Flagstaff News

A mainstay on Route 66, “The Museum Club” is closing its doors after Sunday. The bar and concert venue closed in September of 2017, but reopened three months later. Owners posted a message on Facebook Tuesday with the announcement. “The Museum Club” has been a mainstay in Flagstaff since 1931 as a taxidermy shop, tradingFull Story

Flagstaff’s minimum wage increases to $15 an hour January 1st. The increase stems from an ordinance passed by the voters in the November 2016 and amended by the city council in 2017. The Minimum Wage Ordinance covers all people in the city who work, or expected to work, 25 or more hours a week inFull Story

The Navajo Nation has extended its Stay at Home/Shelter in Place lockdown order for two additional weeks. Tribal officials say these measures are intended to further ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic by restricting movement of individuals on the Nation to limit contact to prevent the spread of the virus and to alleviateFull Story

Law enforcement along Interstate-40 will be conducting a New Year’s Eve DUI task force. Agencies participating in the event include the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, Flagstaff Police, DPS, Winslow Police, Williams Police and the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement will be bulked up New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to help keep theFull Story

Governor Doug Ducey has appointed Coconino County deputy attorney Brian Furuya to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Court of Appeals. Ducey says Brian’s “broad experience in both public and private sectors, as well as his deep respect for the rule of law” were big reasons for his appointment. Furuya has served as deputy countyFull Story

Mountain Express service to Arizona Snowbowl will start Saturday. Mountain Express is a partnership between Arizona Snowbowl and Mountain Line, funded by Arizona Snowbowl and offered free of charge to all passengers. The bus to Snowbowl starts at the downtown connection center, with stops at Flagstaff High School, Pioneer Museum and Hart Prairie Lodge. TheFull Story

Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday she has secured a provision in the Congressionally-passed Water Resources Development Act. The provision directs the Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the completion of the Rio de Flag Flood Control Project in Flagstaff. Sinema says completion of the project will “protect the Flagstaff community from catastrophic floods, spur jobFull Story

Health care workers at Northern Arizona Healthcare began taking the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Hospital staff at both Verde Valley and Flagstaff medical centers started the vaccination process after both facilities received 14-hundred doses of the vaccine total, which will be distributed to first line responders and hospital staff over the next week. The veryFull Story

Coconino County Sheriff’s deputies were exposed to an unknown substance consistent with fentanyl during a traffic stop Monday afternoon near Flagstaff. Officials say deputies attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle at around 3:22 p.m. that was traveling north on Hutton Ranch Road from Townsend Winona Road. The vehicle wouldn’t stop so the pursuit wentFull Story

Dan Musselman is been named the new Flagstaff Police Chief. Musselman has worked in law enforcement for over 30 years, most recently Flagstaff’s Interim Police Chief since June 2020. Musselman joined the Flagstaff Police Department in November 1995 and has worked as one of the city’s Deputy Police Chiefs since 2012. Prior to working forFull Story