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Man Pinned Between Two Semi’s at Bellemont Truck Stop

A man was seriously injured Saturday night when he was pinned between two commercial semi trucks in a Bellemont Pilot truck stop, police said.
The victim suffered injuries to his pelvis and legs, along with internal injuries, said a Sergeant with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.
He was hit about 9:30 p.m. by a [...]

Chimney Fire Damages Home in North West Flagstaff

Chimney Fire Damages Home in North West Flagstaff

FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) — Police and Fire Officials set up a detour on Darlene Drive for about an hour  tonight as firefighters from Flagstaff extinguished a chimney fire in a four-bedroom home at 2900 W. Darleen Dr.
“It was a quick knockdown — about 5 minutes,” Flagstaff  Fire Capt. Brown said of the blaze.
“The fire [...]

Prescott Museum Planning Expansion Project

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — It’s more than a month before Christmas, but the George Phippen Memorial Foundation has received an early present.
The Harold James Family Trust, which owned the Phippen Museum building and the five acres of land on which it stands in Prescott, deeded the structure and property to [...]

Marine from Flagstaff Killed in Afghanistan

Marine from Flagstaff Killed in Afghanistan

Washington D.C (NAZ Today) – The US Department of Defense is reporting the line of duty death of Lance Corporal Matthew J. Broehm, 22, of Flagstaff. Broehm was killed on November 4th while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine [...]

Christmas Tree Tags

Christmas tree-cutting tags are now available for purchase.
Tags can be purchased at the North Kaibab Ranger District Office in Fredonia between 8 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. The office will also be open Saturday November 27 from 8 am to 4 pm. The tags cost $15 each and there is a limit of one tree per [...]

FILE - Navajo Nation tribal legislators conduct their summer session at the tribal council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. in this July 17, 2006 photo.  In the Navajo clan system, Lynda Lovejoy and Ben Shelly are relatives. In the political world, they are rivals. Each is hoping to become the next leader of the country's largest American Indian reservation.  Lovejoy as the first female president and Shelly as the only tribal vice president elected to the top job. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Navajo VP, NM Senator Seek Tribal Presidency

FLAGSTAFF (AP) — Navajos are deciding Tuesday whether to send a woman to the tribal president’s office for the first time or give the vice president four years at the helm.
The candidates — New Mexico state Sen. Lynda Lovejoy and tribal Vice President Ben Shelly — represent a rarity in Navajo presidential races in [...]

Meningitis Case Reported In Flagstaff

The Coconino Health Department has recieved a report of a spinal meningitis case.
The infected woman had been traveling the Greyhound bus from New Orleans through Albuquerque and arrived in Flagstaff on October 27 at 1:20pm.
They are trying to notify potentially exposed persons who may have been traveling on the bus with the ill woman.
Anyone who [...]

Homecoming Continues This Weekend

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.- Homecoming week continues, with the annual favorites, the parade downtown and the football game this Saturday.
 
Starting the day on Saturday will be Cafe au Louie, from 9:00A.M. to 11:00A.M. Students will join NAU alumni and meet the inductee’s to the Blue and Gold Club and the 2010 Alumni Award winners. Tickets run $9 [...]

Flagstaff’s First Zombie Flesh Crawl

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.- Flagstaff will be having its first Zombie Flesh Crawl, Friday, October 29, 2010.
The event will be starting downtown, at Heritage Square, at 5:00P.M. The walk around downtown will begin at 5:30P.M. It will continue for about an hour.
Everyone is welcome, including pets, and is encouraged to dress as zombies. The walk [...]

NAU, Lowell Astronomers Search for Life on Dwarfs

The quest to find life on other planets has been going on for centuries, and now, researchers at NAU and Lowell Observatory are making new discoveries that help prove the building blocks of life are out there.
NAZ Today’s Brandon Ross has the story.