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Chris Clements

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Chris Clements

    Community pushback holds up a proposed copper mine on the Navajo Nation (opens the original)

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    A Navajo Nation community about 20 miles outside Page passed another resolution last month rejecting a proposed copper mine. It’s the latest local decree against mining approved by tribal members. A mining company executive told KNAU the mining proposal is effectively stalled unless the community changes its mind. The Aug. 16 resolution says the Coppermine Chapter “unequivocally opposes” any and all mining exploration, development or extraction within its boundaries, citing concerns about public

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Chris Clements

    Developer’s latest hydropower proposal on Navajo Nation draws scrutiny (opens the original)

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    Slabs of pale orange sandstone the size of tall buildings jut up near where a hydropower facility might one day sit on the Navajo Nation. Raymond Peaches walked across the land on a bright day in August. One of the hydro project’s reservoirs could be built on the high desert landscape where his cattle graze, along a place called Black Mesa. “This is therapy,” Peaches said, wearing a green camouflage shirt and turquoise necklace. “There's no other place in the world that's this beautiful. I mean,

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Chris Clements

    Another flash flood races down Bright Angel Creek in the Grand Canyon (opens the original)

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    Another flash flood raced down Bright Angel Creek and the Colorado River on Wednesday. The flood comes after a different deluge on Aug. 29 in the same area destroyed infrastructure and led to the deaths of three hikers. According to a Facebook post on Wednesday from Grand Canyon National Park, there were no known injuries or road damage from the latest flood to roar down the Grand Canyon. The post says National Park Service employees reached safety before the flooding began, and that teams are n

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Chris Clements

    Three dead in flooding on the Navajo Nation (opens the original)

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    Three people are dead after flooding on the Navajo Nation near Newcomb, New Mexico, with rescue operations underway near Chinle and Many Farms. A social media post by the Navajo Police Department says officers responded to reports of people being washed away near Newcomb shortly after midnight Wednesday. They say two adults and a juvenile drowned and were pronounced dead, and that the incident remains under investigation. Meanwhile, the Navajo communities of Chinle and Many Farms also flooded, t

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Chris Clements

    Survey shows Utahns support restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments (opens the original)

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    A new survey shows two-thirds of Utah residents support restoring the size of two recently slashed national monuments in the southern part of the state. The poll, conducted by the public opinion research firm New Bridge Strategy, asked 500 registered voters statewide about President Donald Trump’s downsizing of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by about 90% each. It comes just before a ban on new mining claims expires on Friday, opening the land up to possible resource

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