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The 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.
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Phoenix-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.
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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.
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Arizona 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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Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park have likely recovered the body of a Santa Fe man they believe was attempting to raft the Colorado River on a self-made wooden raft.
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Gila County will delay the rollout of new regulations on short-term rentals as the board of supervisors work to address local owner's concerns.
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A new, first-of-its-kind study on evaporating snow could help cities and farms that use water from the Colorado River. The results may lead to more accurate forecasts for water supplies.
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Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest conducted a third and final day of a 4,600-acre prescribed burn project about five miles south of Flagstaff Friday.
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Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told a congressional subcommittee that chronically underfunded programs represent a failure of the federal government to uphold its trust obligation to tribes for equity and socioeconomic justice.
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Writer and former wilderness guide Michael Engelhard explored remote corners of the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau by boat and by foot for more than 20 years. His new book argues for the profound value of wild places for the human spirit.
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NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with Palestinian-Ukrainian refugee Zoya El-Miari, who grew up in a Lebanese refugee camp only to move to Ukraine right before the Russian invasion and flee to Switzerland.
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NPR's Tamara Keith plays the puzzle with KQED listener Craig Hamiliton of Mountain View, Calif., and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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President Biden makes an address today during commencement ceremonies at Morehouse College in Atlanta at a time when protests over his handling of the war in Gaza are rocking U.S. college campuses.
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An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, on Sunday, as fighting raged and Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war.
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The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed. While the act is illegal, it's also considered disrespectful to the Māori people.
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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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