Holbrook News

If there is a connoisseur of Route 66, it may very well be Roger Naylor. Over the past 17 years that Naylor has been writing, no other subject matter has held greater fascination for him than historic Route 66.

The Environmental Protection Agency has earmarked $700,000 for cleaning up contaminated sites and revitalizing communities along Historic Route 66 in northern Arizona, and the City of Holbrook will seek a portion of the funding to tear down derelict buildings and clean up hazardous properties.

Billy Paschal of Holbrook uses a pair of binoculars to project an image of the May 22 solar eclipse on to a wall for his daughter, Elizabeth and neighbor, Julian Duran to view.

Photo by Teri Walker -- Holbrook residents greeted the nearly 400 motorcycle riders who rode through town last week on their 24th annual Run for the Wall, a cross-country ride that ends at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers weren't certain how many states were represented, but said riders came from as far away as Hawaii and ... (more)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $700,000 grant to identify problematic abandoned gas stations along Route 66 in northern Arizona, reported KNAU , a public radio station.

Three teenagers who had been reported missing in Georgia were arrested after being pulled over in Holbrook in a stolen car, authorities said.

Helium is used in many industrial applications such as in the manufacture of optical fiber and LCD screens, in medical imaging, and in welding.

White Mountain Connection, the bus line from Pinetop to Holbrook with stops in Show Low, Taylor and Snowflake, was being funded with money from the Navajo County Local Transportation Assistance Fund provided through the Arizona Department of Transportation , but that funding has been eliminated.

A repaving project will soon be getting underway on Hopi Drive, a major thoroughfare in Holbrook, and will cause traffic restrictions for the duration of the week-long project.

A German film crew under the direction of Karl Teuschl was in Holbrook May 2 filming the second portion of a documentary on the sites along historic Route 66.

Algae Biosciences Corporation announced today that it has granted an incentive stock option to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 common shares without par value to an employee who is also an officer of one of the Company's subsidiaries.

The Navajo County Community College District Governing Board will conduct Truth in Taxation and budget adoption public hearings on the 2012-2013 Northland Pioneer College budget and district primary property tax levy at 10 a.m. May 15 in the Painted Desert Campus Tiponi Community Center Eagle's Nest Conference Room, 2251 E. Navajo Blvd.