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Posted Nov 13, 2019, 10:28 am
Harrison Mantas
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The Navajo Generating Station will shut down for good in a matter of days, the plant’s owners announced last week, once the plant burns through its remaining supply of coal.... Read more»
Posted May 8, 2017, 12:04 pm
Arren Kimbel-Sannit
/Cronkite News
Solar power advocates say a 250-megawatt renewable-energy facility could be in place in time for the late-2019 closure of the Navajo Generating Station, if permitting and construction began right away.... Read more»
Posted Mar 22, 2017, 3:20 pm
Joseph Guzman
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A federal appeals court rejected two cases related to the Navajo Generating Station, one that aimed to tighten environmental restrictions on the coal-fired power plant and another questioned the process that calls for the plant’s closure.... Read more»
Posted Feb 20, 2017, 7:04 pm
Arren Kimbel-Sannit
/Cronkite News
Despite pledges to look for alternatives, closing the Navajo Generating Station in Page could devastate the economy of the small Northern Arizona town, where hundreds of jobs rely on the plant and affiliated coal mine and where experts see few, if any, workable solutions.... Read more»
Posted Feb 7, 2017, 2:03 pm
Joseph Guzman
/Cronkite News
With record-low natural gas prices continuing to undercut coal, owners of the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station in Page could decide this spring whether they can afford to keep operating the plant or have to shut it down.... Read more»
Posted Sep 9, 2014, 1:18 pm
Anastasia Reynolds
/Cronkite News
More than a year after a landslide closed the route, the Arizona Department of Transportation has begun work to reopen a key highway linking Page to the rest of Arizona. The goal is to have U.S. 89 ready for traffic before the summer tourist season. ... Read more»
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Posted Jan 21, 2013, 4:04 pm
Cortney Bennett
/Cronkite News Service
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing steep reductions in emissions from the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired plant near Page. Salt River Project, the plant's operator and a part-owner, says the equipment required for the reductions would cost up to $1.1 billion. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 18, 2012, 8:47 am
Lorri Allen
/Cronkite News Service
Rural hospitals face challenges such as staff shortages, keeping up with technology and even attracting patients who choose to drive to a bigger city. The UA Center for Rural Health offers grants, training courses, networking opportunities and consultants to improve the quality of health care and hospitals’ finances.... Read more»