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By Daniel Kraker

Chinle, AZ – Host intro:

It's something most Americans take for granted; when someone's convicted of a crime, they go to jail. That's often not the case, though, on the Navajo reservation. Convicted criminals on the country's largest Indian reservation typically are released less than a week after they're incarcerated. Now the problem has gotten even worse, as Daniel Kraker reports from KNAU's Indian Country News Bureau.

By Daniel Kraker

Flagstaff, AZ – Host Intro:

By Daniel Kraker

Flagstaff, AZ – Host intro:

An 18 acre wildfire erupted in the Doney Park area east of Flagstaff on Saturday morning, June 16, burning within near 60 feet of some homes and forcing dozens of families to evacuate. Arizona Public Radio's Daniel Kraker was on the scene on Saturday, and filed this report.

By Geoff Norcross

By Laurel Morales

Flagstaff, AZ – About four years ago Jason Kurtz was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma. He's tried chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant using his own stem cells, and a combination of radiation and chemotherapy.

KURTZ: I'd work all week. Friday I'd try to cut out early, just get totally nuked and fried with chemo, spend the weekend on the couch, feel horrible. Hopefully Monday feel good, back up, go to work, do it again the next week.

By Laurel Morales

Flagstaff, AZ – About four years ago Jason Kurtz was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma. He's tried chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant using his own stem cells, and a combination of radiation and chemotherapy.

KURTZ: I'd work all week. Friday I'd try to cut out early, just get totally nuked and fried with chemo, spend the weekend on the couch, feel horrible. Hopefully Monday feel good, back up, go to work, do it again the next week.

By Gillian Ferris Kohl

Flagstaff, AZ – Sedona resident Anne Snowden Crosman is a former journalist for NBC and the first female radio correspondent for CBS. She's also the author of a book entitled, Young at Heart, Aging Gracefully with Attitude. It's a series of interviews with people - mostly in their 80's and 90's - about defying age with zest. Crosman spoke with Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris Kohl about research for the book.

By Laurel Morales

Flagstaff, AZ – SFX: sound of Ty starting up his quad and riding away

Ty Clark fires up his quad and revs his engine. He says he rides it every chance he gets. The tall 17-year-old wears a faded black Metalica T-shirt and braces. His mom Kathi Clark says he and his friends like to make movies of their adventures.

CLARK: So they like to kick up dust and make a lot of noise and make great movies. It's a fun healthy activity for them and this is what they need is some place to do it.

By Gillian Ferris Kohl

Flagstaff, AZ – Twenty years of captive breeding have kept the North American condor from extinction. But last year, wildlife officials in Arizona noticed a high mortality rate among the birds during deer hunting season. Researchers say the culprit is lead-poisoning from spent-ammunition in animal carcasses. Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris Kohl reports.

By Laurel Morales

Flagstaff, AZ – Trying to go for a run with Lopez Lomong is like attempting to run alongside a sports car. He has a tremendous kick. That means in the final hundred meters of a race he's able to shift into a higher gear.

COACH HAYES/LOMONG: How you feelin' today, Lopez? Feelin' good. Feeling good? Yeah.

At a recent track practice Lomong and his teammates run laps. The N-A-U motto is: practice hard race easily.

AMBY: Running, heavy breathing.