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Teens Explore How Page Is Changing In The Wake Of The Navajo Generating Station's Closure

Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena Foundation

In northern Arizona, workers are in the process of decommissioning the west’s largest coal-fired power plant. Two Page Middle School students have noticed some changes in their town since the shut down.

They interviewed their community about those changes. Here’s what they found. 

Caleb Barlow and Kayden Yellowhorse interviewed Valentina Bitsoie, Sharon Watson, Denise Boldin, Sylvester Begay, Jessica Dodson and each other. 

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Laurel Morales was a Fronteras Desk senior field correspondent in Flagstaff from 2011 to 2020.