Lara Hochuli
1-17 Fatality
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a wrong-way driver is dead after he hit three other vehicles on the Interstate 17 north of Phoenix, critically injuring four members of the same family and several others.
DPS Lt. Jim Warriner says the accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday near the Carefree Highway exit of Interstate 17.
Memorial Day Fire Reminders
Arizona’s high country is a popular place for Memorial Day weekend travelers who want to escape the desert heat.
Although a few factors have made northern Arizona’s forests less prone to wildfires, forest officials say that doesn’t rule out the potential and are urging the public to use common sense.
NAU Still Awaits Results Of Swine Flu Test
Northern Arizona University and the Coconino County Health Department
are still awaiting results on a “probable” case of swine influenza A,
H1N1, also known as swine flu, on the Flagstaff campus.
Body Found in Grand Canyon Search Efforts
Searchers found the body approximately one mile down river from Boat Beach in an eddy on river right. Rangers responded to the area and conducted a search by zodiac after receiving a report from a long-term volunteer at Phantom Ranch indicating he had seen something in the water.
Arizona Flu Treatment Below Recommended Level
Public health officials say Arizona has enough courses of antiviral medicines to respond to swine flu cases, even though the state’s stockpile of flu-treatment doses are lower than the recommended level.
Arizona’s estimated 258,000 treatment courses of antivirals would cover about 4 percent of the state’s population.
Four Corners Mistake May Lead To Rise in Tourism
Park manager DeWayne Johnson said tourism to the monument has dropped steadily in the past decade, but recent media coverage exposing a surveying error has increased it.
“Overnight, we got more visitors after the media got this,” Johnson said. “I think we might be getting a big rush this summer. Already we have more visitors per day than we did this time last year.”
Teens Learning Sex Advice From Cell Phones
The Coconino County Health Department is introducing a new sexual health education text messaging program for local teens called SexFYI. The program provides teens a confidential way to get automated, scientifically accurate answers to commonly asked sexual health questions. SexFYI also provides local teens with information on where they can acquire more information and sexual health medical help.
Pine Canyon Fire Update
Firefighters continued their efforts on the Bear Fire, located along the
Mogollon Rim north of Sedona and the Secret Mountain Wilderness, working
mostly on the ground as today’s high winds in the area made conditions
unsuitable for helicopter operations.
The fire is currently burning at moderate intensity, but since it’s nestled
on a slope in rough terrain, it does have [...]
Sedona Plane Crash Site Found
The search for the single-engine aircraft that went down near Sedona in 2006— piloted by William Westover, 54, a Phoenix attorney, with 43-year-old Marcy Randolph, a mortgage company employee who was aboard on a sightseeing photo trip ended today when the crash site was discovered by a volunteer group.
But Phil Randolph, the woman’s father and president emeritus of Glendale Community College, refused to quit until he found it.
Arizona Raises Tobacco Tax
Smokers around Arizona are blazing mad over high tobacco taxes.
Arizona Department of Revenue agents say that because the cigarette tax has leaped from 39 cents to a $1.01 a pack, smokers are likely to go elsewhere to buy their smokes.
