WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona has completed a formal inventory of human remains and funerary objects held in its collections and has confirmed cultural affiliation with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation. Acting under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the museum reported that remains belonging to at least one Native American individual were identified, along with 31 associated funerary objects   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, has completed an updated inventory of funerary objects from an archaeological site on the Hualapai Indian Reservation and confirmed cultural affiliation with the Hualapai Indian Tribe, according to a Notice of Inventory Completion filed through the National Park Service. The notice identifies four funerary objects associated with ancestral burials at site NA5998   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 1 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Mapping Joy * Everyone wants to find happiness, but what does it actually mean to be happy? Is it spending time with our loved ones, being able to purchase the latest gadget on the market, or something more abstract, like having a sense of purpose or belonging? The class SOC332Sociology of Happiness might hold a few clues. Jessie K. Finch, chair of the Department of Sociology, said that even though t  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 26 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news: * * * Rhode Island Supreme Court Should Open the Door to Secret School Meetings By Jon Riches Do Rhode Islanders have the right to see how school policy is shaped behind the scenes? That's the simple but essential question the Rhode Island Supreme Court will grapple with on Tuesday in a critical government transparency case brought by the Goldwater Institute, which aims to ensure that publ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Open-File Report 2025-1042, titled 'Assessment of dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) occupancy and habitat suitability at -12 Mile Slough, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona,' by Anya Nova Metcalfe, Morgan A. Ford, Lawrence E. Stevens and Theodore A. Kennedy, examining how proposed habitat changes could affect aquatic insects downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. The report, prepared by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5017, titled 'Groundwater response to managed aquifer recharge at the Southeast Houghton Artificial Recharge Project in Tucson, Arizona,' by Libby M. Wildermuth, Jeffery R. Kennedy and Jacob L. Conrad, detailing how a Tucson recharge facility affects groundwater storage beneath the city's east side. The report, prepared in cooperation with Tucson Water under the agency's Water Avail  more

LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 1 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Volleyball Draws Tennessee in First Round of NCAA Tournament * LOGAN, Utah Utah State volleyball will make its seventh-ever appearance at the NCAA Tournament, drawing a matchup against seventh-seeded Tennessee in the First Round at 4:30 p.m. (MST) Dec. 4 in Tempe, Arizona. Thursday will be the first-ever meeting between the Aggies and Volunteers. This is the third time in four seasons the Aggies will play in the NC  more