Coconino County News Archives

A Patagonia woman has sued the organizers of a sweat-lodge ceremony that turned deadly earlier this month near Sedona.

The first two lawsuits against the personal-financial guru who led a fatal sweat-lodge ceremony was filed in Coconino County Superior Court on Friday, with a survivor and a victim's family members claiming wrongful death, negligence and fraud, among other allegations.

Transit in Northern Arizona has received a big shot in the arm. In the Verde Valley, big changes will take effect soon.

Most Arizonans will not get a swine flu vaccination once the vaccine becomes readily available, according to the latest Cronkite/Eight Poll.

Health department officials in Coconino County have admitted that several patients were given the wrong dosage of the swine flu vaccine at a clinic over the weekend.

The Coconino County Health Department said another county resident has died from complications of the swine flu.

An effort to recall two Sedona Fire District Governing Board members fell approximately 50 signatures short in the Yavapai County elections office Oct.

The Coconino County Health Department has received a limited supply of H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine.

A Flagstaff business owner has been arrested and accused of taking out fake loans under the names of past customers in an attempt to prop up her struggling tractor business.

Coppermine Road is the chapter's main thoroughfare and runs from Page, Ariz., south to Gap.

Investigators believe the Potato Fire may have started on private property in the Potato Flat area around Potato Tank from a camp fire that was left unattended or became out of control.

Fire crews are battling a blaze north of Flagstaff in the White Horse Hills area, authorities said.

The Coconino County Health Department Maternal and Child Health Program, WUSD Family Resource Center and the Williams Alliance are sponsoring a KidStuff Swap from 10 a.m.-noon on Oct.

The Coconino County Health Department has announced that the CCHD Home Health Program will be discontinued as a result of funding cuts from the Arizona Department of Economic Security and the Northern Arizona Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging.

Voters living within the boundaries of the proposed "town" of Tusayan will be notified in writing by the County Elections Office that the Nov.

The first shipment of vaccine for the H1N1 virus, also known as the "swine flu,' is expected to arrive in Arizona today.

Mesa police arrested a man on suspicion of public sexual indecency near a school Tuesday morning.

Everyone is talking about the H1N1 flu virus. Health officials tell us that a vaccination will be available locally within a few weeks.

The future of the annual Coconino County Horse Races a 4th of July tradition in Northern Arizona since 1955 is in question.

On Tuesday, the Coconino County Elections office will mail ballots to all registered voters in the town of Fredonia and the Fredonia Moccasin Unified School District for the Nov.

Some residents of the scenic northern Arizona city of Williams spent Saturday away from their homes as a prescribed burn that grew out of control threatened the town known as the "Gateway to the Grand Canyon." The U.S. Forest Service said the Twin Fire has scorched about 800 acres and is burning forest undergrowth and Ponderosa Pines on Bill ...

Sixty-five to 70 mph winds will ultimately be the deciding factor today whether the Twin Fire will grow or allow 64 displaced Williams residents back into their homes.

The restricted area is depicted on the attached map, hereby incorporated into this Order as Exhibits A. PROHIBITION : 1. Going into or being upon the restricted area; 36 CFR 261.52 . 2. Being on the road ) EXEMPTIONS : Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 , the following persons are exempt from this closure order: 1. Persons with a Forest Service permit ...

Authorities say 64 homes have been evacuated under threat of a fire that began as a controlled burn but was whipped out of control by gusty winds.

The National Transportation Board is urging Arizona, Florida and South Dakota, the only states in the nation without laws requiring children to wear booster seats after they outgrow child safety seats, to pass laws to get parents to use them.