Flagstaff News

One person is dead after a roll-over accident Sunday afternoon on Highway 180 near Baderville. DPS officials say the accident happened at around 1:27 p.m. A silver Ford passenger car went off the road, struck a tree and overturned west of Baderville and Snowbowl Road. Summit and Flagstaff fire crews helped the three people trappedFull Story

The Monsoon Season begins Saturday in Arizona. However, even though the season will get underway this weekend, afternoon storms don’t kick into gear until around the Fourth of July. The National Weather Service predicts a later than usual start to season this year. Forecasters predict the season could get going in mid-July. They also predictFull Story

Road construction on West Route 66 will ramp up starting Monday. ADOT says the highly-traveled road will be narrowed to one lane in each direction to install a pedestrian hybrid beacon at the intersection of West Route 66 and Blackbird Roost Street, right across from The Standard construction site. Work is expected to last fiveFull Story

Gas prices could be below three-dollars a gallon on average very soon. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas in Arizona is down nearly seven-cents a gallon this week to $3.02. In Flagstaff, gas price were down a cent to $3.25 a gallon on average. Some stations are selling gas for $3.07 and lower.Full Story

Traffic on Switzer Canyon Drive will be re-routed next week due to ongoing construction of the roundabout at Turquoise Drive. City officials say northbound traffic on Switzer Canyon will be directed onto northbound Turquoise Drive and that traffic will have the option of turning directly onto Ponderosa Parkway or continuing to Forest View Drive. SouthboundFull Story

A Flagstaff man, known to those who knew him as “Hippy Jerry,” was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Colorado Tuesday evening. Colorado State Patrol officials say 63-year-old Jerold Lunsford of Flagstaff was killed when he lost control of his truck around a curve, after driving at a high rate of speed on Highway 145.Full Story

Arizona Senator Martha McSally is keeping Flagstaff and Northern Arizona forest projecets in mind after she introduced a bill Thursday morning called the “Accelerating Forest Restoration And By Product Removal Act of 2019.” McSally discussed her bill in Thursday’s Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the outlook for wildland fire and management programs for 2019.Full Story

Candidates for Flagstaff City Manager have been narrowed to four and the public is invited to meet the candidates. The city council received 51 applications for the position. The final candidates are Steve Barwick, who was the City Manager in Aspen, Colorado and has 38 years experience in public service. Andrew Bertelsen, who has 21Full Story

A repaving project is set to get underway in Flagstaff. City officials say Chambers Drive between Milton Road and South Riordon Ranch street will be partially closed from Wednesday until June 28th for re-paving work. Detours will be put in place to get around the project. The work is part of the voter-approved 2014 PropFull Story

Flagstaff Police are searching for a Vail man wanted in connection with a felony investigation in Pima County. Authorities are looking for 36-year-old Aaron Fountain, who fled Flagstaff Police Monday night in the area of North Thorpe Park near the Francis Short Pond. Officers, with assistance of the DPS Ranger helicopter were unable to locateFull Story