Rio de Flag

An NAU student, who was found dead last month, passed away from drowning in the Rio de Flag. The cause of 21-year-old Kain Turner’s death was released by the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday. Before he was found, Turner’s family sent information that he had been missing. The toxicology report stated Turner hadFull Story

The Flagstaff Police Department continues to investigate the death of 32-year-old Vanessa Lee. The New Mexico woman was found dead in the Rio de Flag near 101 South Butler Avenue on Tuesday at about 5:30 p.m. If anyone knows where she was prior to her death, contact the Flagstaff Police Department or Silent Witness atFull Story

The Flagstaff City Council conducted two special work sessions Tuesday, one squarely focused on funding for the Rio de Flag project. The council is moving forward with a plan that could include using stormwater fees and an increase in the sales tax. A possible quarter-percent sales tax increase would go to the voters in November.Full Story

The Flagstaff City Council will have a pair of special work sessions today at City Hall. The first session begins at 4:30 with council discussing a ballot measure for the Rio de Flag project. The city will discuss increasing revenues to fund Flagstaff’s contribution for the flood mitigation project. When the construction phase of theFull Story

The Flagstaff City Council is on the road again Tuesday as they conduct their work session at the Murdoch Center. A lot of important discussions will take place on major topics. Municipal ID cards will be discussed, along with an overview of Proposition 207 and council will receive an update on the Rio de FlagFull Story

If the Rio de Flag project isn’t completed, Flagstaff could see a loss of property close to a billion dollars if a 100-year flood hits before it’s finished. That was the word at a community forum Tuesday held by the City of Flagstaff in the council chambers at city hall. Plans to expand the waterwayFull Story

The City of Flagstaff has received a million dollars in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fiscal year 2017 work plan for the Rio de Flag flood control project. The money will complete the design to allow the city to engage with BNSF Railroad regarding land acquisition, which would place Flagstaff in a better positionFull Story

The City of Flagstaff received over 102-million dollars in federal funds from the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 last month, that will go toward the Rio de Flag project. Construction on the project will be done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and will improve over a mile-and-a-half of flood control channel, whichFull Story