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Thank You For Your Amazing Support Of Public Media!
Thank you for helping make our Spring Pledge Drive Lite a success!!! You showed us that KNAU and Public Radio matter to YOU! You can still show your support for local news and information by contributing… at KNAU.org and visit Protect my Public Media to learn more about what could happen to Federal Funding for Public Media and what you can do to help. We appreciate you! The Public in Public Padio!
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Earth Notes: The Verde River Exchange
Every year on March 22 the United Nations celebrates World Water Day. And one way to mark the occasion locally is with a new program aimed at keeping water in the Verde River. Learn more at KNAU.org. |
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Scott Thybony Commentary: Below Navajo Mountain
“When the flowers bloom … that in itself is the extension of all life, of all beauty.” Those are the words of a Navajo medicine man commentator Scott Thybony met some years ago when winter was on the verge of spring. Learn more at KNAU.org.
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New Trend in Hand Surgery Allows Patients to Remain Awake
Some doctors are operating on hands in a new way: with the patient wide awake. It eliminates the risks and side effects of general anesthesia. But the technique has been slow to catch on in the United States because of a decades-old myth about the dangers of injecting adrenaline into hands. Learn more at KNAU.org.
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More Than Half of All Mexican Gray Wolf Deaths Caused by Illegal Killing
The Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program in eastern Arizona and New Mexico has long been hindered by illegal killings of the endangered animals. A recent study concluded it’s as big a factor in the population’s recovery as genetic diversity and health. Learn more at KNAU.org. |
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State Senate Panel Votes to Keep Arizona State Parks Board
A bill introduced in the state legislature proposed scrapping the Arizona Parks Board and handing power over to its director. Now, a Senate panel has voted to keep the board intact. Learn more at KNAU.org.
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