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Feb 10, 2012

Federal court rejects challenge to Arizona Snowbowla��s mountain snow-making plan

A federal appeals panel Thursday upheld a lower courta��s ruling that Arizona Snowbowl can use reclaimed water to make snow on federal land at the Flagstaff ski resort.

Jan 19, 2012

U.S. mayors report forecasts slow recovery for Arizona metro areas

Arizona’s metro areas are at least four years away from returning to pre-recession employment levels, according to a report issued Wednesday.

Dec 28, 2011

Flagstaff on track for zero murders in 2011

FLAGSTAFF a�� Flagstaff police say there hasn't been a single murder in the city this year. If that holds true through December, it will be the first year since at least 1967 that a murder hadn't been committed in the mountain city.

Nov 13, 2011

Percival Lowell: Stargazer

The man at the eyepiece of the telescope is Percival Lowell, early day astronomer and founder of Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. He spent the better part of a lifetime probing the solar system — gazing into the lens of this Clark 24-inch refractor telescope (now a registered national historic landmark) from atop Mars Hill in Flagstaff.

Oct 25, 2011

Redistricting committee may not make concrete recommendations to IRC

A joint committee created to craft the Legislature’s recommendations to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission spent more than four hours on Monday listening to an airing of every grievance conservatives have with the redistricting process.

And in the end, it may not actually make any recommendations at all.

Sep 30, 2011

At Flagstaff clinic, women seeking abortions told to go to Phoenix

Beth Otterstein, a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood Arizona’s clinic here, says patients sometimes break down and cry when they hear the news: If they want abortions, they now have to travel to Phoenix for a 15-minute consultation with a doctor and then stay overnight to have the procedure. It’s an expense that some can’t afford, and no other facility in the area provides abortions.

Aug 24, 2011

Immigration conference to be held in Flagstaff

Business, civic and religious groups will hold a conference Saturday in Flagstaff to examine alternatives for confronting Arizona's immigration woes.

Jun 30, 2011

Man who killed 9-year-old to be executed today

Nine-year-old Jennifer Wilson was on vacation with her family in Flagstaff in June 1988 when she went for a bike ride and never came back.

Jun 2, 2011

Feds sending $29M in emergency road funds to AZ

The federal government is sending more than $29 million to Arizona to help pay for repairs to roads and highways caused by last year's storms and wildfires.

Apr 25, 2011

Flagstaff ’s Basque La Cancha

On the historic Sanborne Fire Insurance maps of downtown Flagstaff, this imposing, walled sandstone open court is listed as a ruin, nearly from the time it was built in 1926.

Mar 18, 2011

Arizona unemployment up, matches national trend

The unemployment rate in Arizona rose to 10 percent in January, up from 9.2 percent in December. The new figures, released Friday, match the national upward trend.

Mar 8, 2011

Meetings set on mining around Grand Canyon

Public meetings are being held this week on proposals to address mining around the Grand Canyon.

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