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Controlled Burn Causing Plume of Smoke Over East Flagstaff
By Patrick Walker on November 18, 2010
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– A controlled burn is producing a large amount of smoke blanketing the east side of Flagstaff.
Coconino National Forest spokeswoman Brienne Magee told NAZ Today that the smoke is from the Mountainaire Burn, which is a 500-acre prescribed burn south of Flagstaff near Mountainaire. Only 150 acres were burned because of “ventilation concerns,” [...]
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DEVELOPING: FBI Says Body Found Near Seligman Likely Tied To Louisiana Murder
By Patrick Walker on November 15, 2010
SELGIMAN (NAZ Today)– Authorities believe they have found the body of a 31-year-old Las Vegas woman missing since September.
What is believed to be the body of Suellen Roberts was discovered off of Interstate 40 just west of Seligman this morning. Deputies used leads provided by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to find the [...]
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Carbon Monoxide Leak Forces Evacuation of Bank of America Building in Flagstaff
By Patrick Walker on October 26, 2010
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– A second-alarm carbon monoxide leak has sent at least fifteen people to the hospital and forced the evacuation of the Bank of America building in downtown Flagstaff.
Shortly before 4:30 pm this afternoon, firefighters received several calls of a possible gas leak at the building. As the first wave of firefighters arrived, they were [...]
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Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge Dedicated
By Patrick Walker on October 14, 2010
HOOVER DAM (NAZ Today) – This morning, officials from Arizona and Nevada sat high above the deep canyon downstream from the Hoover Dam for a very special ceremony.
By November 1st, travelers between northwestern Arizona and Las Vegas on US Highway 93 will no longer have to travel over the Hoover Dam, thanks to a 1,900-foot, $165 [...]
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Southwest Airlines Jet Diverted to Flagstaff
By Patrick Walker on October 4, 2010
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– Poor weather in Phoenix today caused a passenger plane to be diverted to Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport.
A Southwest Airlines jet from Indianapolis heading for Phoenix landed in Flagstaff this afternoon as the Phoenix area dealt with dust and thunderstorms.
City of Flagstaff Spokeswoman Kim Ott and Wiseman Avaition owner Orville Wiseman confirmed that air [...]
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Schultz Fire Flood Relief Plan
By Patrick Walker on September 27, 2010
From the Coconino National Forest:
Flagstaff, Az. – Engineers and scientists gathered in Flagstaff the week of
September 19-24 to attend the ‘Ridgeline to Rio’ Summit, in an effort to
analyze and discuss the effects of flooding due to the Schultz Fire—aiming
to determine next steps to mitigate the effects and explore drainage
solutions and burned area restoration.
Hosted by Coconino [...]
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Beaver Street Closed Tuesday, Wednesday
By Patrick Walker on August 31, 2010
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) — Drivers will need to find an alternate route around Beaver Street south of the railroad tracks Tuesday and Wednesday.
As part of the road construction project on San Francisco Street and Beaver Street, utility crews have closed Beaver Street between Phoenix Avenue and Benton Avenue until Thursday. The project contractor and the [...]
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Heavy Rain Causes More Flooding in Timberline Estates Area
By Patrick Walker on August 16, 2010
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– Rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour caused yet another round of flooding and road closures in the Schultz Burn area a few miles northeast of Flagstaff.
Washes quickly filled with runoff, and soon overflowed into neighborhood streets including Campbell Way and Kevin’s Way. Coconino County Sheriff’s deputies and Department of Public Safety [...]
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Missing Payson Boy Found Alive
By Patrick Walker on August 16, 2010
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– 4-year-old Travis Mitchell has been reunited with his family after being found by rescuers.
The 18-hour search ended shortly after 11 am this morning when searchers on horseback found Travis in a canyon a few miles from where he disappeared Sunday night.
Mitchell was playing with friends and his older brother when he was [...]
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URGENT: Search for Missing Payson Boy Underway
By Patrick Walker on August 16, 2010
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– Rescuers and volunteers are looking for a missing 4-year-old Payson boy.
Travis Mitchell disappeared Sunday night while playing with some other children and his older brother into the woods in the northwest part of Payson. Payson police, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Public Safety, other agencies and numerous volunteers are [...]
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