Flagstaff News

Both Flagstaff and Coconino high schools have released their 2020 high school football schedules with hopes they will begin play in August. The Flagstaff Eagles will begin their season earlier than usual. They will open up in the Flagstaff Kickoff Classic Friday, August 21st against the Peoria Panthers in the Skydome. The following week theyFull Story

There are no new COVID-19 related deaths in Coconino County heading into the Memorial Day Weekend. There have been 68 people who have died in the county from the virus thus far. Negative test results are up 235 from Thursday to over 65-hundred total. Positive cases are up to 959. The number of positive testsFull Story

Arizona heads into the holiday weekend with nearly 16-thousand cases of COVID-19 with 775 deaths. State health officials say there were 12 more deaths and 293 more cases reported, with over eight-thousand new tests reported Friday. As far as Northern Arizona counties, Navajo County reports nearly 15-hundred cases, Apache County has over eleven-hundred cases, withFull Story

Gas prices are up across Arizona as we head into the Memorial Day Weekend. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas is up just over two-cents a gallon to $2.10. In Flagstaff, prices at the pump jumped nearly three-cents a gallon this week to $2.28 a gallon. Some stations are selling gas at $2.23Full Story

The U.S. Forest Service has banned all campfires in Arizona through the end of June. The order prohibits the “igniting, building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, including charcoal grills and barbecues, as well as coal and wood burning stoves” in all six National Forests in the state. Campers or visitors to the forest canFull Story

The Navajo Nation will be under a 57-hour weekend curfew again for the Memorial Day Weekend. Once again the curfew also includes businesses on the reservation. As of Wednesday, the death toll from the virus is 146 on the Navajo Nation. Health officials say the number of positive cases are now over 42-hundred. Over 27-thousandFull Story

Over 12-hundred people have recovered from COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation. According to the latest report, about 1,235 have recovered from the virus, however there are two more deaths and 96 new cases of the coronavirus on the reservation as of Friday. The death toll from the virus is 149. Health officials say the numberFull Story

The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Coconino County has been declining since the first of the month. Health officials say back on May 2nd, there were ten deaths record, which has consistently decreased to three so far this week. There was another death recorded Thursday for 68 total in the county. Negative test resultsFull Story

Arizona has passed the 15-thousand positive COVID-19 case mark with 763 deaths related to the virus. As cases and death continue to rise, the percentage of positive tests to those who have been tested remains stable at 5.8-percent. Last week the percentage was 6.4-percent. Over 237-thousand Arizonans have been tested for COVID-19 thus far, withFull Story

Lowell Observatory has resumed science operations after stopping due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Operations resumed Monday under new protocols at the observatory. Scientists immediately went to work studying the Comet Atlas, which started to break up in early March. Astronomers started capturing images of the comet that was discovered in late 2019. Even though workFull Story