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1 week ago | knau.org | Melissa Sevigny

A childhood story about the disappearance of a Costa Rican toad sent Trevor Ritland on a quest. The Flagstaff writer and documentary filmmaker tells the story in his new book, The Golden Toad: An Ecological Mystery and the Search for a Lost Species. He'll celebrate his book launch at Bright Side Bookshop tonight at 6pm. Tell me when you first heard about the golden toad. I first heard about the golden toad in a story from my dad when I was like five or six years old. He was a biology teacher.

1 week ago | knau.org | Melissa Sevigny

The desert rises to what seems like an ordinary hill, until you hike to the edge and see the mile-wide hole in the ground. Two Canadian geologists, Sharini Kanni Suresh Babu and Ashka Thaker, stand on the crater’s edge. "We are looking at a lot of white stones which are shocked Kaibab," Kanni Suresh Babu explains.

1 week ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Thousands rallied in front of Flagstaff City Hall Saturday as part of the nationwide “no kings” protests. It was one of 40 in Arizona alone and nearly 2,000 nationwide. The Flagstaff demonstration stretched for nearly two blocks on both sides of Route 66. Estimates put the crowd at up to 4,000 and many said it was the largest such gathering in recent memory. Flagstaff resident Lauren McFate held an American flag and a pride flag.

1 week ago | knau.org | Ayesha Rascoe |Martha Ann Overland

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all the people serving on a national vaccine advisory board. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Edwin Asturias, one of the doctors who was sacked.

2 weeks ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs says Medicaid cuts passed by House Republicans last month will reduce healthcare access across rural Arizona and on tribal lands. Hobbs toured the Flagstaff Medical Center yesterday. She noted that the cutbacks will hurt hospitals and degrade healthcare for all patients. "Hospitals across the state are gonna have to start making really, really tough decisions.