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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The closure of a coal-fired power plant in far northern Arizona led to the loss of $40 million in property tax revenue for Coconino County, county officials said.

CORDES LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — Two bodies were found in the wreckage of a small plane in a remote area in Yavapai County, authorities said Monday

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man who reportedly fell into Lake Powell on Thursday.

Dispatchers at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area received a report...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Human remains have been found at the base of the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook near Page, authorities said Tuesday.

Officers from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — The body of an Arizona man has been recovered after he reportedly fell off a cliff overlooking the Colorado River near the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook, authorities said Tuesday....

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who died at a Flagstaff hospital while in custody last month after refusing medical treatment.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a northern Arizona inmate who refused medical attention and reportedly had a strange cut on his finger.

PHOENIX (AP) — A man has been arrested and accused of making online plans to burn down the magistrate court and police station in the northern Arizona city of Page, according to federal...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republic, which drew global attention in 2016 for endorsing a Democrat for president for the first time in its history, will stop endorsing candidates for public office,...

KAYENTA, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is spending close to $2 million to maintain access to a transmission line once used to send electricity from a coal-fired power plant to western...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors to a national recreation area straddling the Arizona-Utah border are being asked to stay away from a rock art site that features sheep carved thousands of years...

PHOENIX (AP) — Salt River Project has agreed to pay $21 million to settle claims from Peabody Energy over the closure of the Kayenta coal mine.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Family members of a 6-year-old girl who likely overdosed on opioids have been charged with abuse and first-degree murder.

The girl had been staying with her grandparents,...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say the body of an Arizona man has been recovered from Lake Powell.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area officials say 31-year-old Jacob Jessop of Colorado...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy drowned during a visit to Lake Powell with a group from his high school.

The National Park Service says the Page High School student drowned Friday...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Glen Canyon National Recreation Area authorities say an Arizona man has apparently drowned in Lake Powell.

They say 33-year-old Albert Shortman of Cow Springs was...

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the northern Arizona city of Page say they are investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl.

Police say the child was unresponsive when brought to the hospital...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Parking at a spot near the edge of an Arizona canyon where the Colorado River makes a sharp U-turn now comes at a cost. You can blame that mostly on social...

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The Diocese of Gallup in New Mexico has added the name of another priest to its list of credibly accused sex abusers.

The Gallup Independent reports the diocese said this...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm in Arizona (all times local):

4:50 p.m.

Schools across northern Arizona are canceling classes as a major storm gets ready to hit...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Navajo Nation energy company studying the purchase of a coal-fired power plant on the reservation says it's looking into the mine that supplies it, too.

The tribal government asked the Navajo Transitional Energy Company in October to look into acquiring the Navajo Generating Station near Page along the Arizona-Utah border. Its owners are closing it in December, citing cheaper power from natural gas.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Parking for a popular tourist attraction where the Colorado River bends in the shape of a horseshoe is being expanded.

The National Park Service says visitation at Horseshoe Bend near the Arizona-Utah border has increased dramatically over the years.

The agency and the City of Page, Arizona, are creating more parking spaces. But they've had to close the north parking lot for construction and implement restrictions until the project is complete in March.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A prized fishery below Glen Canyon Dam is getting more rainbow trout.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it will stock trout this week below the Lees Ferry boat ramp where anglers can walk in to the Colorado River. That hasn't been done since 1998.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — More water will be flowing through the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon than normal.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says it will release torrents of water from the Glen Canyon Dam starting Monday morning. The high-flow experiment will run for 60 hours.

The increase is meant to mimic natural flooding, as well as rebuild sandbars and beaches to benefit fish and archaeological sites.

KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. (AP) — Hopi tribal officials are calling on the federal government to explore other options for the Navajo Generating Station near Page.

Two companies that were negotiating to take over a coal-fired power plant on the Arizona-Utah line ended the effort last week, saying the challenges were too great.

The 2,250-megawatt plant could close at the end of 2019.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — About a dozen Navajos traveled to New York City to protest a company eyeing a coal-fired power plant on their reservation.

The Navajo Generating Station near Page is set to close next year unless a new buyer is found. The current owners say energy produced by natural gas is cheaper.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Leaders from the Navajo Nation say they've begun negotiations with a potential new owner of a coal-fired power plant on their land.

The Navajo Generating Station near Page is scheduled to shut down in December 2019.

The plant's coal supplier has been leading an effort to find a new owner.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona (all times local):

10:45 a.m.

More than 300 Navajo Generating Station employees, relatives and union and tribal leaders rallied in Phoenix on Wednesday to request a 90-day pause in steps to close the plant by the end of 2019 as scheduled.

The group asked for time to allow a potential buyer of the coal-fueled plant near Page in northern Arizona to work out the details of a purchase.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of an Arizona woman who fell off a cliff into Lake Powell last weekend and later died at a hospital in Page.

National Park Service rangers and Page police responded to the Chains area of the lake Sunday afternoon after receiving a 911 call.

They say 36-year-old Malesta Littleman of Lechee was pulled out of the water by boaters and she was taken to the Wahweap dock before being flown by helicopter to Page Hospital.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man has accidentally fallen about 800 feet (243 meters) to his death at the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area in northern Arizona.

Sheriff's officials say no foul play is suspected in the death of 33-year-old Zachary Wallace of Phoenix.

Wallace's brother told National Park Service rangers that he witnessed the fall off the edge of Horseshoe Bend on Sunday afternoon.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Hopi Tribe and coal mining groups on Tuesday sued the operator of an Arizona aqueduct system to try and keep a coal-fired power plant running beyond 2019.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The potential investors of a coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona have been identified as a New York-based firm that focuses on distressed companies and one of its subsidiaries in the utility business.

The Navajo Generating Station near Page is set to close in December 2019 unless a new owner is found, costing hundreds of good-paying jobs on the Navajo and Hopi reservations.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they've recovered a body at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page and it is believed to be a person reported missing from Buckeye.

The name, age and gender of the missing person weren't immediately available Monday.

Coconino County Sheriff's officials say the body was found near the bottom of Horseshoe Bend on Sunday afternoon.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has joined the House in approving legislation exempting coal used in a power plant on the Navajo Nation from the state's sales tax as a way to help make it more attractive for a new buyer.

The Navajo Generating Station in Page is set to close at the end of 2019 unless a new owner is found. Peabody Energy's Kayenta Mine supplies the coal.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Hazardous weather conditions are expected across much of Arizona on Thursday.

A high wind warning for sustained winds up to 45 mph (72 kph) and gusts up to 65 mph (105 kph) was issued for much of eastern Arizona and a dust storm warning was issued for parts of northeastern Arizona, including Kayenta, Chinle and Page.

The dust storm warning says visibilities will drop to be low a quarter-mile.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A lease allowing a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation to operate through 2019 has received final approval.

The tribe and most owners of the Navajo Generating Station near Page signed off on it earlier this year.

But the document also needed the OK from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and a former owner in the power plant. Those approvals came ahead of Friday's deadline.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service is looking for ways to manage non-native aquatic species in the Colorado River system below Glen Canyon Dam.

The agency is holding webinars and open houses over the next few weeks to solicit input from the public.

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — The federal government is awarding nearly $420,000 to the Navajo and Hopi tribes to prepare for the closure of a coal-fired power plant and mine.

The Navajo Generating Station in Page and the Kayenta Mine will shut down in 2019 unless a new owner for the power plant is found.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced financial support Wednesday for communities dealing with the declining use of coal.