Grand Canyon To Be Designed On New Quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint has unveiled design of new quarters featuring four national parks and a national forest.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and mint director Ed Moy on Wednesday unveiled designs for quarters featuring the four oldest national parks: Hot Springs, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Canyon, as well as Mount Hood National Forest.
Coins commemorating [...]
Cards Sign Tight Ends Spach and Becht
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday re-signed tight ends Anthony Becht and Stephen Spach to one-year contracts and announced defensive end Jeremy Clark has signed an exclusive rights contract with the team.
The 6-foot-6 Becht had seven catches for 61 yards and one touchdown last season, his first with Arizona. The 11-year NFL [...]
And Then There Were Six Council Candidates
Two candidates running for Flagstaff City Council have been eliminated.
Small business owner Dan Frazier and retired school teacher Stephen Knutson are no longer in the running. Both candidates received less than 1,900 votes.
This is Knutson’s second unsuccessful attempt to becoming a councilman. He also ran for mayor in 2008, but was eliminated in the primary.
So [...]
Cards and Rhodes Not Seeing “Eye to Eye”
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — New Arizona Cardinals safety Kerry Rhodes said Monday that he had expected to be back with the New York Jets next season but that he and the team that eventually traded him weren’t seeing “eye to eye” in the end.
“We just didn’t mesh that well at the end of that journey,” [...]
‘High Country Bandits’ Still on the Loose
Flagstaff (NAZ Today) – It seems a like story out of a Hollywood movie. The FBI is looking for two men of whom may be responsible for robbing up to a dozen banks.
The bank robberies have occured in rural areas of Southern Colorado, Northern New Mexico, and Northern Arizona over the past four months. Northern [...]
Arizona Police May Not Need Consent to Draw Blood of DUI Supects
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court will consider whether authorities must obtain a search warrant to conduct a blood test of a DUI suspect without getting clear consent to have blood drawn.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review a Court of Appeals ruling that it wasn’t enough under state law that a [...]
Arizona Senate Says No to Texting Ban
PHOENIX (AP) – For the second year in a row, the Arizona Senate on Tuesday shot down an attempt to ban texting while driving amid concerns about imposing too much government regulation.
The measure failed on an 11-11 preliminary vote. It would have prohibited writing, reading or sending text messages and e-mails while driving on a [...]
Coconino Supervisors Pullback on Cell Phone Law
FLAGSTAFF (AP) — Coconino County is letting the state take the lead in banning text messaging while driving.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors Tuesday decided not to enact a sweeping proposal from an advisory board aimed at blocking text messaging, speaking on a cell phone, or using a two-way radio while driving.
The county’s Board of [...]
NAU Brings on the Jazz
Northern Arizona University will hold The 48th Annual NAU Jazz Festival on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Ardrey Memorial Auditorium.
Jazz pianist Jim McNeely, this year’s guest artist, will perform in concert with NAU Jazz Ensemble on Friday at 8 PM.
In addition, more than 50 student bands will perform throughout the festival at no cost.
Friday’s [...]
Heavy Snow Closes I-17 Near Flagstaff
FLAGSTAFF (AP) — The northbound lanes of I-17 from Stoneman Lake to Flagstaff have reopened.
The roadway was closed earlier Monday because of heavy snow and poor visibility.
Department of Transportation spokesman Rod Wigman says several semitrailers also had jackknifed, halting traffic, and that a number of vehicles slid off the roadway.
The interstate remains snowpacked and [...]
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