A man from Flagstaff and another man from Canada were injured in a lightning strike Wednesday near the summit of Humphreys Peak near Flagstaff. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Gov. Katie Hobbs is allocating $1.8 million left over from federal COVID funds to provide at least some help to the nearly 900,000 Arizonans who won’t be getting food stamp benefits in November. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Wells Spicer was a frontier lawyer who led a grueling expedition in the Grand Canyon and also happened to play pivotal roles in two most famous court cases in the American West. Scott Thybony tells his story in this month's Canyon Commentary. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun the cleanup of uranium mine waste in the Lukachukai Mountains near Four Corners on the Navajo Nation. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with tribes in the Southwest as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Fire managers throughout northern Arizona conducted numerous prescribed burns Tuesday, creating visible smoke that impacted Flagstaff and other local communities. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Since 2021 Flagstaff photographer Dawn Kish has been documenting the reemerging Glen Canyon as the water levels at Lake Powell have dropped. She was inspired by Tad Nichols who photographed the canyon in the 1950s before it was dammed. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Officials in Mohave County say a 65-year-old man slipped and fell 130 feet to his death last week in the western portion of the Grand Canyon. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Coconino County health officials are warning those who visited the Flagstaff Mall last Thursday that they may have been exposed to measles. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Grand Canyon National Park officials will close the North Rim for the season Friday afternoon ahead of possible snow. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Hopi voters this week overwhelmingly elected Lamar Keevama as their new chairman. It's the first time in eight years that the tribe will have new leadership. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Former Republican lawmaker Austin Cole Smith pleaded guilty to criminal charges for forging signatures on nominating petitions during his 2024 campaign. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says a man was rescued and another man remains missing after a flash flood in Cordes Lakes Tuesday afternoon. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Arizona will provide billions in taxpayer money to help fund several new initiatives aimed at providing alternate drinking water sources for the state. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

The small town is known for its polygamist history under the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A recent measles outbreak marks Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah again. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

The cost of wildfire recovery on public lands mostly falls to agencies like the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. Several western U.S. senators have requested more federal help after a devastating fire year. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Attorney General Kris Mayes will continue to pursue the 11 Republicans who falsely claimed to be the state’s legally elected electors during the 2020 presidential race. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott Thybony describes a major turning point in the life of novelist Willa Cather as she was transformed by the human footprint of Walnut Canyon and less by the grand landscape. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Republican state Sen. John Kavanagh plans to introduce a bill that would remove legal penalties for county supervisors who fail to canvass elections. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park have suspended all overnight hotel stays because of a major break in the pipeline that brings drinking water to the South Rim. knau.org/knau-and-arizo…