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The Show spoke with Elvia Díaz, the Arizona Republic editorial page editor, about the 2023 Arizonans of the Year: Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor of the Gila River Tribe and Colorado Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores.
Jan. 2, 2024
The Supai Health Station opened in November 2023, replacing a 2,200-square-foot clinic constructed in 1972. The new facility provides space for primary care, dental, pharmacy and medication dispensing, lab, and radiology services.
Jan. 2, 2024
A new study that corrects the underreporting of cancer among American Indian/Alaska Native populations shows the non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native population, known as AI/AN, has the second highest incidence of melanoma
Jan. 1, 2024
The Pima County Health Department is looking for temporary employees to bulk up a program focused on border health issues, as border officials and aid workers in Arizona respond to a sharp rise in asylum seekers and migrants.
Jan. 1, 2024
Klee Benally was known as an activist and musician. He was a vocal opponent of Flagstaff’s Arizona Snowbowl snowmaking at the ski resort. He also protested police violence and racial profiling. And he advocated for the cleanup of uranium mines.
Jan. 1, 2024
Venezuelan migrants will be flown back to their country from Mexico under a new deal between the two countries. It’s the latest effort to stem migration to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jan. 1, 2024
Flagstaff's minimum wage has gone up again. As of Monday, it rose to $17.40 from $16.80 an hour. The increase keeps the city ahead of Arizona’s minimum wage, which also slightly increased on Jan. 1.
Jan. 1, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service has been closing down roads in the Coconino National Forest for the winter. There hasn’t been a lot of rain or snow in northern Arizona just yet this winter, but the agency is moving ahead with its planned closures for maintenance.
Dec. 29, 2023
The Tsaile-based Diné College will construct a livestock holding facility under its agriculture education program, while Tohono O’odham Community College will provide solar power and help offset costs for a language center building on its main campus in Sells through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Dec. 28, 2023
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce is calling on the Biden Administration and Congress to find a way to reopen the Lukeville Port of Entry.
Dec. 27, 2023
Authentic, handmade Native arts and crafts are hard to come by, even for the holiday season. But shoppers, both tourists and locals alike, brought home a bit of Indian Country from the annual Phoenix-based S’edav Va’aki Indian Market in December.
Dec. 22, 2023
Pima County prosecutors have dropped a criminal trespassing case against a KJZZ News reporter. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Alisa Reznick in November while she was covering a demonstration against arms maker Raytheon.
Dec. 21, 2023
The Texas law goes into effect in March and makes crossing the border without permission a state crime, enforceable by local authorities.
Dec. 19, 2023
Sites along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona has seen a sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers presenting themselves to border officers in recent weeks.
Dec. 19, 2023
Tribal leaders of the Tohono O'odham Nation say they’re in touch with Arizona over the National Guard deployment along the border, but troops won’t be deployed on tribal land.
Dec. 18, 2023
Congressional lawmakers have spent the last few weeks trying to negotiate a year-end spending bill that would pair military aid with massive overhauls to border and immigration policy.
Dec. 18, 2023
The ‘Sovereign to Sovereign Dialogue,’ a first-of-its-kind panel held on Friday during the Colorado River Water Users Association’s 75th meeting in Las Vegas included discussions between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton and three Colorado River Basin tribal leaders among the Ten Tribes Partnership.
Dec. 18, 2023
Coconino County officials say wildfire threat and the resulting flooding are the most prominent dangers in the region. And in an election year, they caution that there’s no guarantee that federal dollars will continue coming in to stop it.
Dec. 15, 2023
The U.S. Forest Service wants to protect 36 miles of the Upper Verde River in central Arizona by placing it under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Dec. 14, 2023
The Lukeville Port of Entry remains closed on both sides — impacting tourists and other travelers. Border communities in other parts of Arizona say it’s also impacting their crossings.
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Dec. 13, 2023
