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01/09/2026

The National Park Service has updated its policy to discourage visitors from defacing a picture of President Trump on this year's pass. The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.

The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.

01/09/2026

The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this week has drawn varied reactions that split along partisan lines from Arizona lawmakers.
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The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this week has drawn varied reactions that split along partisan lines from Arizona lawmakers.

01/09/2026

Officials with the Coconino National Forest have closed numerous roads for the winter season throughout northern Arizona.

01/09/2026

Iran's supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the streets overnight, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating.

01/09/2026

NASA is cutting short a mission at the International Space Station due to a medical issue with a crew member. The agency is planning to return all four members of the Crew-11 mission more than a month early.

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.

01/09/2026

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law.

This week, senators stepped up after learning the plaque, which had been approved by Congress more than three years ago, was nowhere to be found at the Capitol.

01/09/2026

In the hours after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37, in Minneapolis, an image of the ICE agent who took the shots began to circulate. While the agent wore a mask in eyewitness videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many of the social media posts.

While the agent wore a mask in videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many social media posts. That image appeared to have been generated by xAI's generative AI chatbot, Grok.

01/09/2026

Hiring remained anemic in December, closing out the weakest year for job growth since the beginning of the pandemic. U.S. employers added just 50,000 jobs last month, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department.

U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Measured annually, job gains in 2025 were the slowest since 2020.

01/09/2026

Americans from across the political spectrum say the U.S. should be the moral leader of the world, but far fewer believe that it actually is today than previously, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.

Commissioned by NPR in partnership with Ipsos, the poll also highlights sharp partisan divides on key foreign policy issues.

01/09/2026

A winter storm has delayed school start times in Flagstaff and Prescott and created icy conditions on roads and highways throughout northern and western Arizona.

01/09/2026

DELAYED SCHOOL STARTS: The Flagstaff and Prescott unified school districts are operating on two-hour delayed schedules today (Fri, Jan. 9) because of winter weather and road conditions. FUSD will release according to a full-day dismissal time and PUSD will dismiss at its normal Friday time. In addition, Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy will also delay its start and Flagstaff Junior Academy has canceled classes.

01/08/2026

ADOT has closed numerous highways in northern Arizona including parts of Interstate 40, northbound Interstate 17 and State Route 64 because of winter weather.