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Monsoon Outlook for July 2 & 3, 2024
Here is your Monsoon Outlook for Tuesday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 3, 2024, provided by the US National Weather Service Flagstaff, Arizona. The weather is starting to dry out over the next few days and then heat up later this week and over the weekend. As storm chances fade and the heat builds, be aware when planning your weekend, heat-related impacts will become very real.
Full circle: Natural resource specialist Shandiin Tallman uses Navajo farm-life knowledge for job
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Growing up on her family’s small farm on Navajo Mountain, Utah, Shandiin Tallman learned how to read the landscape, protect sensitive ecosystems and even wield a chainsaw. Now, as a natural resource specialist for Arizona Public Service’s forestry department, Tallman makes sure the company is...
Downtown Flagstaff First Friday ArtWalk: July 5
First Friday ArtWalk presented through a partnership of the Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance and Creative Flagstaff will be held from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2024. 108th Army Band will be in Heritage Square at 5:30 p.m. Art galleries and local businesses in historic Downtown...
Around the Rez: Week of July 3
The Kayenta Township will have a "Celebrating Freedom Together" parade July 4 at 10 a.m. through town. The Independence Day celebration is an open show rodeo July 4 and 5. There will be firework shows July 4 at the rodeo starting at 6 p.m. A junior rodeo is scheduled for July 6. The pow wow will be held July 5 and 6.
Fire restrictions lowered for Coconino County, Flagstaff
COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. — After recent record rainfall and consultation with partner agencies in the region, Coconino County, Coconino National Forest and Flagstaff downgraded fire restrictions June 28. Forest managers typically lift fire restrictions when at least a half-inch of precipitation has been received over more than two-thirds of...
Second NAU runner qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics
A second runner from Northern Arizona University has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Abdihamid Nur finished second Sunday in the men's 5,000-meter with a time of 13:09.01 at the U.S. Olympic Team trials in Oregon. Nur graduated from NAU in 2022 and still lives and trains in Flagstaff. He...
Keegan Knott Earns Roster Spot for 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (July 1, 2024) – Following the Paralympic trials in Minnesota this weekend, NAU's Keegan Knott has been officially announced the U.S. Paralympic roster for the Paris games. The Illinois native will be returning as a Paralympian for Team USA after previously competing in her first-ever games in Tokyo as the youngest on the 2021 roster. Knott will be chasing her first Paralympic podium finish in Paris. "I'm very proud of her efforts, she swam a tough race and executed the plan well," head coach Andy Johns said. Knott competed in the 100 backstroke, the 400 freestyle, and the...
4 Arizonans qualify for Paris Olympics on final day of US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials
EUGENE, Ore. — The road to Paris runs through Flagstaff!. The northern Arizona city has long been seen as one of the top places to train for distance runners due to its elevation (about 7,000 feet, or 2,130 meters, above sea level). And on Sunday, that reputation proved worthy as four runners with ties to the city qualified to run for Team USA at the 2024 Olympics in Paris at the US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Sedona Fire District Conducts Harrowing Rescue on Broken Arrow Trail, Ensures Safety Amidst UTV Crash
SEDONA – (July 1, 2024) Sunday, June 30, 2024, at approximately 9:45 AM, the Sedona Fire District. (SFD) was dispatched for a rescue call transferred from Coconino County Dispatch. The call was for a. patient experiencing a life-threatening heat-related illness near Chicken Point along the Broken Arrow Trail. An...
Lori Vallow's Arizona murder trial pushed to 2025
Lori Vallow's murder trial was rescheduled for early 2025 during a hearing Tuesday. Vallow appeared briefly in Maricopa County Superior Court for the status hearing but left after the judge decided a news camera could film the proceedings. Vallow's attorney, Gerald Bradley, had argued to have news cameras removed from the court and for the sealing of all recordings of the hearing made by the court's own camera system.
New ASU water institute aims to challenge water and climate problems worldwide
Water — and the future of water supplies — continue to be critical issues both here in Arizona and across the world. A new entity at ASU will aim to help find solutions to those concerns. Upmanu Lall is a professor in ASU’s School of Complex Adaptive Systems...
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