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Melissa Sevigny/KNAUThe U.S. Forest Service says the cost of fighting wildfires on public lands throughout the country could reach nearly $4 billion or more a year by 2050. -
Courtesy of Marlana-Patrice Pugh HamerPhoenix-based poet Marlana-Patrice Pugh Hamer talks about channeling her work from a spiritual dimension and becoming a vessel for the written word. She reads her poem “Our Giant Steps," which is dedicated to her late husband and celebrates their shared love of jazz and the good times that often accompanied live music. -
New technology will connect teachers at Mohave County schools directly to law enforcement. Schools can then provide real-time information to emergency responders so they can approach critical incidents with the right resources. -
Rep. Eli Crane/XArizona Rep. Eli Crane was part of a group of House Republicans who showed up at Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York Thursday.
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Several thousand acres of forested land around Flagstaff received prescribed burns in recent weeks. Andi Thode, fire ecologist and director of NAU's Arizona Wildfire Initiative, explains why it’s critical to take advantage of the narrow “burn window” offered by cool, rainy weather this spring. -
Several Flagstaff schools were forced to go into lockdown earlier today following a shooting incident in the city’s Bushmaster Park. -
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Republicans who sought to have Arizona’s election procedures manual declared invalid. -
The Fremont were ancient pueblo farmers of corn, beans and squash, as well as expert hunters and gatherers. By 1000 A.D. they had developed a highly sophisticated culture among the lush river valleys and forested canyons of their homeland. -
The Navajo Nation Council is considering legislation to approve a sweeping water rights settlement with the federal government over the Colorado River and Little Colorado River Basin. -
Arizona’s highest court has given the state’s attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban.
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Cash-for-votes is such a pervasive problem in India that the election commission says it seized nearly half a billion dollars of cash and inducements before the polls even opened last month.
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Boeing held its annual shareholders meeting on Friday. This follows a difficult week and year for the plane-maker, which is facing renewed scrutiny over its safety and production practices.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with strategic studies professor Phillips O'Brien of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland about the significance of Russia's latest military offensive in Ukraine.
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There's a lot of finger-pointing in Slovakia following the assassination attempt this week on its prime minister. It's another example of political violence that's been taking place in Europe of late.
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A flag flap for a Supreme Court justice, and both major presidential campaigns agree to debates, albeit earlier than is traditional, with some rule changes.
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Dry, warm and breezy (to locally windy) afternoons are forecast this weekend. Overnight low temperatures are expected to hover just above freezing for the Flagstaff and mountain regions. Early next week winds will remain elevated, we turn cooler, and morning frosts are likely at elevation (caution for gardeners).
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