The chase began Tuesday in Flagstaff, Ariz. It ended 250 miles later in Kanab. But only after Arizona Highway Patrol officers spiked the tires of the Honda Accord, and Kane County sheriff’s officers did the same after the car crossed the state line into Utah.
The driver, a man wanted on several felony warrants in Utah, [...]
Gov. Janet Napolitano announced that Northern Arizona University President John Haeger is up for Senate confirmation for his appointment to the state Board of Education.
Haeger’s senate hearing will be Wednesday, Feb. 28.
“President Haeger’s leadership at NAU will serve him well on the board,” Napolitano said. “He has demonstrated his commitment to education since his years [...]
The Flagstaff City Council heard a proposal Monday to start charging development impact fees of up to $15,199 a lot.
Consultant Christopher Cullinan said the proposed fees would force new development to pay its fair share of increased costs for services and facilities. The proposal comes from a $70,000 study council approved last year to re-examine [...]
Schuff International, Inc., a family of companies providing fully integrated steel construction services, announced that its subsidiary Schuff Steel Company has purchased a facility outside of Flagstaff.
The 132,000-square-foot facility is located on 15 acres in Bellemont, Az which is approx. 10 miles west of Flagstaff.
“The Flagstaff facility will continue to expand Schuff’s fabrication capacity, allowing [...]
Unlike most people who go to rivers to watch them flow, Jane Marks goes to rivers to help them flow.
Marks, an associate professor in the biological sciences department, is developing ways to help rivers rebound to their natural ecosystems after dams are removed. Her first-hand experience of dam-removal research is featured in the March 2007 [...]
A developer agreed to delay plans for a four-story apartment complex that would tower over adjacent single-story houses after homeowners expressed anger over not being consulted on the project.
The complex was to be considered by the city’s development review board this Thursday. But Scottsdale-based developer Rich Baxter said he intends to hold back his plans [...]
Flagstaff-area homeowners are seeing assessed values jump, on average, more than 20 percent for the second year in a row.
As valuation notices trickle into mailboxes, some homeowners will see an even bigger spike in valuations — Old Flagstaff near downtown experienced a 40 percent jump in the average market value of homes.
And in the bedroom [...]
A tractor-trailer rolled on Interstate 17 south of Sunset Point this morning, spilling debris across the southbound lanes and blocking traffic for most of the day.
Naomi DeHoag, a dispatcher at the Department of Public Safety’s Flagstaff office, said officers hope to have the accident cleared before 5 p.m. At 3:20 p.m., a heavy-duty tow truck [...]
Two elderly women were robbed at knifepoint in their Doney Park-area home Friday. The intruder cut one of the women on the hand and disabled all of their phones before escaping.
According to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, at about 2 p.m., the man knocked on the front door of the home on Burris Lane off [...]
Nurses at Flagstaff Medical Center are going to have to wait a little longer before heading back to the voting booths.
The National Labor Relations Board recently announced it would delay setting up a new election for the 500 nurses eligible to vote on a union at FMC until after new unfair labor practice charges against [...]
