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Coconino County gets $20 million to help with post-wildfire flooding projects
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — About 11,000 people travel on Highway 89 in a typical day as it connects Flagstaff to Utah, Colorado, the Hopi Reservation, and the Navajo Nation. However, it has been closed over a dozen times recently due to post-wildfire flooding. The 2022 Pipeline Fire burned over 25,000...
Earth Jam 2024
On April 20, NAU school organizations, SUN Entertainment, NAU Green Fund, ASNAU, SSLUG garden and STAC hosted Earth Jam on North Lawn. The event included student vendors, lawn games and musical performances as a celebration of Earth Day. 🎥 Victoria Medina and Lian Muneno.
Police Beat April 15-21: Aggravated assault on an officer and animals on campus
Editor’s Note: This story contains reports of suicide and assault, which some readers may find disturbing. At 7:27 a.m., an employee reported criminal damage at South San Francisco Street and East Franklin Avenue. NAUPD responded, took a report and notified Facility Services. At 9:35 a.m., an employee reported an...
Arizona Storytellers: John Dunlap
KJZZ partners with the Arizona Republic to bring you the Arizona Storytellers series. We record the live events and share them with you on the radio. Storytellers share stories about our community or the life events that have shaped them. John Dunlap grew up in Flagstaff. His grandparents came to...
Gov. Hobbs declares April Alcohol Awareness Month
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs declared April as Alcohol Awareness Month on April 8. Alcohol Awareness Month highlights Arizona’s resources available year-round for alcohol abuse awareness. To raise awareness for substance abuse, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) started Alcohol Awareness Month in April 1987. NCAAD is...
Faculty Senate refuses fossil fuel divestment letter
The NAU Faculty Senate voted April 15 not to endorse a letter advocating for greater accountability from NAU’s investing standards. The letter was brought to the senate by Fossil Free NAU (FFNAU), a student-based organization advocating for change in NAU’s investment policy. Divestment is the opposite of investment,...
Spilling the beans on Satchmo’s barbecue
As I was walking through downtown Flagstaff a few weeks ago, I was trying to find a particular taco restaurant. All I could remember was it was next to a barbecue joint, so I searched for barbecue restaurants near me. Instead of finding what I was looking for, I saw a restaurant I had never heard of before but immediately wanted to try.
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