Northern Arizona University’s graduate physical therapy program ranks among the best in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report’s annual ranking of America’s Best Graduate Schools released today.
NAU is tied with six other universities that rank 16th in the nation. The rankings are based on the results of peer assessment surveys sent to deans, [...]
PHOENIX — The Navajo Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in an effort to raise awareness of tribal courts.
The hearing is open to the public and will examine whether the Navajo Housing Authority should pay a claim for a wrongful termination through the Navajo [...]
Applying techniques used to scope out caves on Earth to probe the possibility of caves on Mars is paying off.
NAU researchers Glen Cushing and J. Judson Wynne, working at the U.S. Geological Survey, propose that photos from the Mars Odyssey mission reveal football-field size holes that could be entrances to caves.
“If there is life on [...]
The National Park Service is soliciting public comments and ideas for improvements and projects for the coming decade, in conjunction with a plan to raise $3 billion nationally for parks.
Flagstaff’s national monuments and the Grand Canyon are seeking comments Monday about what should be improved or added over the next decade. There is an open [...]
Masseur gets 6 years for sex assault
A Flagstaff masseur who admitted to fondling female clients was sentenced on three felony counts involving sexual misconduct Thursday, netting him 6 years in prison.
General surgeon is top doc
As one of eight general surgeons around Flagstaff, Andrew Aldridge sees all kinds of cases at Flagstaff Medical Center.
Rape charge for [...]
FREDONIA, Ariz. After a 15 year hiatus, uranium mining is set to resume in northern Arizona.
Denison Mines of Canada, the owner of the nearest uranium processing mill in southern Utah, announced plans to reopen a uranium mine southwest of Fredonia on the Arizona Strip.
The Bureau of Land Management says the number of uranium claims on [...]
Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl has announced that the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University will receive $2 million in 2007 to support its efforts to restore forest health.
In addition to the ERI funding, Kyl announced that the U.S. Forest Service approved another $2.3 million for forest thinning projects to restore forest health and [...]
In coordination with the National Association of Development Organizations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will participate in a two-day public workshop from this Thursday to Friday at the Northern Arizona campus in Flagstaff, Ariz.
The EPA hopes to educate cities, towns, redevelopment agencies and community members along the Route 66 corridor and northeastern Arizona on [...]
The Flagstaff City Council has learned that keeping the noise from trains down is going to cost nearly $4 million dollars.
The council is looking at establishing true “quiet zones” at the city’s five railroad crossings.
During tonight’s City Council work session, city staffers will present five scenarios for the [...]
Northern Arizona is likely to see drought, higher-than-average temperatures and a big fire season that could start early, fire forecasters predicted late last week.
The monsoon is expected to arrive on time in early or mid July, but drought is expected to intensify across the Southwest in the weeks beforehand, an advisory released by the U.S. [...]
