Arizona

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality recently granted an aquifer protection permit for a uranium mine near from a tribal community in the Grand Canyon, but the Havasupai Tribe still has concerns about the quality of its water. And avian influenza is suspected in Montezuma County.

The growing global debate over an energy source with a deadly past is playing out amidst the sweet sage and pine trees of the forest right by the Grand Canyon. Uranium prices are climbing again and Arizona has cleared the way for a once-stagnant mine to resume operations.

Quitobaquito Springs is a natural water source near the US-Mexico border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. It’s a sacred site and historic homestead to a southern Arizona tribe. It's also now housing some of the state’s most endangered species. But the site is now in peril.

President Biden ended his predecessor’s border wall project almost a year ago. But the trial continues for one indigenous protestor who faces federal charges for blocking construction machinery at a site in Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. From the Froteras Desk in Tucson, KJZZ’s Alisa Reznick reports.

The federal government declared a water shortage for much of the Southwest last week, resulting in the first ever mandatory cutbacks for some who draw from the Colorado River. As two decades of drought, increased demand and climate change cut deep into the West’s water supply, the region is looking ahead to a future where supplies might drop further still.

Part 1: Boom and Bust

Some college students in Arizona are finding help in the pandemic through a traditional Native American practice. Cronkite News Health Journalist Gianluca…

A driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists during a community road race in Arizona, critically injuring several riders before police chased the driver and shot him.

Arizona Republic reporter Jen Fifield breaks down what's next in the unofficial recount of 2020 election ballots that supporters of former President Trump are pursuing.

Let's turn now to the latest on the battle over Oak Flat, Arizona, where a proposed copper mine has sparked a debate over industry versus the environment.…