Flagstaff News

Two people were injured when two semi’s collided on eastbound Interstate-40 Wednesday morning near the Interstate-17 interchange in Flagstaff. DPS officials say a semi-truck hit a Fed Ex truck just west of the interchange at around 8:15 a.m. DPS says it’s unclear how the accident occurred but both were off to the right so trafficFull Story

Paid parking in Flagstaff will be free into 2021. ParkFlag has been free since March. The move is to continue to draw people to downtown businesses as they try and recover from pandemic closures. Council member Charlie Odegaard brought up another issue currently with downtown parking. He says “because of everyone’s efforts to bring peopleFull Story

COVID-19 testing continues in Flagstaff. The testing site at Fort Tuthill County Park is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and Saturdays form 8 a.m. until noon. Both saliva testing and nasal testing is available Monday through Friday with just saliva testing on Saturdays. A testing site is also open forFull Story

Flagstaff Fire crews tended to a small fire on Highway 89 in East Flagstaff early Friday morning. Fire officials say the fire was burned bushes in front of the new Northern Arizona Healthcare Children’s Health Center, which used to be the old Lay-Z Boy Furniture Store. They say the fire was started by transients. ThreeFull Story

Gas prices across Arizona are down over a cent this week. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas at the state’s pumps is $2.30 a gallon. In Flagstaff, the average price of gas is unchanged from last week, staying at $2.37 a gallon. Some stations are selling gas for $2.29 and lower. In Prescott,Full Story

The Fourth Street Bridge will be closed this weekend over Interstate-40 in Flagstaff. ADOT says the closure will run from 8 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday as work continues on the bridge replacement project. Pedestrians, bicyclists and emergency vehicles will have access across Fourth Street during the closure. Drivers can use Huntington Drive orFull Story

The long-awaited Navajo Blue Travel Plaza is opening Friday at Twin Arrows. The gas station and market has been under construction for months and work has finally finished on the facility. The opening comes at a key time for Navajo Gaming as casinos have been closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The projectFull Story

A fire started in a forestry area of Doney Park on Monday and another one in the same area started Tuesday morning. Multiple fire crews responded to a fire that came close to a home Monday at around 4:30 p.m. on Orange Box Drive off Koch Field Road. Crews from Summit Fire and Medical andFull Story

San Francisco Street will be closed at the intersection with Route 66 in Flagstaff overnight Wednesday for railroad-related signal work. ADOT officials say the closure will begin at 9 p.m. Wednesday and run through 5 a.m. Thursday. During the closure, city workers will repair a possible water leak due to water surfacing issues in theFull Story

The Navajo Nation’s 2020 Census Office is partnering with Navajo Nation Gaming to host two Census events in September. One event will be in the parking lot of Northern Edge Casino in New Mexico on September 19th. The second will be held September 26th at Twin Arrows Casino east of Flagstaff on Interstate-40. Census countsFull Story