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Fire restrictions lifted throughout northern Arizona
Coconino County, the city of Flagstaff and the Coconino National Forest have now all removed the fire restrictions in place since last month. Folks are reminded to use common sense with their fires and the Forest Service warns that some parts of the forest are online at fs.usda.gov/main/coconino/fire#Permanent%20Restrictions. Good precipitation...
Flagstaff Launches Teachers Closet to Support Educators
The Flagstaff Unified School District Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the FUSD Teachers Closet, a new initiative dedicated to providing essential supplies to our hardworking teachers. The FUSD Teachers Closet will officially open its doors on Aug. 5, offering a wide range of classroom materials at no cost to FUSD educators.
Monsoon Outlook for July 26, 2024
Here is your Monsoon Outlook for Friday, July 26, 2024, provided by the US National Weather Service Flagstaff, Arizona. The National Weather Service Flagstaff Arizona shared that monsoon moisture will remain in place for one more day before a drier air mass moves in from the west. Look for scattered storms today but with activity generally coming to an end starting Saturday. The exception will be the White Mountains region of far east-central Arizona where monsoon moisture will linger.
ABOR, NAU, 20 Arizona school districts form coalition to redesign high school
The Arizona Board of Regents, Northern Arizona University and several school districts are forming a coalition to redesign high school. The effort is called H5 and it’s being spearheaded by NAU's Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy. H5 stands for high school, higher education, high wage, high skill and high demand jobs.
Flagstaff Hosts Fix-It Clinic on August 3
The City of Flagstaff Sustainability Office is excited to announce an upcoming Fix-It Clinic on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Joe C. Montoya Community & Senior Center (245 N. Thorpe Rd.) Fix-It Clinics are community-driven events that pair community members with knowledgeable volunteers...
PFNP has gone to the dogs… prairie dogs
The Petrified Forest National Park has been working with Hubble Trading Post National Historic Site to translocate Gunnison’s Prairie Dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) from a location where they are in conflict with humans to another location where they can thrive and support their ecosystem. A large number of prairie dogs...
Women’s Basketball Earns a Spot on the WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll
ATLANTA, Ga. (July 25, 2024) – A successful year in competition translated over to the classroom for the Northern Arizona University women's basketball team, as the Lumberjacks turned in the 19th-highest grade point average in all of Division I women's basketball, earning a spot on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll.
Arizona gets upgraded credit outlook from SP
(The Center Square) – Arizona now has a positive credit outlook, which means the state continues to be on good economic footing. S&P Global Ratings upgraded the Grand Canyon State’s outlook from “stable” to “positive” citing the state’s economy on the rise and keeping its AA issuer credit rating. According to a press release, that means there’s a “one-in-three” that the rating could increase “over the next two years.” "The...
Alabama man pleads guilty to sending violent online messages to Arizona election workers
An Alabama man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending violent messages to Maricopa County election workers during the state's 2022 primary elections. Between Aug. 2, 2022, to Aug. 4, 2022, 60-year-old Brian Ogstad of Cullman, Alabama, sent multiple threatening direct messages to an Instagram account maintained by Maricopa County Elections, according to the U.S....
Retail chain Big Lots to close 13 locations across Arizona
PHOENIX – Big Lots will be closing over a dozen of its Arizona stores, a product of the company’s plans to shut down multiple locations across the country. Thirteen locations across the Grand Canyon State are planned to close sometime this year. Closing stores will have banners on their personal webpages indicating their closure and promoting a 20% off discount with limited exceptions.
The haves and have-nots of Arizona rainfall this week
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It’s been a stormy week in Arizona, and we wanted to see just how much rain fell in the Valley. For the past week, rainfall totals from the Maricopa County Flood Control District paint a picture of haves and have-nots. Around the Phoenix Metro area, seven-day rainfall totals (as of Friday morning) show amounts generally between 0.10″ and 0.25″ of rainfall.
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