Flagstaff News

Governor Ducey gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday afternoon. He told the media things look better today than they did ten days ago, but there’s a long way to go. Ducey announced a new executive order that would limit dine-in service at restaurants to “less than 50-percent capacity.” He also says there willFull Story

Cottonwood Police, along with help from their K9 “Kratos,” seized over three pounds of black tar heroin during a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon. Officers were conducting interdiction operations in the area and pulled over a 1999 Chevy Silverado at around 2:39 p.m. in the area of I-17 and State Route 169. Police arrested 35-year-old FidelFull Story

The Fourth Street Bridge in Flagstaff will be closed from July 17th through August 3rd for the ongoing bridge replacement project. ADOT says even though the bridge will be off-limits to vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists and emergency vehicles will still have access to the crossing. During this time, both directions of Interstate-40 will be narrowed toFull Story

Current Flagstaff mayoral candidate Victor Varela is under investigation by the Arizona Attorney General’s office for submitting falsified information to run for mayor. He told the “Arizona Daily Sun” this week that he did submit “fraudulent signatures” saying “I got the names from Facebook. I got the addresses from a phone book. I made upFull Story

A new development went before the Flagstaff Planning and Zoning Commission last night. Developers are looking for a zone change of around 14 acres of the property from medium density residential to highway commercial on the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Butler Avenue in Flagstaff. The mixed-use development known as The Elkwood Flagstaff ApartmentsFull Story

Day Nine of the “Catch 22” program focuses on the search for a robbery suspect in Camp Verde in 2014, who has skipped out on his probation. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say sometime between February and June of 2014, then 19-year-old Austin Hanson broke into a residence in the 18-hundred block of Long Rifle RoadFull Story

U.S. Marshals have arrested “Catch 22” Day Seven suspect Jared Neil Kelly in Flagstaff. In the early evening of January 21st, 2019, the 39-year-old Kelly was driving in the area of South State Route 260 and East Prairie Lane in Cottonwood. It was then when he collided with the rear end of another vehicle thatFull Story

Flagstaff Police are investigating a fire that apparently was started by someone throwing a “Molotov cocktail.” Officers responded to an area behind the Summit Park Condominiums at 14-hundred block of North Fourth Street at around 2:10 a.m. Wednesday morning on reports of a fire in the area. Upon arrival, officers located a large pine treeFull Story

A helicopter pilot was killed Tuesday while flying a firefighting mission near the Polles Fire burning near Payson. Fire officials say the pilot was 37-year-old Bryan Boatman of Glendale, who leaves behind a wife and eight-year-old child. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Governor Doug Ducey has ordered flags at all state buildingsFull Story

The Flagstaff City Council met Tuesday evening to discuss and consider various grants and resolutions. The discussion regarding road closures downtown to allow for expanded business space continued from last week. The expanded business space downtown will include safety regulations and require permits for businesses selling alcohol. Council authorized the acquisition of five more parcelsFull Story