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An interview with Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly.

Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies at age 75

Mar 22, 2023 He died Wednesday morning in New Mexico.
Apache Elementary School in Cochise County. March 2023

One room schoolhouse gets law enforcment help

Mar 21, 2023 Apache Elementary gets help with migrants crossing the Cochise County campus.
A view of the Colorado River near the Silver Bridge on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park. From November 2022.

Supreme Court seems split in Navajo Nation water rights case

Mar 20, 2023 The justices weighed a dispute involving the federal government and the Navajo Nation’s quest for water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Supporters of bills to battle dementia spoke of the need for a statewide effort to battle dementia at a news conference at the state Capitol.

Dementia’s dangerous rise leads legislators to ask up to $500,000 for Alzheimer’s

Mar 19, 2023 State legislators are pushing a bill to build a state dementia plan.
A flyer for ranked choice voting from the group Voter Choice Massachusetts.

Arizona Republican legislators announce formal opposition to ranked choice voting

Mar 18, 2023 The Arizona Freedom Caucus wants to preemptively prohibit any use of ranked choice voting to decide city, state, county or federal elections.
Phillip Yazzie waits for a water drum in the back of his pickup truck to be filled in Teesto, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, on Feb. 11, 2021.

Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

Mar 17, 2023 The tribe doesn't have enough water and says that the federal government is at fault.
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva sits for an interview at Arizona Public Media in November 2019.

Grijalva asks US Attorney General to look into Cochise County elections move

Mar 16, 2023 Grijalva wants a federal investigation into the decision to hand off elections work to the County Recorder.
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, is flanked by Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Glendale, left, and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, right, at Hobbs' state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.

Arizona governor blasted for plans to defy execution order

Mar 15, 2023 Hobbs has said executions will not be carried out until Arizonans can be confident the state isn’t violating the law.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise County getting more border enforcement vehicles

Mar 15, 2023 The money comes from an amended agreement with the state.
Tom Buschatzke (front) signs a water conservation deal with other Colorado River water managers, Dec. 15, 2021. "I thought we had very robust conversations with the California representatives," he said of the January 2023 negotiations.

Was California consulted in recent Colorado River negotiations?

Mar 11, 2023 Leaders in other states disagree with that characterization.
U.S. currency in various denominations.

2 years of American Rescue Plan: how Tucson used its $136 million

Mar 10, 2023 Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act went towards local government to help communities recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Arizona Senate tackles sexually explicit materials in schools

Mar 10, 2023 The also looked at the future of banning books.
The Uncle Sam Mine, prior to the completion of work to seal it.

The Buzz: Arizona's abandoned mines

Mar 10, 2023 Many groups look to locate, seal and clean up old mines, which likely number in the hundreds of thousands.
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, is flanked by Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Glendale, left, and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, right, at Hobbs' state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.

Hobbs vetoes CRT bill

Mar 9, 2023 This is the 16th bill vetoed by the Governor this year.
More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

AG Mayes reverses old decision, now protecting 'source of income' discrimination

Mar 9, 2023 Last year, previous Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Tucson's newest ordinance violated state law.
Water in the Colorado River system fills Flaming Gorge Reservoir on June 26, 2021.

Feds pause some Flaming Gorge water releases amid a snowy winter for the Colorado River

Mar 9, 2023 After states in the Colorado River's Upper Basin filed a request with the Bureau of Reclamation.

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