Snowflake News

Photo by Naomi Hatch -- Testing on a small incinerator, which has the capability of incinerating solid waste, is being done at Larson Waste for the Department of Defense.

Nolan Larson of Larson Waste in Snowflake has been appointed to the Arizona Commerce Authority Rural Business Development Advisory Council, representing Navajo County.

A thornless honey locust tree in Snowflake has been designated as one of 11 centennial witness trees in the state.

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.

The proposed plan for a solar electrical generating facility to be constructed north of Snowflake amidst the Dry Lake wind farms has been put on hold by the company until an interested buyer for the electricity is found.

Snowflake Town Engineer Rob Emmett reviewed the tentative Arizona Department of Transportation five-year transportation facilities construction program for fiscal years 2013-17 with the town council April 24.

Granted, the White Mountain Sun Devil Club and Alumni Chapter is mostly known these days for its fundraising efforts to renovate Camp Tontozona.