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12-Year-Old Boy Wounded Near Shooting Range

PHOENIX (AP) — A 12-year-old boy is being treated for a gunshot wound after he was accidentally shot near the Ben Avery Shooting Range in north Phoenix Saturday morning.
Phoenix police say the boy was wounded in the arm and the torso.
A medical helicopter flew the boy to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
No [...]

Arizona Considering Paths to Keep Some Parks Open

PHOENIX (AP) — State officials are considering arrangements to at least temporarily avert the scheduled closings of some state parks because of budget cuts.
The Parks Board on Wednesday will consider endorsing intergovernmental agreement for Payson to subsidize operations for Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, allowing its closing to be postponed to Sept. 27 from the [...]

Body of Missing Cameron Man Found Near Flagstaff

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a Cameron man missing since last month has been found near Flagstaff.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office says the body of 53-year-old Roger Jones Cowboy was located in a rocky area behind a trading post about 27 miles north of Flagstaff.
Investigators said Friday that there’s no obvious [...]

National Fire Center Predicts Short Fire Season

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has been hammered by wildfires over the past eight years but this year it looks like the state may catch a break.
Bureau of Land Management National Fire Weather Program manager Rick Ochoa (oh-CHOH’-ah) said heavy winter rain and snowfall from El Nino should shorten the wildfire season.
Ochoa, based at the National [...]

Regents OK Steep Tuition Hikes at ASU, UA, NAU

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday approved hefty increases in tuition and fees at the state’s three public universities for the next school year.
Incoming Arizona State University students will see their tuition and mandatory fees jump by 18.8 percent — a hike of $1,288 that will raise the annual costs for [...]

‘High Country Bandits’ Suspects Arrested

FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– Two men have been arrested in connection to the recent string of bank robberies in Flagstaff and other parts of the southwest.
Joel Jay Glore and Ronald Michael Capito were arrested in the Show Low area after a week of surveillance by FBI and other officials.
Both men are in their 50s and officials [...]

Video: Presler, Haughey Move on to General

Video: Presler, Haughey Move on to General

Just over three percentage points separated the three mayoral candidates when the primary election results were announced last night.
Each candidate gathered roughly a third of the vote, but only two could move on to the general election in May.
NAZ Today’s Patrick Walker has the story.

And Then There Were Six Council Candidates

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 [...]

Flagstaff Missing Person Found Dead in Yavapai County

Flagstaff Missing Person Found Dead in Yavapai County

YAVAPAI COUNTY (NAZ Today)– The body of a person reported missing Monday night has been found.
Members of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team and the YCSO Forest Patrol found her body about 100 feet from where her shoes had been found Tuesday night.
Morris’ vehicle was found south of Munds Park just off [...]

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