Archive for: December, 2007

Bloody Attack Ends In Man’s Arrest

A 25-year-old Flagstaff man has been arrested for attempted murder after police said they found him in a bathroom stabbing a woman in the neck.
Ricky Ray is being held on a $250,000 bond.
Two officers responding to the call early Saturday morning said they found several children coming down the steps of the apartment. Officers said [...]

Hazardous material leaking; I-17 closed south of Flagstaff

The southbound lanes of Interstate 17 are closed about 30 miles south of Flagstaff after a fatal accident involving hazardous materials Monday morning.
The lanes were closed at about 3:45 a.m. and are expected to be closed much of the day.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says a semi truck driver lost control of [...]

Flagstaff Summary – Wednesday 12/30/07

Housing slump hit Flagstaff, too
The Flagstaff real estate market mirrored the national scene in 2007, with home prices falling, sales drying up and properties staying on the market twice as long, on average, as last year.New-home sales plunge to lowest level in more than 12 years
WASHINGTON — The housing market plunged deeper into despair last [...]

Flagstaff man takes on electric car conversion

When car shopping, many drivers are looking for better fuel economy. But how about never needing to get gas…ever? That has more drivers going electric.Bill Schlanger doesn’t have fill up at the pump anymore. He just plugs in. He drives a 1987 Chevy Spirit that he converted to 100% electric. Schlanger owns Electric Blue Motors [...]

Homeless Beds Fall Short as Chill Hits Flagstaff

Shelter beds are in short supply in Flagstaff as temperatures hover near the freezing mark during the day and plunge toward zero at night.
Flagstaff Shelter Services is giving out bed tickets to 25 homeless people a night but has turned away others every night for the past several weeks.
The group has been trying to [...]

Death of man in Flagstaff construction area ’suspicious’

The Coconino County Medical Examiner was conducting an autopsy Thursday morning on the body of a 44-year-old man that was found in a construction area in Flagstaff on Wednesday.
James Dye was found Wednesday in the construction area just off Interstate 40 on the east side of Flagstaff.
Police are calling the death “suspicious,” and weather might [...]

Danson Recalls Grand Canyon Christmases

Former CHEERS star TED DANSON’s festive seasons rarely match up to those he enjoyed as a child in Arizona – because he’d spend Christmas morning staring into the Grand Canyon.
The actor’s parents would pack bourbon and whiskey in flasks and spend much of Christmas Day (25Dec) walking around the rim of the natural wonder.
He recalls, [...]

3 men convicted in rape of teen

FLAGSTAFF – Three men have been convicted of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old Flagstaff woman in the woods.
David Huskon, 40, Michael Reed Jr., 31, and Aaron Charley, 37, were found guilty Friday by a jury in Coconino County Superior Court.
The sexual assaults occurred on May 29, when authorities say the three men, all from Cameron [...]

Jury ready to decide Doney Park rape case

The fate of three men accused of raping a 19-year-old Flagstaff woman this spring in the woods near Doney Park is now in the hands of a Coconino County jury.
Prosecutors in the trial against David T. Huskon, 40, Michael Reed Jr., 31, and Aaron C. Charley, 37, all of Cameron on the Navajo Nation, questioned [...]

Anthropology graduate student helps developers build ranches and respect

A patch of culturally rich land between Flagstaff and the Navajo Nation that has sat unoccupied for hundreds of years is about to be developed with exclusive ranches, but its first inhabitants will not be forgotten.
With the assistance of Northern Arizona University anthropology graduate student Ted Tsouras, developers for Merrill Crater Ranches are not only [...]

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