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Coconino County

Nov 26, 2018

Navajo Nation drops voter discrimination lawsuit

The Navajo Nation has dropped a legal claim that could have delayed formal certification of the general election results.

lawsuit, Pima County, apartment, fatal shooting
Nov 20, 2018

Navajo Nation suit could delay final vote count

The Navajo Nation is claiming that the state and several counties illegally discriminated against tribal members and kept them from having their votes counted.

Secretary of State-elect Katie Hobbs (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Nov 14, 2018

Glassman concedes, Hobbs still leads

Republican Justin Olson will be taking the second open spot on the Arizona Corporation Commission, and Democrat Katie Hobbs is making headway in her bid to be the next secretary of state.

Nov 8, 2018

Republicans, Democrats in court over election disputes

A legal bid by Republicans to change ballot-counting procedures - presumably in their favor - may be too late to help any of their candidates in close races.

Nov 6, 2018

Arizona appeals decision to strike law banning state contractors from boycotting Israel

Attorneys for the state want a federal appeals court to allow it to deny public contracts to those who boycott Israel, saying Arizona has a legitimate interest in denying support to the Palestine Liberation Army and its "unsavory -- and frequently murderous -- ends.''

First graders in Irene Hammerquist's class at Bales Elementary School put together paper pumpkins decorated with fall-themed spelling words. Hammerquist said she teaches all of her students that sometimes a lesson has to be taught in a variety of ways to reach everyone. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 5, 2018

Surrogate parents for students with special needs lacking statewide

More volunteers are being sought to advocate for students with special education needs who have no one in their lives to see that those needs are being met.

The Arizona State Veterans Home in Phoenix, near Indian School Road and Third Street, is a 200-bed nursing care facility.
Oct 16, 2017

Lack of federal funding leaves proposed state veterans homes in limbo

In 2015, the state budget included $9.2 million for a new veterans state home in Yuma. In 2017, $10 million was designated to build a state home in Flagstaff. However, construction is stalled on both projects because this state funding makes up only 35 percent of total costs.

Nov 7, 2016

County officials hike to bottom of Grand Canyon to set up polls for Havasupai Tribe

Coconino County officials have sent somebody down to the Havasupai Indian Reservation – a tribe of about 450 people living on the southwest region of the Grand Canyon for every major election since 1968.

Feb 19, 2015

Bill seeks to crack down on fake service animals by allowing restaurants to ban all service animals

Republican Rep. Bob Thorpe of Flagstaff wants to ensure that the fluffy dog sitting next to you in a restaurant is really a service animal, and not just someone’s pet.

Nov 20, 2014

Coconino County to begin enforcing cellphone ban

Coconino County authorities can start citing drivers Saturday for talking on their cellphones without a hands-free device.

Oct 22, 2013

Coconino County Jail adding sweat lodge for Native American inmates

Kelvin Long, a Navajo who will serve as cultural adviser for a Native American religious program at the Coconino County Jail, inspects a circular rebar frame that will be covered with blankets to form a sweat lodge.

Jun 18, 2013

US House passes bill to fix decades-old property-line snafu in Coconino County

WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a bill to fix a federal surveying error that had put homes of some residents of the Mountainaire subdivision partly in the Coconino National Forest.

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