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Grand Canyon National Park celebrated the premiere of a new film that will educate visitors about the 11 Indigenous tribes who consider the canyon sacred.
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Federal energy regulators have denied a key permit for a proposed hydro-storage project on the Navajo Nation. The controversial plan was slated for an environmentally and culturally sensitive area near the Little Colorado River.
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For more than 20 years, bird lovers have celebrated the onset of the summer breeding season at the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival. This year’s event takes place the last weekend in April and is centered at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.
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The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management continued work on a prescribed burn project near Flagstaff Tuesday.
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Tacey M. Atsitty is a Diné poet from Cove, Ariz., but grew up in Kirtland, N.M., and reads “A February Snow.” She says the ideas that become poems start from place of quiet and her job is to cultivate the silence and be ready to pay attention when the seeds of a piece start to reveal themselves to her.
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Flagstaff scientists and engineers are developing a plan to launch a network of wildfire-detecting satellites into space. They’re now semifinalists in a global competition.
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The most productive aquifer in northern Arizona is named after its main water-bearing rock unit — the Coconino Sandstone. The Coconino Aquifer underlies 27,000 square miles west of Flagstaff and into New Mexico and southern Utah.
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The nonprofit group American Rivers released its annual list of the country’s most endangered waterways. The rivers of New Mexico top the list.
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Hundreds gathered last week in Flagstaff to express frustration at the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow a Civil War-era abortion ban to take effect.
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Coconino County Health and Human Services has released a report on the unmet health needs in the county. It highlights mental health concerns and economic insecurity.