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Hon-Dah Casino on the White Mountain Apache reservation suspended gaming operations Sunday night and will close Monday after two employees have tested positive for COVID-19. The closure is also due to other employees entering mandatory self-quarantine. Casino officials say they are acting “swiftly to protect the health, safety and welfare of our employees and ourFull Story

Early voting is moving right along in Coconino County. The county elections office says as of the end of the day Friday, 32-percent of those who have received their early ballots have voted. Officials say the county sent out 67,396 early ballots and 21,617 have already turned their ballots in. If you would like anFull Story

The Fiesta Bowl, The Arizona Lottery, NAU Athletics and BHHS Legacy are partnering to provide personal protective equipment to teachers across the state, including Flagstaff. Through this effort, 50,000 masks will be distributed to teachers across the state. The event will take place Thursday at Flagstaff High School from four-to-six p.m. In addition to theFull Story

Coconino County Sheriff’s officials are looking for information into a discovery of human remains north of Baderville earlier this month. Detectives responded to the area along Highway 180 back on October 3rd, after a hunter reported finding suspicious bones, possible human remains. Detectives confirmed they were human and opened up a homicide investigation. A preliminaryFull Story

It was a big night for the Coconino and Flagstaff high school football teams as both won in blowouts on the road Friday night. The Coconino Panthers led Prescott 28-0 at halftime and rolled to a 41-0 win. Running back Zach Bennett had 32 carries for 145 yards and two touchdowns and Manuel Cardoza hadFull Story

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a lawsuit that would have given the Navajo Nation ten extra days after Election Day to count ballots mailed from tribal members living on the reservation. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously Thursday that allegations brought on by six members of the tribe saying, because mail serviceFull Story

Gas prices continue to fall in Arizona. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas in the state this week is $2.67 a gallon, which is down just over two cents from last week. In Flagstaff, gas prices stayed put at $2.38 a gallon on average. Some stations are selling gas for $2.29 and lower.Full Story

Investigators are asking for information into a 17 year old cold case in Yavapai County. Yavapai Silent Witness is offering at $10-thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with a double murder in 2003 near Bumble Bee. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say back in October of 2003, Brandon Rumbaugh and hisFull Story

A man was arrested after he tossed nearly 300 fentanyl pills out of his vehicle during a traffic stop Monday morning on Interstate-17 near Cordes Junction. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over a silver colored four door Kia Sedan driving southbound on I-17 without a license plate. When the driver noticed the deputy, he startedFull Story

A New Hampshire man’s body has been found 350 feet below the rim of the Grand Canyon Wednesday morning. National Park Service officials say they received a call Tuesday at around noon about a possible suicide just east of the Yavapai Geology Museum. Staff conducted a search and located the body of 29-year-old Chad HaffordFull Story