals to obtain a city business license violates state law.

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Officials say hotter and drier weather may affect efforts to battle a large wildfire in north-central Arizona.

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The Navajo Nation president's daughter is facing drunken driving charges after authorities say she struck another vehicle south of Flagstaff.

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About 600 residents evacuated during the Tinder Fire are being allowed to return today, some to heavily damaged or destroyed homes. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports, the fire is now 48 percent contained and has burned 12,628 acres.


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Hundreds of thousands of Arizona schoolchildren can go back to class now that the Legislature passed an education funding deal, ending a six-day walkout that shuttered classrooms around the state.

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  The Arizona Legislature adjourned its 2018 session early Friday, leaving without taking action on two of Gov. Doug Ducey's biggest initiatives of the year, a water policy overhaul and an ambitious school safety proposal that fell victim to concerns about the civil rights.

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This weekend, managers at Glen Canyon Dam will begin a first-of-its-kind experiment to release water that benefits bugs, which play a vital role in the Colorado River ecosystem. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.


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