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Laurel Morales

Senior Field Correspondent

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Senior Field Correspondent Laurel Morales (Flagstaff) has been a public radio reporter for 10 years; eight of them in Arizona. She has won several awards for her work, including national recognition from Public Radio News Director Inc. (PRNDI) for the only commentary she’s ever written. She prefers to highlight compelling voices other than her own and has covered blizzards, wildfires, floods and tornadoes. Morales came to northern Arizona from rural Minnesota where she worked as a reporter after receiving her master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

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Border & Immigration

International Adoptions At Lowest Level In 10 Years

Laurel Morales

It’s become more difficult to adopt a child from overseas. The number of international adoptions has dropped to its lowest level in almost a decade.
National

Sacred Item Returned To Hopi

Laurel Morales

One of the several dozen sacred items sold at auction in Paris last spring has been returned to the Hopi people. The tribe was vehemently opposed to the sale.
Prescott Community Pays Tribute To Fallen Firefighters

Laurel Morales

Throughout the day hundreds of fellow firefighters, community members and families came to the fence to leave flowers, prayers and homemade signs.
'These Are The Worst Of Times For Firefighters'

Laurel Morales

Flags were at half-staff as Arizona mourns the loss of 19 firefighters. The hotshots were killed Sunday when winds unexpectedly shifted a blaze they were fighting.
Native American Vets Struggle With VA System

Laurel Morales

Veterans all over the country are waiting months, and sometimes years, before they see a response to their disability claims. Native American veterans have had an especially difficult time navigating the federal claim system. And they comprise more veterans than any other minority group.
Tribes Conflicted Over Grand Canyon Tightrope Walk

Laurel Morales

The man known as “the king of the high wire” will walk across the Grand Canyon Sunday, 1,500 feet in the air. But tribal members have conflicting feelings about the stunt.