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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
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
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 [...]
Garbage, Medical Waste Pose Problems for Recyclers
NAZ Today’s Charlie Hicks and photographer George Heckard had a chance to visit Flagstaff’s material recovery facility, or MRF, today.
It’s where material from Flagstaff and all over the region goes to be sorted, and eventually, recycled.
But recently there’s been a trend of more non-recyclable material ending up at the MRF, and that’s causing some costly [...]
Grand Canyon Offers Alternative Spring Break
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park is offering college students a chance to volunteer at the park over spring break.
The park is hosting two alternative spring break sessions, March 14-20 and March 28-April 3, under a program sponsored by the Student Conservation Association in partnership with American Eagle [...]
Ancient Culture Hidden Away With Park Closure
PHOENIX (AP) — Take the interstate to Flagstaff, head east toward Albuquerque and drive until the snow disappears. A few miles east of Winslow, a road that once led to the ruins of an ancient Hopi civilization now dead-ends at a locked gate.
“Due to budget reductions,” a sign reads, “park closed.”
But the people closing down [...]
Two Suspects Caught in Illegal Doe Killing
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Game and Fish Department has cited two people for illegally killing a mule deer last year.
Authorities say the doe was killed with a single shot to the neck on Oct. 25 south of Seligman. Game and Fish officers responded to the scene and collected evidence and interviewed two suspects.
Authorities [...]
VIDEO: Flights for Life
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– They say every time you donate blood, you save three lives.
Somehow, that blood has to get to its final destination– sometimes in a hurry. That’s where one non-profit organization, Flights for Life, comes in. NAZ Today’s Patrick Walker had a chance to get to know veteran Flights for Life pilot Mac McClure.
‘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 [...]
