Fry Bread Nation: A Tragic Necessity
The staple food on the Navajo Nation simultaneously calls up historical trauma, perseverance, pride and public health issues.
Navajo President: We Will Embrace Renewable Energy
Move will help transition from coal-fired generating station and find job sources.
Navajo Nation To Negotiate Power Plant Lease
If the tribe doesn’t approve a lease extension in the next week, the plant will have to close at the end of this year.
Community Support Gives Día de San Juan Festival New Life
When organizers announced its cancellation earlier this year, the community rallied.
Right in Your Backyard: Foraging for Food in the Sonoran Desert
This week we learn to harvest cholla buds, speak with expert Gary Nabhan and visit an urban farm that's doing a lot more than growing vegetables.
That Time Andy Warhol Tried to Shoot a Western in Tucson...
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Will Tucson voters approve the half cent sales tax increase?; local handyman shares stories of working across America; and a new twist on basket weaving traditions.
Electricity Restored to Tohono O'odham Nation after 2 Days
Weather-related outage started Monday evening; power was restored Wednesday evening.
Electrical Power Out on Tohono O'odham Nation
Outage occurred at 8:30 pm Tuesday; expected to be restored Wednesday
'Woven Through Time' Reveals Cultural Fabric of the Southwest
Also on Arizona Spotlight: A state budget update; Dr. David Alberts retires from the UA Cancer Center; and "A Book I Love" returns.
O'odham Dances: 'This Is The Way We Begin and End Things'
A creative collaboration combining film, poetry and Southwestern flavor debuts Tuesday in Tucson.
Hohokam Farm Found on Site of Future Phoenix Store
Archaeological work complete, Fry's will break ground on site this week.
Native American Superheroes Get a Chance to Fly!
Tucson writer creates first all Native American superhero comic book "for us."
Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon Deals With Excess Water
Environmental group, two tribes concerned that the water might affect forest, sacred site.
Navajo Nation Maps Drought with NASA Satellites
Tool can help observation of vast area and diverse ecologies.
Tucsonan Files Five Proposed Ballot Initiatives for 2018
Growing hemp, citizen call for grand jury, protection for Oak Flat, chemical regulation.
