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A few miles west of Flagstaff, about a mile and a half off Interstate 40, on a dirt road in the Coconino National Forest, past campsites and joggers running through the trees, several crews are cutting up downed trees that will become firewood for tribal members.<br><small><b>→ <a href=“https://kjzz.org/tribal-natural-resources” target=“_blank”>More tribal natural resources stories</a></b></small>

As part of an effort to illustrate the Biden administration’s commitment to Native Americans, Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Gila River Indian Community on Thursday to meet with tribal leaders from around Arizona. It was the first visit to the Gila River community by a sitting U.S. president or vice president.<br><small><b>→ <a href=“https://kjzz.org/tribal-natural-resources” target=“_blank”>More coverage of tribal resources</a></b></small>

On a windy day in late April, with dust blowing across an arena on the San Carlos Reservation east of Globe, eight young men, all members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, are gathered around several horses and a trailer workshop.

On a windy day in late April, with dust blowing across an arena on the San Carlos Reservation east of Globe, eight young men, all members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, are gathered around several horses and a trailer workshop.

Long before there were grocery stores and fast-food restaurants, ancient cultures found sustenance in the Southwest through innovative farming techniques. A nonprofit seed bank in southern Arizona is keeping that agricultural past alive, restoring traditional crops and foods that in some cases go back hundreds of years.

After more than a century of dam building and development, the Colorado River ends as a trickle at the Arizona-Mexico border. The river was once the lifeblood of the Cocopah, or River People. The tribe has begun trying to return a sliver of that landscape to what it once was.<br><small><b>→ <a href=“https://kjzz.org/tribal-natural-resources” target=“_blank”>More news from the Tribal Natural Resources Desk</a></b></small>

A piece of Bisbee history is for sale. The original high school, built in 1914, is on the market. According to the county, the three-story, 45,000-square-foot building was once recognized by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! because all four levels of the building have an entrance at street level.

Holiday traffic on Interstate 17 north of Phoenix often becomes an exercise in patience and frustration. The Arizona Department of Transportation has selected a developer to improve that stretch of highway, but relief is still down the road.

Four people have been taken to a hospital and several businesses have been evacuated following an explosion in west Chandler on Thursday morning.The blast shook businesses and homes near Rural and Ray roads. The explosion took place at Platinum Printing, which is located in a small shopping center. …

Longtime Arizona businessman George Kalil has died. He was president of Kalil bottling, a company founded 70 years ago by his father and grandfather.