Report details brutal, ‘militarized’ history of Native boarding schools
New Mexico was home to 43 such schools, 3rd most in US
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Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds
OMAHA, Neb. — Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes. A break in the weather in […]
Crews brace for strong winds, explosive fire growth in West
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Firefighters fanned out across blackened landscape in Arizona’s high country, digging into the ground to put out smoldering tree stumps and roots as helicopters buzzed overhead with buckets of water to drop on a massive blaze. The work has been tedious and steady — all with the recognition that already strong winds […]
Wind will be a force to reckon with on Southwest wildfires
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Fire managers across the Southwest are reckoning with strong winds that forecasters say could lead to explosive growth in wildfires this week. Hundreds of people were evacuated in numerous blazes that have scorched structures and signaled an early start to the fire season. A wildfire on the outskirts of Flagstaff continued its […]
‘Wall of fire’ forces evacuations near Arizona tourist town
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Heavy winds kicked up a towering wall of flames outside a northern Arizona tourist town Tuesday, ripping through two-dozen structures and sending residents of more than 700 homes scrambling to flee. Flames as high as 100 feet (30 meters) raced through an area of scattered homes, dry grass and Ponderosa pine trees […]
