July 2010
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Man In Custody After Gun Battle With Yavapai County Deputies
RIMROCK, AZ (NAZ Today)– A Yavapai County man is in jail tonight after being involved in a shootout with Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday night.
54-year-old Robert Gustafson is in a Camp Verde jail facing attempted murder and several aggravated assault charges, according to Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn.
Just after 8:30 pm last night, deputies responded to a family [...]
Flash Flood Warning for Schultz Fire Burn Area Including Timberline Estates, Wupatki Trails
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for the Schultz Fire burn area and surrounding communities west of US 89 until 4:15 pm this afternoon.
National Weather Service radar indicated heavy rain over the warned area. As of 2 pm, radar had estimated a half-inch of rain in the area in a 15-minute [...]
Arizona Preparing Appeal of Immigration Ruling
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge’s ruling that put most of the state’s immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Three people were arrested Thursday morning at the federal courthouse [...]
NWS Hydrologic Outlook: Schultz Fire Burn Area Increases Risk of Flash Flooding
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– A Message from the National Weather Service:
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SCHULTZ FIRE…THE BURNED AREA AND AREAS
EXTENDING EASTWARD AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE BURNED AREA ARE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. THIS INCLUDES THE
HUTCHINSON ACRES…TIMBERLINE…WUPATKI TRAILS…AND FERNWOOD
NEIGHBORHOODS IN ADDITION TO THE LOW-LYING AREAS IN DONEY PARK EAST
OF HIGHWAY 89. RISES IN [...]
Flagstaff Water Group to Suggest Snowmaking Source
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Flagstaff water commissioners are meeting Thursday evening to make a recommendation on a water source for snowmaking at a nearby ski resort.
The U.S. Forest Service has issued a permit to allow the Arizona Snowbowl to spray man-made snow on the San Francisco Peaks. At issue is whether treated wastewater or more [...]
1 Chandler Police Officer Dies, 2 Other Officers Wounded in Phoenix Gunbattle
PHOENIX (AP) — A gunbattle erupted during an undercover drug operation at a south Phoenix home Wednesday night, killing one police officer and wounding two others.
A Phoenix police spokesman says two suspects died at the scene, two others are hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries and two more are detained [...]
3 Dead In Tucson Medical Helicopter Crash
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A medical helicopter crashed on a Tucson street and burst into flames Wednesday, killing all three people aboard. A witness said the pilot steered the plummeting chopper away from a house.
Witnesses told The Arizona Daily Star the helicopter crashed into a fence in front of the house on Park Avenue just [...]
State Objects to Transfer of AZ Sweat Lodge Case
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) — Prosecutors are objecting to a defense motion to have the trial for a motivational speaker charged with three counts of manslaughter moved out of northern Arizona’s Yavapai (YAV-uh-pie) County.
Attorneys for James Arthur Ray say the publicity in the case would hurt Ray’s ability to receive a fair trial. They want [...]
Yavapai County Sheriff Issues Statement on SB 1070 Ruling
PRESCOTT (NAZ Today)– The Sheriff of Yavapai County has issued his statement on today’s SB 1070 ruling in district court.
Below is Sheriff Steve Waugh’s statement regarding US District Court Judge Susan Bolton’s ruling on Senate Bill 1070.
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office will support and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the State of [...]
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