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Northern Arizona University's newest degree focuses on advanced manufacturing
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (145+ words) Northern Arizona University is introducing a new three-year degree to prepare students for a career in advanced manufacturing. The degree will prepare students to build microelectronics and semiconductors. Classes start this fall through the College of Engineering and also be…...
Papa Fire grows to 133 acres east of Flagstaff
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (193+ words) Crews are working to contain a fast-moving wildfire east of Flagstaff Tuesday. Coconino National Forest officials say the 133-acre Papa Fire started around 2: 30 p. m. Monday just north of Winona, about 13 miles east of Flagstaff. Warm, windy and dry conditions pushed the…...
Crews working to contain wildfire east of Flagstaff during red flag conditions
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (204+ words) The Papa Fire has grown to 100 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and Coconino National Forest. Crews on the Coconino National Forest are working to contain a 30-acre wildfire about 13 miles east of Flagstaff. The Papa Fire…...
Trump administration tries again to get Arizona voter data
1+ week, 40+ min ago (656+ words) The Trump administration is making another legal bid to get the records of Arizona's more than 4. 3 million registered voters. Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the civil rights division at the U. S. Department of Justice, filed the legal paperwork saying she is going…...
Energy company again asks feds to permit a hydropower project on the Navajo Nation
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (444+ words) Once again, an energy company with ties to France is asking a federal agency to allow exploration of a possible hydropower project on the Navajo Nation. Nature and People First applied for a preliminary permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory…...
Arizona Supreme Court denies Mayes' appeal against sending fake elector case back to grand jury
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (395+ words) The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a prosecutor's appeal of an order that the state's fake elector case against President Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others over the 2020 presidential…...
Grand Canyon to shut off backcountry water for pipeline work
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (173+ words) Grand Canyon National Park officials will shut off water service in the inner canyon for a week as crews work on the Transcanyon Waterline and the Havasupai Gardens pumphouse. Workers will install a new section of piping along the River…...
Flagstaff council renames Columbus Avenue, extends Switzer Canyon Drive
2+ week, 2+ day ago (191+ words) The Flagstaff City Council voted last Tuesday to rename Columbus Avenue. The change extends Switzer Canyon Drive an additional three blocks from the San Francisco Street intersection to Humphreys Street. The proposal came from members of the Native American Club…...
The BLM might allow oil and gas drilling in northwest Arizona. One geologist is skeptical
3+ week, 1+ day ago (451+ words) Almost 80, 000 acres of public land in northwest Arizona could be opened up for oil and gas drilling in December. That's the basis of a May 12 proposal from the U. S. Bureau of Land Management to allow leasing in the region near Grand…...
East Flagstaff Community Market is Back at the Flagstaff Mall May 16
3+ week, 5+ day ago (461+ words) Local flavors and community pride take center stage as the East Flagstaff Community Market brings together regional vendors, artisans and small businesses for a lively day of shopping and connection. Located in the east parking lot, guests can browse a…...