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August 14, 2019 at 10:13 pm

Climate change still threatens key US river after wet winter VIEW

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Snow piled up in the mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling...

HOLD FOR STORY SCHEDULED TO MOVE TUESDAY, AUG. 6. FILE – In this Friday, July 26, 2019, photo, Anita Thompson, a forester with the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona, checks an air quality monitor outside an emergency operations center in Flagstaff, Ariz. Among the hundreds of firefighters, aircraft and engines dispatched to fight a recent wildfire in northern Arizona were two women whose focus was not on flames. Their concern was smoke. Because of the health hazards from wildfires spewing spoke into the atmosphere, Congress earlier this year said all top-tier federal teams battling wildland blazes should have at least one specialist assigned to monitor smoke. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca) RPAF203 RPAF203

August 6, 2019 at 7:01 am

Spurred by Congress, growing program puts air-quality specialists on wildfires

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Among the hundreds of firefighters, aircraft and engines dispatched to fight a recent wildfire in northern Arizona were two women whose...

July 26, 2019 at 10:20 am

Tiny beetles munch through endangered songbird habitat VIEW

CLARKDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Matt Johnson treks along an Arizona riverbank and picks out a patch of yellow-tinged tamarisks. He sweeps a cloth net across...

July 21, 2019 at 9:05 pm

Elevated opioid risks found at Native American hospitals

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. government hospitals put Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols...

July 13, 2019 at 3:05 pm

Trump says he will not impose uranium quotas

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will not impose quotas on importing uranium, backing away from a possible trade confrontation and breaking with...

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July 8, 2019 at 7:28 am

Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona VIEW

Northern Arizona's fields of volcanic cinders and craters have been a training ground for every astronaut who has walked on the moon.

June 26, 2019 at 10:01 pm

First cancer center opens on Native American reservation VIEW

TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Colon cancer took a heavy toll on Loren McCabe's family. His great-grandmother was diagnosed too late to fight it. His...

May 14, 2019 at 12:40 pm

Tribes across country push for better internet access

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In a remote, roadless Arizona canyon that is home to a small Native American tribe, there's a natural skepticism toward the...

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May 4, 2019 at 8:30 am

Changing water flow leads to more bugs in Grand Canyon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Ted Kennedy sums up what he sees along the river in the Grand Canyon: "It's buggy out there." That is to...

April 17, 2019 at 4:00 pm

California dispute threatens plan to protect Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A dispute between two major California water agencies is threatening to derail a hard-won agreement designed to protect a river that...

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