A fledgling nonprofit group has all but scrapped its plans to put a temporary homeless shelter in the city-owned Home Alternatives building on West Phoenix Avenue.
An 11th-hour requirement by the city to raise the floor five feet because the building sits in a floodplain is too expensive for the nonprofit’s budget.
But that doesn’t mean the [...]
Kelly Addington once believed that rape only happened to girls who made stupid choices. One horrible night showed her it wasn’t true.
Now she, with the help of her best friend Becca, is sharing her story of being drugged and raped, with students at more than 100 universities across the country, including Northern Arizona University.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Two men pistol-whipped and bound an employee at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Flagstaff before making away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Flagstaff police Sergeant Tom Boughner says the men forced the employee to open the safe for them during the confrontation around 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Before they left, the thieves used [...]
The future of an annual Sunnyside event is in jeopardy after a city committee refused to issue a permit to event organizers.
In a one-page letter outlining the city’s special event routing committee’s decision, a city staffer cited inadequate parking and objections to noise by neighbors of La Joya de Sunnyside Fiesta de Independencia at Ponderosa [...]
Calling underage drinking the biggest substance-abuse threat facing Arizona children, Gov. Janet Napolitano on Monday announced a yearlong campaign to combat the problem.
Dubbed Draw the Line, the effort will target both kids and their parents, trying to raise awareness about a problem that’s anything but new. More than half of Arizona eighth-graders reported having used [...]
A Purina pet food plant in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA will boost production by 20%, add 50 new warehouse and production workers and build an addition on its warehouse.
Company officials say work on the 91,000-square-foot warehouse expansion should begin in January, with the warehouse expected to open in early 2009.
Plant manager Bill Calloway says the expansion [...]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Half of Arizonans polled would be willing to dig deeper into their pockets to do something about traffic congestion.
Nine out 10 of those questioned for a Grand Canyon State Poll said traffic congestion was a problem or somewhat of a problem.
Fifty-two percent said they’d be willing to pay higher taxes for [...]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) _ Just how many antique guns are in his collection is a “state secret,” said Peter Stuyvesant Wainwright, but one little gun in the ample collection is as important as any. It is the 4-pound, 22-caliber undersized rifle he uses to demonstrate firearms safety to boys and girls in his classes for [...]
Gov. Janet Napolitano named the directors of the new non-profit economic-development organization unveiled earlier this month and announced that she would serve as chairwoman of the group.
The Arizona Economic Resource Organization will be funded with public and private money, and will work with the Arizona Global Network, a related non-profit Napolitano formed to direct foreign [...]
Summit Fire has sent three firefighters and a battalion chief to Riverside, Calif., to fight the raging wildfires there.
“This is such a hurry-up that they were told to call when they got across state lines and get their information” about where to report, said Paul Simpson, captain at Summit.
Flagstaff Fire Department has sent two engines [...]
