Felicia Fonseca

Tribes see improvements, hurdles as they charge non-Natives

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – American Indian tribes have taken greater control over prosecuting non-tribal members who commit some violent crimes in Indian Country five years after Congress passed a k...

DATE: Apr 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Grand Canyon tests change in water system serving visitors

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Crews are drilling at the bottom of the Grand Canyon to test the idea of shifting the area where water is drawn to serve millions of people at the national park’s popular ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. scientists study impact of uranium in Grand Canyon region

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – U.S. scientists knew little about the impact of uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region before an Obama-era decision shut down new mining claims. Uranium firs...

DATE: Mar 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Navajo president says he’ll OK emergency Head Start funding

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye says he’ll approve funding to shore up the tribe’s Head Start program after a federal judge denied a request to block a funding cut ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Grand Canyon helicopter not required to have anti-fire system

Tour company crash killed three tourists

DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Flights resume on tribal land after fatal Grand Canyon crash

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Flight restrictions put in place in the Grand Canyon after a sightseeing helicopter crashed last weekend have been lifted. Three British tourists were killed in...

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Grand Canyon copter crashed on tribal land with fewer rules

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A helicopter crash that killed three British tourists and left four others critically injured happened on tribal land in the Grand Canyon where air tours are not as highly...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation sues health agency over funding cut

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has sued the federal government, alleging it was denied an opportunity to appeal a 32 percent cut to Head Start funding. The tribe received ab...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation sues health agency over funding cut

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has sued the federal government, saying it denied the tribe an opportunity to appeal a 32 percent cut to Head Start funding. The lawsuit again...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Appeals court revives Hopi lawsuit against snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The state appeals court has revived the Hopi Tribe’s legal challenge over artificial snowmaking at a ski resort in Flagstaff. Thursday’s ruling extends what has...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airport agents to get training after Native church’s lawsuit

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A wooden box carried an eagle feather and bone whistle, a gourd rattle and a feather fan — items that carry spiritual energy and are used in Native American religious cere...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Groups record voting rights abuses against Native Americans

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Election sites far from reservations. Poll workers who don’t speak tribal languages. Unequal access to early voting sites. Native Americans say they have encoun...

DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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