Navajo County News

Snowflake-Taylor Police Chief Jerry VanWinkle reported at the May 22 Snowflake Town Council meeting that his department received an allocation of $10,000 in Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations funds that can be used for law enforcement purposes.

The Navajo County Court Appointed Special Advocate program will receive special notice on statewide television beginning June 1 when a 30-second commercial will begin airing as a promotion for the state lottery.

Arno Hall, director of Navajo County Juvenile Services, presents fleece blankets made by Navajo County juvenile probationers to Sandra Lewis, the social service director for Campus of Care in Winslow.

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.

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

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

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.

In 2011, the state legislature passed a cost-cutting measure that changed the 50/50 ratio paid by the state and its employees for costs associated with the Arizona State Retirement System.

Authorities say an 8-year-old boy playing with matches allegedly started a small brush fire in northeastern Arizona that came within 100 feet of the U.S. Forest Service building.

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.

A request to tie into Navajo County's contract to slurry seal town streets brought many questions and suggestions by Taylor Councilman Shawn Palmer last week, but in the end the request was granted.

The Southern Solution project is, "not quite as old as that tree you just saw," jested Snowflake Town Manager Paul Watson, referring to the 100-year old tree that is one of 11 "State Witness Trees" as he introduced Rob Toy, engineer on the project.

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.

NAVAJO COUNTY, Ariz. -- The Navajo County Attorney is sharing his side of an Arizona case that has drawn international attention.

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.

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $45,000 one-year grant to North Country Healthcare to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer.