WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Joe Shirley, Jr. affirmed the Navajo Nation’s full support for the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (S 1171) at a Senate hearing today.
“The Navajo Nation overwhelmingly supports the settlement of our water rights claims on the San Juan River, the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, and the framework to provide sustainable [...]
June 30, 2007 | Posted in
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A house under construction went up in flames and sent firefighters chasing down wind-whipped spot fires Friday morning.
According to Flagstaff police and firefighters, at about 9:18 Friday morning, an FPD officer noticed smoke and flames in the area of the 1200 block of North Fourth Street.
The fire department responded to find 60- to 70-foot flames [...]
June 30, 2007 | Posted in
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A Coconino County Sheriff’s deputy has located Roosevelt Sims, the 65-year-old man aboard an Amtrak train who was ejected for appearing drunk and out of control about 5 miles outside of the city of Williams in Northern Arizona.
Sims was diagnosed with diabetes just last week. His family says that explains his strange behavior on an [...]
June 29, 2007 | Posted in
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Change of plea in brutal murder
On Tuesday, Kenneth A. Moore, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in the death of Lori G. Justus. The plea agreement traded possible execution for a life prison sentence.
Izabel fire costs pegged at $20,000
The cost of last week’s Izabel fire will take some time to officially tabulate, [...]
June 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Arizona lawmakers consider Dan Frazier to be such an entrepreneurial hyena that they passed a bill that would cut into his profits and then attached an emergency tag to the bill so that it would go into effect immediately.
Frazier sells T-shirts.
“I never expected it to come to this,” he told me. “But I’m not backing [...]
June 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Three young boys have confessed to accidentally setting last week’s Izabel fire while playing with fireworks in the woods, and could face felony criminal charges in connection with the blaze.
The fire burned about 5 acres on the east-facing slope of McMillan Mesa Friday afternoon before being contained. The fire apparently started within about 100 yards [...]
June 26, 2007 | Posted in
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A wildfire that burned within the city limits of Flagstaff on Friday was believed to be started by juveniles playing with fireworks.
The “Izabel Fire” that spread five and a half acres near the Sunnyside neighborhood in eastern Flagstaff has been contained, said Mark Brehl, coordinator of Community Fire Wise for the Flagstaff Fire Department.
Homes were [...]
June 23, 2007 | Posted in
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Six brand-new Acuras are toast after the car carrier hauling them to Denver went up in flames on Interstate 40.
DPS officers say bearings in the trailer’s rear axle overheated and seized yesterday, sparking the blaze on an open stretch of highway about 25 miles east of Flagstaff.
The driver of the big-rig was able to disconnect [...]
June 23, 2007 | Posted in
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Following an early morning board meeting on Friday, Coconino Community College now has a new president: Leah L. Bornstein, currently chief executive officer of Colorado Mountain College.
The CCC District Governing Board met in special session and voted unanimously to appoint Bornstein to head Coconino Community College, according to a CCC press release.
CCC is a Flagstaff-based [...]
June 23, 2007 | Posted in
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Firefighters are battling two wildfires in the Flagstaff area with one blaze prompting evacuation warnings for residents of one neighborhood.
The “Izabel Fire” is burning in east Flagstaff, just west of Izabel Street and north of Second Avenue.
Police were telling residents to be prepared to leave.
Fire crews from several agencies and Coconino County Animal Services were [...]
June 22, 2007 | Posted in
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