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The United States Postal Service (USPS) has decided to relocate Ash Fork retail services from 435 Park Ave to 765 W. Old Hwy 66.

April 18, 2023
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Four peregrine falcon chicks hatched to nesting pair on Alcatraz Island
More chicks hatched this year than in recorded history

After a month-long incubation period marked by unusually stormy weather on Alcatraz Island, a pair of nesting peregrine falcons welcomed to the world four chicks in early April 2023.

By Williams-Grand Canyon News April 18, 2023
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The tiny rain-fed wildflowers, no bigger than a few inches, are so vivid and abundant across California this year that their hues of purple and yellow look like paint swatches from space.

By Julie Watson, Associated Press April 18, 2023
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Cuts to water use along the Colorado River could be spread evenly across some Southwestern states, or follow the more than century-old priority system that currently governs water management.

By Luke Runyon, KUNC April 18, 2023
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On April 13 at about 6:46 p.m. Deputies with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office went to an address in the Winona area east of Flagstaff in an attempt to arrest a subject with an active felony arrest warrant for probation violation. Upon contact with the subject, identified as Russell McCrory, 57, refused to come out of his residence.

April 14, 2023
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The Biden administration floated two ideas this week to reduce water usage from the dwindling Colorado River, which supplies 40 million people.

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press April 14, 2023
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Cuts to water use along the Colorado River could be spread evenly across some Southwestern states, or follow the more than century-old priority system that currently governs water management.

By Luke Runyon, KUNC April 13, 2023
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A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces federal charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care.

By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press April 13, 2023
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Snowmelt runoff from a record-setting winter flowed out of the City of Flagstaff’s Schultz Creek Sediment and Flood Mitigation Detention Basins Sunday afternoon and overtopped Mt. Elden Lookout Road just east of the “Y.”

April 11, 2023
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The Coconino National Forest has halted a proposal that would allow for outfitter and guide services on the forest’s Flagstaff Ranger District (FRD).

April 11, 2023
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Tuzigoot National Monument reopened to the public April 9, although clean up continues following the 100-acre fire.

By Williams-Grand Canyon News April 11, 2023
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Tuzigoot National Monument reopened to the public April 9.

April 11, 2023
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Three California condors have died from avian flu in northern Arizona and authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock, the National Park Service announced Friday.

By Associated Press April 11, 2023
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The National Park Service has selected Kate Hammond to serve as the next Intermountain Regional Director.

By Williams-Grand Canyon News April 11, 2023
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The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate.

By Christina Larson, Associated Press April 11, 2023