July 2009
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Arizona Department of Public Safety Closes I-10 in Both Directions at Picacho Peak
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On July 24, 2009, at 9:07 a.m., a semi-truck pulling two trailers was traveling eastbound [...]
Ariz. Court Rules Against Using Kids Program Funds
PHOENIX (AP) — The Legislature’s attempt to help balance the state budget by using interest on a children’s program’s tobacco-tax funding violated a constitutional protection for voter-approved laws, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The unanimous ruling came down in favor of the board of First Things First — an early childhood development and health program [...]
YCSO Special Crimes Unit Arrests Cottonwood Business Owners Related to Drug Sales
Within the last three weeks, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Detectives from the Special Crimes Unit served two search warrants on two separate Cottonwood area businesses and the business owner’s homes. The search warrants were sought and served due to information related to drug sales at the various locations.
On June 19, 2009, a search warrant was [...]
Sheriff Starts Immigration Sweep in Metro Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has begun a three-day crime and immigration sweep in southeast metropolitan Phoenix.
Nearly 200 sheriff’s deputies and posse volunteers fanned out during the sweeps Thursday with help from Pinal County sheriff’s deputies. By 9 p.m., 36 people had been arrested. A sheriff’s office statement said eight of those [...]
Measure to Repeal Traditional Navajo Laws Tabled
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation lawmakers voted Thursday to table a measure to repeal a set of laws based on the tribe’s centuries-old traditional values and customs.
The Dine Fundamental Laws were codified in 2002 over concerns that the knowledge of them are fading among the youth. The largely undefined laws have guided the upbringing [...]
Bomb Squad Dismantles Grenade Along Mesa Freeway
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety bomb squad was called in after a hand grenade was found along U.S. 60 in Mesa.
DPS spokesman Bart Graves says the device was an apparently World War II-style practice grenade, but that it had been modified into “an improvised explosive device.”
He says the discovery was [...]
Burglary Suspects Arrested
Flagstaff police arrested a ring of juvenile thieves after they were seen entering vehicles in the Greenlaw town homes in east Flagstaff. The police were alerted by residents after hearing dogs barking shortly after midnight. Officers quickly found two of the juveniles matching the descriptions given by the residents. After questioning, the burglars admitted to [...]
Video: The Memorial Service for Fallen Solider, Eric Lindstrom
The entire memorial service for fallen Soldier / Flagstaff Police Officer Eric James.
Free School Immunizations at the Back to School Health Fair
Join the Coconino County Health Department at the Back to School Health Fair on Saturday, August 1. The event will be held from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Coconino County Health Department, 2625 N. King Street, Flagstaff.
Families are encouraged to stop by for free childhood immunizations (bring immunization records), free dental exams, prizes, [...]
Rangers Searching for Missing NAU Student in Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park search and rescue personnel are intensifying their search efforts as they reevaluate who they are looking for.
On the evening of Tuesday, July 21, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that at least one, and possibly as many as three young men were overdue from a backpacking trip to [...]
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