Las Vegas Boy Scout dies after jumping from boulder in Arizona; foul play not suspected

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A 15-year-old Boy Scout from Las Vegas is dead after he collapsed while hiking in West Clear Creek Canyon south of Flagstaff.

Louie the Lumberjack statue in Flagstaff, Ariz., gets a badly needed makeover

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The years have not been kind to Louie the Lumberjack. His torso is rotting, his limbs are cracking, and his feet have fallen off.

EPA to spend millions a year rebuilding Navajo Nation homes contaminated with uranium

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal government plans to spend up to $3 million a year to demolish and rebuild uranium-contaminated structures across the Navajo Nation, where Cold War-era mining of the radioactive substance left a legacy of disease and death.

Memorializing ‘Long Walk’ stirs painful memories among tribes taught not to revisit suffering

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — In a culture that teaches not to revisit suffering, a proposal to memorialize routes that Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indians marched as they were forced from their homelands has stirred up painful memories.

Tribal village in Grand Canyon hit by flood welcomes back tourists

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe is welcoming back tourists after months spent repairing trails and clearing debris from a flood that swept through their reservation last summer.

Report blames deadly collision of Ariz. medical helicopters on both pilots

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The pilots of two medical helicopters that crashed in midair, killing seven people, are both to blame for failing to see and avoid each other near a hospital, federal investigators said Friday.

Grand Canyon officials hope they’ve finally cleared fallout of persistent radiation rumors

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Grand Canyon National Park officials hope they have finally put to rest a long-standing rumor that the athletic fields where local children play were contaminated with radiation.