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02/14/2025

The Sedona City Council gave preliminary approval to use more than $875,000 from the state for a rapid re-housing program that would help residents pay for the costs of moving into an apartment.

02/14/2025

The company that owns the Pinyon Plain Mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon resumed hauling uranium ore from the site this week. Two trucks passed through Flagstaff and other northern Arizona communities, as well as the Navajo Nation, which inspected the shipments before they were allowed onto the reservation.

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02/14/2025

Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?

02/14/2025

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

02/14/2025

The order allowing funds to flow again applies to existing contracts before Trump issued his Jan. 20 executive order declaring a freeze on foreign assistance.

02/14/2025

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows growing support for some restrictions on immigration. Still, many elements of President Trump's sweeping crackdown are unpopular with Democrats and independents.

02/14/2025

Humans have been eating yogurt for millennia. Ancient texts reference its health-promoting properties. Now a new study finds yogurt may reduce the risk of certain types of colon cancer.

02/14/2025

Apple and Google removed the app after the Supreme Court upheld a law prohibiting firms from doing business with TikTok as long as it is controlled by China-based ByteDance.

02/14/2025

SCHOOL CLOSURES: Flagstaff Unified School District has cancelled classes for Fri, Feb. 14 because of winter weather. Before and after school activities and food service will also be called off.

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02/14/2025

Weird as it sounds now, Saturday Night Live's 50-year tenure as one of the longest running programs in TV history may have come down to two important decisions made before the show even debuted in 1975.

Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is.

02/14/2025

Three senior federal prosecutors resigned Thursday in connection with the department's decision to drop the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

The acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two top Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., resigned after the case against New York City's mayor war order dropped.

02/14/2025

Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon decried a public education "system in decline" as she appeared Thursday before the Senate education committee, and she vowed to "reorient" the U.S. Department of Education and "invest in teachers not Washington bureaucrats."

In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.

02/14/2025

President Trump is threatening a round of reciprocal tariffs, suggesting the U.S. could tax imported goods at the same level that other countries tax U.S. exports.

President Trump is threatening to levy taxes on imports to match those other countries charge on U.S. exports.

02/14/2025

The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan. 27 — and by the April 15 federal deadline, the agency expects to receive more than 140 million individual tax returns. That means millions of people will be asking one question: When will I get my refund money?

If the IRS owes you a tax refund, it should come within 3 weeks of filing. And in a change, 25 states are now participating in the IRS's free online filing program.

02/13/2025

Federal workers have begun receiving layoff notices as the Trump administration moves ahead with plans to drastically downsize the government.

Employees across several agencies including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy and the General Services Administration have all been affected this week, with many being given notice on Thursday.

02/13/2025

Grand Canyon National Park officials say crews have recovered the body of a 20-year-old California man who apparently drove a vehicle off the South Rim.

02/13/2025

Colorado River conservation programs have stopped receiving money from the federal government, despite temporary restraining orders intended to halt the Trump Administration’s funding freeze.

Colorado River conservation programs have stopped receiving money from the federal government, despite temporary restraining orders intended to halt the Trump Administration’s funding freeze. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

02/13/2025

Fewer than 2% of North America’s bark beetle species attack trees, but those that do have killed billions of conifers across the West over the last 30 years.