PRESCRIBED BURN: The Flagstaff Fire Department began a 15-acre prescribed burn Thursday morning on Observatory Mesa to reduce wildfire risk in the area. A smoke plume is visible from much of Flagstaff. (Image from the Mt. Elden Lookout camera, 10:30 a.m.)

Northern Arizona University officials issued an "all clear" Monday morning after police found no evidence of a person with a gun in Cline Library.

The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has now grown to almost 95,000 acres. Managers have dropped official containment to 4% as extremely dry conditions drive the fire across the Kaibab Plateau. This is a view of the wildfire's massive smoke plume from the South Rim on Tuesday.

On Monday search and rescue crews found a missing woman who had walked away from her campsite along the Mogollon Rim north of Sedona three days earlier. She was airlifted out of a side canyon and suffering from dehydration and minor injuries. (Video courtesy of the Coconino County Sheriff's Office)

An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 demonstrators gathered in front of Flagstaff City Hall on Saturday as part of the nationwide No Kings rallies protesting the policies of the Trump administration. Several other demonstrations took place across Arizona.

We’re super proud to announce that KNAU has won two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for stories by our science reporter Melissa Sevigny about Smokey the Bear’s 80th birthday and a Flagstaff company developing male birth control. Congrats to Melissa and the entire newsroom staff!

West Virgina's Dan Green has won this year's Cocodona 250, crossing the finish line Wednesday afternoon in downtown Flagstaff with a record time of 58 hours, 47 minutes and 18 seconds. The ultrarunning event began in Black Canyon City Monday and runners have until Saturday to finish.

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Fire officials are urging residents near the Whispering Pines Ranch area west of Bellemont to prepare for a possible evacuation due to a nearby wildfire.

Today is Christmas Day, Hanukkah begins tonight and Kwanzaa tomorrow. Whatever you celebrate, KNAU wishes you and yours a holiday season full of joy, love and happiness.

In June, Congress allowed a 34-year-old federal law that compensates victims of Cold War-era radiation exposure to lapse. Now, an effort is underway to pressure lawmakers to renew and expand the program before the end of the current lame-duck session.

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