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Coconino County-Damage
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Division of Emergency Management says residents living in three communities north of Flagstaff won’t see federal funding to help rebuild after summer floods.
State officials say the damage is not great enough under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s criteria for a presidential disaster declaration and assistance to individuals.
FEMA steps in [...]
NAU Football 2010 Video Preview
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– The NAU football team is returning to action tomorrow! Trevor Gould has a preview of this year’s Lumberjack football team.
Small Forest Fire Burning Near Williams
WILLIAMS (NAZ Today)- According to a Kaibab National Forest media release fire crews responded to a new fire on the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest, Monday August 30th. The lightning-caused Hobble Fire is growing slowly 18 miles northeast of Williams, near the Hobble Mountains. The fire is approximately one acre in size.
Today, [...]
Beaver Street Closed Tuesday, Wednesday
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 [...]
Snowbowl Snow-Making Contract Decision Postponed
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of people filled a school auditorium Monday for a hearing on what has become one of the most contentious issues in this mountain city — producing artificial snow.
But as the hourslong debate drew closer to midnight, councilors agreed to take up a vote at a different date. By that time, [...]
Arizona, Six Other States Sue Feds Over Health Care Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.
About 2,000 employers have been approved for the extra help to cover early retirees, mainly private businesses. But [...]
Lake Havasu Shooting
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A gunman entered a western Arizona home and fatally shot five people, including the mother of his two children and her new boyfriend, before fleeing with the kids to Southern California where he killed himself, police said Sunday.
The shootings late Saturday occurred as 23-year-old Deborah Langstaff and friends were [...]
Police Capture Suspect in Utah Deputy’s Killing
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tip from a resident helped police on Monday capture a 23-year-old man who authorities say fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy and went on the run for four days in the rugged wilderness along the Utah-Arizona border.
More than a dozen officers used night vision goggles and a helicopter to find [...]
Brewer Condemns Report to UN Mentioning Ariz. Law
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state’s controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations’ human rights commissioner.
The U.S. included its legal challenge to the law on a list of ways the federal government is protecting human rights.
In a letter to [...]
