8+ hour, 53+ min ago  (53+ words) KNAU - On Air Now Playing NPR News and Talk - On Air Now Playing Classical Music and NPR News Mali's Russian-backed troops retreat as militant offensive spreads Mali's worsening crisis sees jihadist and separatist advances, deepening instability and increasing fears of…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (223+ words) The U. S. Office of Management and Budget has proposed giving wildland firefighters 25% hazard pay when working on prescribed burns. Firefighters have long received hazard pay when suppressing wildfires. The new rule would provide them with the same level of compensation when…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago  (478+ words) President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service, the White House announced Monday. The withdrawal of nominee Scott Socha comes as the park service has been shaken by widespread firings…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (603+ words) JOHN RYAN, BYLINE: Scott Boyd is walking through deep mud where the Stillaguamish River empties into the Pacific Ocean. This flood-prone river mouth north of Seattle changed dramatically last fall. That's when the Stillaguamish Tribe removed 2 miles of earthen levee…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (497+ words) Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Staffing levels are low. Rates of violence and drug exposures are rising. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1005+ words) Codi High Elk was a shy teenager most comfortable caring for horses on her family's ranch on the Cheyenne River Reservation when she threw away an application to compete in a new pageant for Indigenous women " an application her brother…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (305+ words) Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley has announced she'll run for tribal president. She's the most high-profile candidate to challenge President Buu Nygren, who's running for a second term in this year's election. Curley was first elected to the Navajo…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (419+ words) In this month's Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony takes us into the remote Lukachukai Mountains on the Navajo Nation. He's come here to explore a 1, 500-year-old ruin with rock art that features hundreds of mysterious painted handprints. Certain places have…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (403+ words) A rare outbreak of tornadoes hit northern Arizona in 2010. When author Scott Thybony found their tracks still visible on satellite images he began investigating them. Talking with the meteorologist in charge at the time, Thybony learned how the forecaster became…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (431+ words) The Arizona Wine Country Artists Village invites visitors to experience its next juried fine art and fine craft fair, taking place over the weekend of April 2426, 2026 (10 a. m. to 6 p. m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday), at Old Town Activity Park…...