May 2010
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Park Service Announces Free Admission at Glen Canyon on June 5th and 6th
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Admission into Glen Canyon National Recreational Area will be free of charge on Saturday and Sunday.
Officials say the free admission is intended to get the public to enjoy National Park Service sites.
The waiver applies to only entrance fees and doesn’t apply to fees for camping, boating and river use.
Future free-admission days [...]
Crews Replanting Burned Area in Northern Arizona
FREDONIA, Ariz. (AP) — Crews have finished replanting about 900 acres in northern Arizona’s Kaibab National Forest that were burned during a 2006 fire.
Forestry officials say the crews finished the work despite heavy snow accumulations and strong spring winds.
Some 1,600 acres were replanted in 2008, bringing the total to 2,500 acres replanted in the restoration [...]
Window Rock Man Gets 25 Years for Wife’s Slaying
PHOENIX (AP) — A Navajo Nation tribal member has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his estranged wife.
Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old Lee White, of Window Rock, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Dec. 21.
According to an FBI criminal complaint, White told authorities [...]
Prescott Man Will Not Face Death Penalty
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A Prescott stockbroker accused of killing his ex-wife in 2008 will not face the death penalty if he’s convicted in his upcoming trial.
The Yavapai County Attorney’s Office dismissed the last death penalty aggravator Wednesday against 56-year-old Steven DeMocker. He remains charged with first-degree murder in the July 2, 2008, death of [...]
Car Crashes Into East Flagstaff Shopping Center
Flagstaff (NAZ Today)- This morning at approximately 9:00 A.M. a car traveling on North Country Club drive veered off the road, crashing through a metal railing and down an embankment. The car came to rest in the front of the Country Club Chiropractic office at 5200 Cortland Blvd. when it struck a concrete pillar.
YCSO Looking for Sex Offender
CAMP VERDE (NAZ Today)– The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help in locating a known sex offender who ran from the police last week.
18-year-old Harley James Gann (alias: Harley James Simpson, Tyler, or Ty) ran from police officers late last week and was last seen near the Bashas’ on Finnie Flat Road in [...]
Paulden Plane Crash Kills Pilot
Paulden, Ariz. (NAZ Today)- At approximately 9:30 A.M. on Monday the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) began receiving reports of a plane that had crashed near the town of Paulden. Once rescue crews arrived on scene they found the pilot, 79-year-old Harry Rice trapped in the wreckage of the plane he had been piloting. While [...]
Sara Presler Re-elected as Flagstaff Mayor
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– The final votes have been tallied for the Flagstaff mayoral race, and Sara Presler is the leading vote-getter by 217 votes.
Shortly before noon today, the Coconino County Recorder’s Office released the final election numbers. Presler received 6,011 votes, or 49.6% of the 12,118 votes cast. Joe Haughey received 5,794 votes, or [...]
ADOT Reopens I-40
Sunday Evening Update: ADOT is reporting that I-40 is beginning to reopen between Flagstaff and Winslow. Officials are also saying that some delays can be expected as backed up traffic begins to enter into the area.
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– ADOT has once again closed Interstate 40 due to high winds and blowing dust.
At around 11:15 this [...]
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