Sat 30 Sep 2006
FIBA Networking Event & Skills Workshop
5:30 – 7PM Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006 at Bigfoot BBQ
(Basement Marketplace of Old Town Shops, corner of Birch Ave. and Leroux St.)
Complimentary refreshments provided. FIBA is a voluntary, cooperative effort of independent, local businesses who education, networking, non-political advocacy and citizen involvement to help community prosper and contribute to a diverse, healthy and stable economy.
Fri 29 Sep 2006
Flagstaff police had their guns drawn Wednesday on an approaching driver who refused to get out of his car after a traffic stop.
But even though the driver’s speeding vehicle passed within a foot of one officer and clipped a patrol car, the officers decided not to fire.
Fri 29 Sep 2006
The Desert RATS is a NASA-led team of research partners working together to prepare for human-robotic exploration. This “working group,” led by NASA personnel, is comprised of both NASA and non-NASA Members.
The Desert RATS field test activity is the culmination of the various individual science and advanced engineering discipline areas year-long technology and operations development efforts into a coordinated field test demonstration under representative (analog) planetary surface terrain conditions. The purpose of the RATS effort is to drive out preliminary exploration operational concepts for EVA system requirements by providing hands-on experience with simulated planetary surface exploration extravehicular activity (EVA) hardware and procedures.
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Thu 28 Sep 2006
James Leonard’s funny and profoundly human play, The Diviners, kicks off Northern Arizona University’s theater season with performances Oct. 6-14 in the Studio Theater on the NAU campus.
Directed by NAU theater professor Mac Groves and acted by NAU theater students, The Diviners is about a 14-year-old mentally impaired boy whose memories of almost drowning when a toddler haunt him until he finds help from a burned-out country preacher.
Thu 28 Sep 2006
Zach Cuppy, the Northern Arizona University freshman who was hit by lightning earlier this month, has been upgraded to fair condition, according to Flagstaff Medical Center officials Wednesday.
Wed 27 Sep 2006
“Hard on the heels of a 1,500-student increase in overall enrollment this fall, Northern Arizona University is going to the Board of Regents this week with a request for a 15.8 percent increase in next year’s budget. That is nearly twice the rate of increase being sought by either Arizona State University or the University of Arizona. It amounts to $28.2 million more than this year’s base budget of $178.6 million.”
Tue 26 Sep 2006
A federal judge says a former U-S Forest Service fire commander’s confession that he started two fires can be used against him at his trial.
The attorney for Van Bateman wanted the statements thrown out, saying they were coerced. But District Judge Paul Rosenblatt found last week that there was no coercion and that investigators gave him a chance to leave, take breaks and to be silent.
Sun 24 Sep 2006
The approval of the final Environmental Assessment for the Flagstaff Airport runway extension by the FAA on July 14th seemed to pave the way, but complete funding was problematic.
It was announced at the last Airport Commission meeting, on September 14th, that $10 million has been earmarked by the FAA for the runway extension project. This grant plus an additional $2.5 million in FAA discretionary funds plus $2.5 million in ADOT funding meets the $15 million engineering estimate for the project.
The runway will be extended from 6,999 feet to 8,800 feet. The extension will increase safety, permit take offs by heavier laden private jets, and allow regional jet airliners to be scheduled in Flagstaff. While the current runway can accommodate many full-sized airliners, the smaller regional jets require longer runways. This is due to various special characteristics that make these aircraft more efficient and quieter in operation.
Sat 23 Sep 2006
Gasoline prices may be falling nationally, but Flagstaff residents are likely to see the price of water go up in January — but not by as much as originally proposed.
As for housing developers, they will likely face a new water development fee per unit that will reach $1,400 by 2009.
The city Water Commission was set Thursday to recommend sharp increases in water and sewer user fees to make up for stagnant rates that have not been increased in more than a decade.
Fri 22 Sep 2006
The Coconino County Medical Examiner says a man who was shot and killed by police was high on meth and cocaine the night he sped his car at two anti-gang task force officers.
Kyle Garcia’s urine had 49 times the amount required to test positive for meth and 45 times the amount required to test positive for cocaine.
Fri 22 Sep 2006
No charges will be filed in the accident.
A 2-year-old girl is dead after a neighbor accidentally ran over the child yesterday.
Fri 22 Sep 2006
Volunteer Scott Richardson, of Flagstaff, found a horned full skull in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument late last month. The complete find yielded two never before seen dinosaurs of approximately 75 million years of age.
For more, see: The Salt Lake Tribune
Thu 21 Sep 2006
Grab your cruiser bike and slip into your alter-ego - New Belgium’s philanthropic cycling circus, Tour de Fat, has hit the road for its seventh season! The roadshow series makes its stop in Flagstaff on Saturday, September 30, 2006. The Tour hits an additional ten cities across the West while the entire crew travels on B100 biodiesel fuel. The Tour de Fat brings together bike enthusiasts and bon vivants of every stripe in an all-out ballyhoo of bikes and beer. Costumes and decorated bikes are the rule as the participants come for a bike parade, good music and entertainment, then stay for the beer.
Thu 21 Sep 2006
Enrollment dipped slightly at the UA this year, while growth at ASU and NAU pushed student counts to record levels.This fall, the University of Arizona accepted its largest freshman class ever at 6,009 students and also set a record for the greatest portion of minority students, according to data released Wednesday.Overall, the UA has 36,805 students, down from 37,036 last year and 36,932 in 2004.
Wed 20 Sep 2006
Northern Arizona University has recorded the largest enrollment in the institution’s 107-year history, with a student population of 20,562, nearly 1,500 students over last fall’s enrollment.
Enrollment increased 1,493 students over fall 2005’s 19,069, a 7.8 percent jump.
Wed 20 Sep 2006
There was an angry elk at the Grand Canyon this morning.
Park officials say the elk attacked a long-time resident of the park at about six a.m. He was running along a trail when he saw the animal. He says the elk was rubbing its antlers on a tree and acting aggressively.
The man ran off the trail and around the elk into the woods, but the elk ran after him and knocked him down.
Wed 20 Sep 2006
Home sales inside the city dropped 44 percent last month over the same period a year ago.
As Flagstaff’s housing market has cooled, homes are taking longer to sell. Houses that sold in July were on the market for an average of 54 days, compared to 32 days for the same month in 2005.
Tue 19 Sep 2006
An official with the National Labor Review Board has ruled that administrators at Flagstaff Medical Center repeatedly violated labor laws weeks before nurses voted whether to unionize.
The finding invalidates the results from a two-day vote in June and would have forced FMC to hold a new election in the fall, but an appeal of the ruling by FMC will delay a new election until next June.
In June, nurses opted against union representation for the second time in three years by a 242 to 211 vote.
Mon 18 Sep 2006
A rally to pressure the United Nations to send troops into genocide-stricken Sudan drew some 30,000 protesters yesterday to Central Park.Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, actress Mira Sorvino, singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega and U.S. Olympic speed-skating medalist Joey Cheek joined the rally, one of 30 held worldwide yesterday.
At least 200,000 people have been killed in the Darfur region of Sudan and more than 2 million have fled their homes since 2003, when ethnic African tribes revolted against the Arab-led government. The government is accused of unleashing brutal Arab militiamen known as the Janjaweed in the remote western province.
The UN Security Council has approved a peacekeeping force of 22,600 troops, but no deadline has been set to deploy them.
Take action to stop the tragedy in Darfur
Sat 16 Sep 2006
Even though loved ones of Zachary Cuppy, the NAU student who was struck by lightning nearly a week ago, are hoping for a full recovery, they are learning to take things slowly while the 18-year-old freshman recuperates.
