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Repaving to Close Streets from 66 to Butler

The city of Flagstaff is performing a roadway improvement project next week. There will be partial and full street closures from Route 66 to Butler Avenue for paving.  Paving will be contingent on the weather.
Pedestrians should prepare to find alternative routes or allow extra time throughout the week.
For more information on the roadway construction, contact Flagstaff [...]

New Developer Takes Over Sawmill Project

RED Development L.L.C. closed escrow today taking ownership, as well as financial responsibility, for the Improvment District Bonds for the Sawmill project. The company is already securing letters of intent  with possible tenants to join Pita Jungle and Wildflower Bread Company.
Their intent is to have new stores open in the summer of 2011.
RED will be [...]

Coconino County’s Citizen Prosecutor Academy

COCONINO COUNTY- The Coconino County Attorneys Office will soon be opening its doors to citizens interested in learning about the criminal justice system, by conducting its first Citizen Prosecutor Academy.The one day academy will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010, from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30P.M. It is open and free to any citizen in Coconino [...]

Coconino County Reports Human Case of West Nile

FLAGSTAFF (AP) — The first human case of West Nile virus in Coconino County this year has been diagnosed in a man from the Leupp area.
Coconino County Health Department officials announced Tuesday that a blood specimen from the patient tested positive for the virus at the Arizona State Health Laboratory. They say the unidentified man [...]

FUSD Plans for Severe Weather

School districts in Flagstaff are actively monitoring the storm warnings and safety of students.
Lunches have been closed in all High, Middle, and Elementery Schools so that students are not exposed to the weather conditions.
The 6th grade classes at Camp Colton have come back to town.
All High School events have been canceled for later this afternoon and [...]

Southwest Airlines Jet Diverted to Flagstaff

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 [...]

2 More Elk Poaching Cases Under Investigation

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two more elk poaching cases are under investigation by state Game and Fish.
The first poaching occurred sometime over the Labor Day weekend, near Clints Well, 37 miles north of Payson.
The bull elk was killed in the Coconino National Forest. After the animal was killed, only the head and a [...]

In this July 5, 2009 file photo, boaters, swimmers, and beach goers enjoy the Colorado River in the lower Colorado River basin area in Yuma, Ariz.  Navajo lawmakers will consider a bill Wednesday to settle the tribe's water rights in the lower Colorado River basin that would give the Navajo Nation 31,000 acre-feet of water a year from the Colorado River. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)

Navajo Lawmakers Table Proposed Water Settlement

FLAGSTAFF (AP) — Navajo lawmakers have tabled a measure to settle the tribe’s water rights in the lower Colorado River basin of northeastern Arizona.
Lawmakers held off on a vote Wednesday to allow more time for public hearings and debate among themselves. They’re expected to take up the measure again within the next two weeks.
The settlement would [...]