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A part-time employee and counselor at the Camp Verde Detention Center passed away this week after getting sick with symptoms of COVID-19. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say the person worked for Wexford Health Sources at the center. After several days in the hospital for various medical concerns, the counselor passed away Monday. During his hospitalFull Story

Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a suspect who killed a dog with a crossbow Thursday morning in Humboldt. Deputies were called to the intersection of Calumet Street and 3rd Alley at around 8:30 a.m. When they arrived they found a Mastiff was dead due to a projectile shot from a crossbow. Authorities locatedFull Story

Coconino County now has a second death linked to the Coronavirus. There are no details about the second person, but health officials say the first person is a man in his 50s, but had underlying health issues. Officials are working to identify and contact anyone who may have been in close contact with both deaths.Full Story

Coconino County has its first death linked to the Coronavirus. Health officials say a man in his 50s died from COVID-19, but had underlying health issues. Officials are working to identify and contact anyone who may have been in close contact with the man. These people will be asked to quarantine or isolate as necessaryFull Story

One person was killed Wednesday night after a train hit a man in Flagstaff. Police say two men were standing on the railroad crossing, between east and westbound trains, at North Ponderosa Parkway and East Route 66 at around 10 p.m. The victim, 28-year-old Travis Haudley of Lukachukai, was hit by the westbound train andFull Story

The search is on to try and locate the body of a man who reportedly climbed over a safety barrier at the Grand Canyon Skywalk Saturday and apparently jumped. Grand Canyon West officials say the 28-year-old jumped at around 4:30 p.m. The Skywalk is an attraction on the west side of the Grand Canyon thatFull Story

A 77-year-old man passed away this week at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. National Park officials responded to an emergency call on a river trip on Tuesday below Deer Creek Falls along the Colorado River. Responding rangers immediately initiated life-saving techniques on Kenneth Reece from Tasmania, Australia upon arrival, but he pronounced dead atFull Story

Friends, athletes and members of the community gathered in the NAU Skydome parking lot Thursday night to remember former NAU offensive lineman Malik Noshi. Those gathered lit candles, told stories and shared hugs and prayers in remembrance of “Big Mal.” The 22-year-old Las Vegas native was found unresponsive at his residence at around noon onFull Story

A Flagstaff man was killed Wednesday morning in East Flagstaff. Police say 53-year-old Richard Ratcliff was at the Riliberto’s Restaurant in the 36-hundred block of East Route 66 at around 12:46 a.m. Authorities say Ratcliff left a sidewalk near the drive-thru window and walked into a truck as it drove forward. A witness says theFull Story

One of two men who were arrested in connection with the sale of mimic pills that allegedly caused the death of an 18-year-old Prescott Valley man, has rejected a plea deal and will head to trial. Prescott Valley Police were called to a home in the 84-hundred block of East Leigh Drive in June ofFull Story