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• Arizona National Guard's deployment allows for more border agents to be on patrol

  24-05-2018 14:45
  
  Last month, Gov. Doug Ducey announced the deployment of the National Guard to the Arizona-Mexico border at President Trump’s request.
  
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• Our View: Cooperation key as forests close

  24-05-2018 12:45
  
  We’re coming up on Memorial Day Weekend in northern Arizona and entering new territory: Big parts of the forest are closed, as are most state lands. Never have land managers closed so much so early, but never has the forest…
  
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• Navajo presidential race draws several candidates so far

  24-05-2018 12:30
  
  WINDOW ROCK (AP) — Navajo President Russell Begaye has joined a handful of others in submitting paperwork for the tribe's top elected post.
  
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• Flagstaff still home to three NPA grads

  24-05-2018 12:30
  
  Second in a series
  
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• Around the Town: Festival celebrates Zuni culture and arts

  24-05-2018 12:15
  
  Celebrate the Zuni way of life at the 28th annual Zuni Festival of Arts & Culture, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., at the Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road. Artists will be selling traditional…
  
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• Guest Column: Globalists work to stop spread of disease

  24-05-2018 12:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Those who find “globalists” to be villains should attend to recent events in Congo.
  
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• Undermining evolution is not-so-intelligent design

  24-05-2018 11:30
  Isn't it nice to see that our already vastly underfunded state public education system is now making a beeline to sink even lower?
  
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• Uber halts testing of self driving cars in Arizona

  24-05-2018 11:15
  
  PHOENIX -- Unable to currently test its self-driving vehicles in Arizona in the wake of a fatal mishap in March, Uber has decided to pull the plug on that program here.
  
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• Flagstaff developer ready to build some houses for $265,000

  24-05-2018 10:45
  
  A developer looking to build 119 homes in west Flagstaff may have more options after the city council opted to explore changes to the development agreement that would allow less expensive site-built homes in the project, instead of only manufactured…
  
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• Pay raises for TUSD teachers, staff will come at expense of school safety, repairs

  24-05-2018 08:59
  
  Tucson's largest school district plans to spend every penny it gets resulting from Ariona's #RedForEd movement, and $200,000 more.
  
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• Tucson Water customers' bills will going up beginning in July

  24-05-2018 08:58
  
  The increase would add $2.77 to the typical homeowner’s water bill.
  
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• Photos: Sunnyside High School 2018 Graduation

  24-05-2018 06:45
  
  Three hundred and ninety-six seniors received their diplomas during a graduation ceremony at Sunnyside High School. Friends and family cheered them on from the bleachers.
  
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• In TUSD, teacher raises will come at expense of school safety, repairs

  24-05-2018 05:30
  
  Teachers, support staff will see raises as capital needs fall by the wayside.
  
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• Arizona National Guard performing support roles at border

  24-05-2018 04:45
  
  The mission is to help get more Border Patrol agents on the ground, but quantifying how many more is not that simple, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Man connected to vehicle burglary sought by Saguaro National Park officers

  24-05-2018 04:30
  
  National Park Service officers are asking the public's help identifying a man in connection to a burglary of a vehicle in the Saguaro National Park's east side district.
  
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• Northwest Healthcare plans 18-bed 'neighborhood hospital' in Sahuarita

  24-05-2018 04:00
  
  The two-story, 70,000-square-foot hospital is slated to open in late 2019, if approved by Sahuarita's mayor and council.
  
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• NAU's Grijalva set for 1500, 5K in NCAA track debut

  24-05-2018 04:00
  
  After sitting out the indoor track season as he rested from a long cross country campaign, Northern Arizona freshman Luis Grijalva quickly proved his value to the Lumberjacks.
  
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• Attorney: Firms boycotting Israel can be denied contract

  24-05-2018 03:19
  
  PHOENIX -- State lawmakers are free to deny government contracts to firms that won't do business with Israel or companies that operate there, an attorney for the state told a federal judge Wednesday.
  
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• Flagstaff plastic recyclables reduced to numbers 1 and 2 only

  24-05-2018 03:16
  Flagstaff’s curbside plastic recycling will see significant change beginning Friday, June 1. Residents, who were previously permitted to recycle all numbers (1-7), will now be able to recycle only numbers 1 and 2, a classification that includes plastic bottles and…
  
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• Court tosses case claiming bias against opposite-sex couples

  24-05-2018 02:34
  
  PHOENIX -- Heterosexual couples that always have had the right to marry in Arizona are not entitled to the same benefits that the state provided to gay couples who were not at the time entitled to wed, the state Court…
  
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• Hawaii volcano generates blue flames from burning methane

  24-05-2018 02:33
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Blue flames from burning methane are the latest natural phenomena being seen at the eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii.
  
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• Former Douglas border agent's 'attitude of dishonesty' leads to 3-month prison term

  24-05-2018 01:45
  
  Former agent's $500,000 in deposits loomed large at hearing Wednesday in federal court in Tucson.
  
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• Tucson Water customers' bills will increase about 7% beginning in July

  24-05-2018 01:00
  
  The increase would add $2.77 to the typical homeowner’s water bill.
  
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• NAU's APR scores lag behind other state, Big Sky programs

  24-05-2018 01:00
  
  With its multi-year academic progress rate down to 930, the Northern Arizona men’s basketball program landed at the NCAA’s minimum requirement to avoid potential penalties.
  
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• The Latest: Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests close 4 areas

  24-05-2018 00:45
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on wildfire-related partial closures of national forests in Arizona (all times local):
  
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• Arena football in Tucson? Rio Nuevo is banking on it

  24-05-2018 00:30
  
  Rio Nuevo president says odds of Tucson landing a team for 2019 is "better than 50 percent."
  
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• ACLU: Misconduct claims by children are widespread at border

  23-05-2018 23:12
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday released documents detailing widespread allegations of misconduct by U.S. border authorities toward children, including kicking one in the ribs, denying medical attention to a pregnant teen who complained of…
  
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• Northwest Healthcare planning "neighborhood hospital" in Sahuarita

  23-05-2018 22:34
  
  The 18-bed acute-care facility is slated to open in late 2019, if approved by Sahuarita's mayor and council.
  
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• Court overturns law prohibiting medical marijuana on Arizona college, university campuses

  23-05-2018 22:20
  
  The 2012 law altered what voters approved, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled.
  
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• Photos: Forest Closure

  23-05-2018 21:08
  
  Parts of the National Forest in northern Arizona closed today due to extreme fire danger
  
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• Tucson police chief calls bond for man accused of shooting at officers 'outrageous'

  23-05-2018 20:45
  
  Called judge's setting of low bond amount "a poor decision."
  
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• Watch: Arizona coach Jay Johnson previews regular-season finale at Oregon

  23-05-2018 20:39
  
  The Wildcats face the Ducks in Eugene Thursday-Saturday with an NCAA bid on the line (video by Michael Lev/Arizona Daily Star)
  
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• Pima Animal Care Center seeks short-term foster families to combat dog illness

  23-05-2018 19:45
  
  Officials are working to prevent an outbreak of "strep zoo."
  
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• Drought on tap to intensify over US Southwest

  23-05-2018 19:45
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Rivers are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest.
  
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• UPDATE: No bomb found after Sierra Vista high school evacuated due to threat

  23-05-2018 19:33
  
  Sierra Vista police say a search of Buena High School turned up nothing after a bomb threat Wednesday morning caused the school to be evacuation and classes canceled.The evacuation forced the school district to bus students to another facility that…
  
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• Medical pot on Arizona campuses not a crime, but school rules on use OK, court says

  23-05-2018 19:14
  
  Administrative rules to ban marijuana possession and penalize or remove those who violate those rules are still in place.
  
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• Arizona Supreme Court: Medical marijuana on university campus not subject to arrest

  23-05-2018 19:09
  
  PHOENIX -- Medical marijuana patients are free to have their drug on college and university campuses without having to fear arrest, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this morning.
  
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• Federal, state land closures start today in northern Arizona

  23-05-2018 18:18
  
  Closures of big parts of the Coconino and Tonto national forests have taken effect today, in addition to the closure of state-owned and managed lands in Coconino County south of the Grand Canyon and all of Gila, Navajo and Apache…
  
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• Federal, state land closures in effect in northern Arizona

  23-05-2018 18:18
  
  Closures of big parts of the Coconino, Tonto and Apache-Sitgreaves national forests took effect Wednesday, in addition to the closure of state-owned and managed lands in Coconino County south of the Grand Canyon and all of Gila, Navajo and Apache…
  
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• Food and Wine says these are Tucson's 10 best restaurants

  23-05-2018 17:30
  
  List is a blend of old and new spots.
  
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• Firefighters encounter armed homeowner at blaze on Tucson's west side

  23-05-2018 16:30
  
  The man surrendered the gun to firefighters and was taken into custody by police.
  
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• Tucson weather: Seasonable temperatures continue this week

  23-05-2018 16:20
  
  Gusty winds are expected to return for the weekend.
  
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• Do we trust a California billionaire pushing solar, or Arizona millionaires fighting for utility profits?

  23-05-2018 15:15
  
  Tom Steyer's Tucson visit highlights Arizona's energy dilemma.
  
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• Pima County's threat not to collect "illegal" tax could mean huge cut to TUSD budget

  23-05-2018 14:45
  
  State lawmakers changed the law to make Tucson taxpayers pay a bigger portion of TUSD's desegregation bill, so $16 million in funding is at risk.
  
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• Coconino County considering merit-based selection system for judges

  23-05-2018 14:30
  
  In most of Arizona's counties, superior court judges are elected just like other candidates for state office: they identify with a political party, gather signatures to get on the ballot, go through a partisan primary and then the general election.
  
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• City Council starts historic designation process in bid to save Tucson monastery

  23-05-2018 13:55
  
  The designation, the city attorney said, doesn't guarantee that the monastery won't be torn down. However, it could affect development plan for the property.
  
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• The Conversation: It's time to ask deeper questions about school shootings

  23-05-2018 13:45
  
  To what extent does school – through things like athletics, homecoming royalties or dances – encourage what some political scientists have called the “status tournament of adolescence” that lurks behind many school shootings?
  
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• Tribes, senators seek buffer around world heritage site

  23-05-2018 12:30
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A swath of northwestern New Mexico's oil and gas country would be off limits to drilling under proposed federal legislation that seeks to make permanent a buffer zone that has kept development away from Chaco Culture…
  
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• Senate hopeful Joe Arpaio mum on details of Trump policies

  23-05-2018 12:30
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio has repeatedly pledged his unwavering support for President Donald Trump, but the divisive retired sheriff is unwilling or unable to elaborate on the president's policies.
  
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• Around the Town: It's back! Movies on the Square starts with "Coco"

  23-05-2018 12:15
  
  Movies on the Square, one of Flagstaff's favorite summer traditions, returns Saturday. The Downtown Business Alliance will host a free movie every Saturday through Sept. 1, in Flagstaff's downtown living room—Heritage Square. Each evening begins around 4 p.m. with entertainment…
  
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