August 2009
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Day 2: Water Wheel Fire Now 10 Percent Contained; Evacuation Continues
PAYSON– Firefighters made progress on the Water Wheel Fire Sunday night after conducting burnout operations and receiving some much-needed help. Tony Sciacca’s Arizona Central West Zone Type-2 Incident Management Team arrived at 10 PM Sunday evening, according to a spokesperson from the Tonto National Forest. The fire is still listed at 500 acres.
192 personnel are [...]
500 Acre Water Wheel Fire North of Payson- Day 1
PAYSON– An evacuation order remains in effect for residents of Whispering Pines and for the Water Wheel Campground eight miles northeast of Payson this morning. Officials still list the fire at 0% contained. The Water Wheel Fire started near the Water Wheel Campground and was reported just before 2:00 pm Sunday afternoon.. The fire grew [...]
HS Football Scores Week 1
Opening weekend scores from area schools.
Coconino County Sheriff: Missing Person
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is seeking any information about missing person William Neill. Neill was believed to be camping in the Flagstaff or Grand Canyon area and making frequent trips to Flagstaff. Neill was last heard from on August 17th, 2009. Family members have become concerned about Neill’s welfare.
Name: William NEILL
Age: 65
Height: 5’ [...]
Kayenta Health Center Employee Indicted
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a Kayenta Health Center emergency room employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting a bribe three months ago.
Prosecutors say 46-year-old Ella Babbitt has been charged with one felony count of receiving a bribe by a public official.
Babbitt worked as a medical support assistant at the Indian [...]
Afghan War Claims Life of Mesa Resident
The Pentagon says 28-year-old Cory Jenkins died Tuesday when the vehicle he and three other soldiers were riding in was hit by an improvised device.
Jenkins was a graduate of Brigham Young University and A.T. Still University’s physicians-assistant program.
His father, Stanley Jenkins of Mesa, said his son chose the Army to gain intense experience treating trauma [...]
NAU Hires Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona University has hired Quintin Grogan as an assistant men’s basketball coach.
The move was announced Thursday by Lumberjacks head coach Mike Adras.
Grogan comes to NAU after serving as an assistant coach at Division II Metropolitan State College of Denver.
He was an assistant coach at Los Angeles Southwest College in 2006-07 [...]
“Shaggy Bandit” Who Robbed Flagstaff Bank Arrested
DENVER (AP) — A man the FBI believes is the “Shaggy Bandit,” blamed for 17 bank robberies in four states, was arrested after a employee in a Boulder bank identified him and called police.
Police arrested the man after stopping a car he was a passenger in just a few miles away in Longmont, about 40 [...]
‘Shaggy’ suspected in 17 bank heists in 4 states, Flagstaff
DENVER (AP) — The FBI has now linked the “Shaggy Bandit” to bank robberies in Kansas and New Mexico as well as Colorado and Arizona.
The agency said Thursday the man is suspected in a total of 17 robberies in the four states since June 24. Investigators say no gun or other weapon has been used.
The [...]
McCain Speaks With Angry Crowd at Arizona Town Hall
PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain met with an angry crowd at a town-hall meeting about health care reform Wednesday, sometimes having to fight to talk and telling one woman who wouldn’t stop yelling that she had to leave.
The Arizona senator hadn’t yet opened up the meeting at McCain’s central Phoenix church to questions when [...]
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