By Melanie S. Welte
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) 10-09

Mark Widrlechner is out to save a species from extinction.

It’s the native ash tree, and although it provides $25 billion worth of timber and decorates backyards across North America, an unstoppable bug has slowly killed millions of trees in 13 states and could cause the species’ ultimate demise – unless Widrlechner is successful.

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Vernon Foster's statement on behalf of the American Indian Movement in regards to the recent deaths of participants of the James Arthur Ray sweat lodge event in Sedona, Arizona.

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By Stan Bindell
Tempe, Arizona (NFIC) 10-09

Hopi High radio students. from left, Jaysana “Wink Wink” Honyaktewa, Katie “The Radio Lady” Honawa, Kristen Miguel and Latoya “The Toy” Rucker.

Hopi High radio students won 12 awards, including three individual state champions, at the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association at Arizona State University Sept. 30 on the main campus. Jeffrey Palmer, former director of education for the Native American Journalists Association, calls the Hopi High radio program the premier Native American teen show in the Southwest.

Palmer said the awards shows that Hopi High radio program is on the cutting edge of the radio field.

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