Flagstaff News

Texting and driving in Arizona will soon be illegal statewide. The House voted 44-16 Thursday to pass HB 2316, which will ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving. The bill was sponsored by Prescott Representative Noel Campbell and if signed into law, it will be active beginning January 1st, 2021. For first offense, driversFull Story

The City of Flagstaff has closed Turquoise Drive and Canyon Terrace at the intersection of Switzer Canyon Drive. The closure is necessary to construct a roundabout at the location. The closure is until further notice. If you use those roads for your daily commute, you may need to take extra time to get to yourFull Story

The Flagstaff Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit is looking for information into a theft Last Friday at Target on Milton Road in Flagstaff. Officials say a male between the ages of 18 and 21-years-old walked into the store and used a pair of scissors to remove head phones from a locked case. The teen leftFull Story

A woman who lives in east Flagstaff and teaches music at Williams High School was named 2019 Coconino County Teacher of the Year. Beverly Stearns teaches two band classes and choir at Williams High School. She graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in music education. Finalists for the award include Brad Houston fromFull Story

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a critical incident response drill next Wednesday at Cromer School in Doney Park. Officials say the drill will take place between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. and will involve personnel from the sheriff’s office and Summit Fire and Medical. Residents should be made aware that the drillFull Story

Yavapai County Sheriff’s K9 deputies seized 18 pounds of meth during a recent traffic stop. Deputies stopped a silver Nissan Altima back on April 3rd at around 10:30 p.m. at the Orme/Dugas off ramp on Interstate-17. The driver, David Tienda-Calixtro from Georgia, gave deputies a Mexican ID and was not licensed to drive. During theFull Story

Traffic issues have been a topic of concern to the Flagstaff City Council before, and with the new development of a Senior Care living facility on North Jasper Drive, nothing has changed. With a school in the area, the council found traffic congestion an important issue to resolve. Another concern the council had was theFull Story

Flagstaff Police are looking for information into the theft of a motorhome Monday morning from the Flagstaff Medical Center parking lot, while the man was being treated in the hospital. The vehicle was taken at around 4:42 a.m. and it’s described as a 1971 Chrysler Cabana that is yellow and white in color with theFull Story

If you heard a loud noise in Flagstaff Monday night, you weren’t alone. Many people contacted us, wondering what the noise was. City of Flagstaff officials say large C-17 aircraft from the east coast practiced high-altitude landings at the Flagstaff Airport. Officials say because of Flagstaff’s altitude and airport in general, it makes the perfectFull Story

The trial of a man accused of stabbing his landlord to death in Flagstaff in 2017 begins Wednesday. Twenty-one-year-old James Womble was arrested on a second-degree murder charge after he allegedly stabbed 63-year-old Peter Gillespie six-to-eight times with a pair of scissors after they were involved in a tenant-landlord dispute in July 2017. Gillespie laterFull Story