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Citizens Okay With Forest Thinning Efforts
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Some Prescott area residents say they’re OK with forest officials using prescribed burns and other means to clear away excess growth in nearby national forests.
About a dozen people attended a meeting Thursday in Prescott to hear about the Forest Service’s proposal to thin out overcrowded trees and brush on 55,000 acres [...]
Congresswoman Tours Damaged Black Canyon City
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick got a first hand look at the muddy mess that covers a Black Canyon City recreational vehicle park north of Phoenix.
The first-term Democrat spent two hours surveying flood damage Friday with much of her time occupied at the River’s Edge RV Park.
A thick layer of mud now [...]
Chino Valley’s Lone Well Has Problems
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The only water well serving the community of Chino Valley may have to be shut down for a major overhaul.
The town is rushing to drill a new well at one of nine other well sites that have been identified. That project could cost water users in the town of about 9,000 [...]
DPS Ranger Assists YCSO in Locating Armed Suspect
PRESCOTT (NAZ Today)– On October 31, 2009, at approximately 11 A.M., Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported family fight in the 2800 block of Dana Street, Humboldt. Prior to reaching the location, deputies were contacted by the girlfriend of the disturbing party who warned deputies that her boyfriend, 46-year-old Bruce Burger, was [...]
Prescott Avoids Taking Stance on New Town
PRESCOTT (AP) – The majority of Prescott City Council members decided that taking no action on incorporation of Williamson Valley was the best course.
By a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the council chose not to take a stand on whether the neighborhood north of Prescott should become a city.
Most of the council expressed reservations about putting Prescott [...]
Appeals Court Allows Prescott Election to Resume
PRESCOTT (AP) – An Arizona Court of Appeals ruling has allowed Prescott’s general election to resume.
About 5,000 of Prescott’s total 24,996 ballots had been on hold since last Friday because of Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Michael Bluff’s ruling prohibiting the city from continuing with its Nov. 3 general election.
The appeals court’s decision Monday prompted [...]
Yavapai County Confirms First Swine Flu Death
PRESCOTT (AP) — Yavapai County health officials are reporting the county’s first death from the swine flu virus.
Yavapai County Community Health Services reported late Monday that a middle-aged man with the virus died Sunday.
County Health Officer Robert Resendes would not give any further information on the man because of privacy issues.
A news release said the [...]
Plane Crash at Prescott Airport; Fatalities Reported
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP)— Authorities say a small plane crashed Monday afternoon near the Prescott Municipal Airport after it developed problems soon after takeoff, killing both people aboard.
A spokesman for the Prescott Fire Department confirmed the fatalities.
The identities of the two victims aren’t immediately known.
Authorities
say the plane was registered to a Los Angeles resident, but it [...]
