The Kayenta Mine Complex on tribal lands in northeastern Arizona once supplied the coal that lit up homes in Los Angeles and pumped water to Phoenix. The mine closed in 2019, and now Navajo and Hopi... Read Original Story
This is canyon country, a landscape defined by the forces of nature that have carved their way through the red sandstone for millions of years and still continue to perform their work. The human... Read Original Story
In early November, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by the Navajo Nation that could have far-reaching impacts on tribal water rights in the Colorado River Basin. In its suit, the... Read Original Story
Two decades of the Southwest megadrought have marked Arizona’s driest period in 1,200 years.
With climate change in full swing, greenhouse emissions well above pledged targets and the state facing... Read Original Story
There's something humbling about stepping inside the 100 Acre Wood known as Pando. A forest of aspen trees with an interconnected root system in central Utah. It's one of the world's largest and... Read Original Story
The New World is an oxymoronic statement that seems acceptable to academics and historians alike. To those of us that are Indigenous to the American continents, it’s a phrase that is both belittling... Read Original Story
The Grand Canyon won’t see a beach-building flood this fall for the fourth year in a row. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, river managers point to unprecedented low levels in Lake Powell.
The U.S.... Read Original Story
Flagstaff, Ariz. — The Interior Department announced Friday that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River in the first sign of what could lead... Read Original Story
