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Grant Awarded To Coconino County Sheriff’s Search And Rescue
The Arizona Community Foundation is awarding a grant to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team. The money will come from a fund set up after the Slide Fire. The grant is for just over 11-thousand dollars and will go to buying satellite equipment that will allow for faster communication with responders and fireFull Story
Flagstaff Is One Of America’s Happiest Places
Flagstaff is one of the happiest places in America. According to a new report from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University, Flagstaff is ranked sixth among U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest reported happiness. Researchers say Flagstaff’s weather played a role in being happy along with growth. The five cities that beat outFull Story
Hundreds Of New Arizona Laws Begin Today
Over 270 laws take effect today in Arizona. One of the new laws allows unannounced inspections of abortion clinics by health inspectors, which puts clinics in the same inspection process with other health facilities. Other new laws include: making it a crime to give someone the means to commit suicide, pawnbrokers are now allowed toFull Story
Public Transportation Usage In Flagstaff Up
A new report says the use of public transportation is on the rise in Arizona. The study from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group says people are driving less and more are taking mass transit. The report says public transportation ridership is up over the last decade in Flagstaff. Nearly two-million people rode public transitFull Story
Two Northern Arizona Companies To Help Forest Fire Prevention
Two companies in Northern Arizona are being awarded with the opportunity to accept biomass deliveries by the US Department of Agriculture. Novo BioPower of Snowflake and Forest Energy Corporation of Show Low are two of just 36 energy facilities in the country allowed to take dead or diseased trees from National Forests and Bureau ofFull Story
Flags Flying At Half-Staff On Navajo Nation
Flags are flying at half-staff on the Navajo Nation today in the honor of Code talker Edward Anderson, who died Sunday in Phoenix. Flags will be lowered in honor of Anderson through sunset Saturday. He is one of several Navajos that trained in a code based on the Navajo language in World War Two. FuneralFull Story
Williams Man Dies In Car Accident
A Williams man is dead after he was involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident earlier this week. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say 32-year-old Rocky Deibler was in the vehicle with another person when it slid across both lanes of Drake Road Monday. The vehicle then hit a large boulder on the shoulder and rolled overFull Story
Tourism Brought Around $20-Million To Arizona In 2013
More than 39-million people visited the state and spent nearly 20-billion dollars last year. That’s according to a new report from the Arizona Office of Tourism. The 20-billion dollars spent in Arizona, breaks down to about 53-million dollars being pumped into the state’s economy each day. Tourism spending generated nearly 300-thousand jobs in the stateFull Story
Sitgreaves Complex Fire Burning Near Parks
The Sitgreaves Complex Fire has now burned over 17-hundred acres near Williams. The Duck and Stigreaves fires are burning five miles north of Parks. There are no structures being threatened. The Forest Service has set up a community meeting for tomorrow evening at 5:30 at the Maine School Gymnasium to talk to the residents aboutFull Story
Fay Fire Remains 25-Acres Burned
Firefighters are optimistic they can get a good handle on the Fay Fire burning about four miles northwest of Sedona. The 25-acre fire was caused by a plane crash that killed four people in Fay Canyon Sunday. Fire crews removed the four bodies from the crash site yesterday. Fay Canyon and Bear Mountain trailheads remainFull Story