Adrian Skabelund

This story is part of KNAU's series Unmapped Route 66, which chronicles the people and places of the Mother Road's past and present during its centennial year.

Arizona Game and Fish officials say they're preparing a petition to downgrade Mexican gray wolves from the endangered species list to the threatened category.

Forest crews are currently thinning more than 600 acres on the western side of the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff.

Students across Arizona returned to school this week, but those attending Flagstaff's Killip Elementary won't have the free access to afterschool programs they've received for years.

Arizona's largest wildfire on record is the 2011 Wallow Fire. That fire burned across more than half-a-million acres in the White Mountains and into New Mexico.

Two years ago, Navajo Nation officials agreed to allow the transport of uranium ore across their land.

Arizona National Guard officials say crews continue to manage a lightning-caused fire within Camp Navajo west of Flagstaff.

A judge sentenced Samuel Bateman to 24 years Tuesday, on top of the 50 years he's already serving in federal prison.

Two people are dead and one hiker remains missing following severe flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park over the weekend.

Grand Canyon National Park officials say an early warning for flash floods along the popular North Kaibab Trail went down Saturday, just as waters raged through the inner canyon.