Archive for: September, 2006

Flagstaff Independent Business Alliance – Oct. 5 Event

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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 [...]

Officers draw guns on driver,but don’t fire

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.
Arizona Daily Sun

NASA Desert Rats Live webcams Online From Meteor Crater

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 [...]

NAU Theater kicks off season with ‘The Diviners’

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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 [...]

Student struck by lightning improves

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.
Arizona Daily Sun

NAU seeks 16% budget hike

“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 [...]

Statements from indicted fire manager allowed at trial

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 [...]

Flagstaff runway extension wins key FAA funding

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. [...]

Water bills on the rise

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 [...]

Man shot and killed by officers was on meth, cocaine

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 [...]

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