Local News in Flagstaff

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 21

3 killed in Navajo Nation flood include 7-year-old preparing for her birthday

Flash flooding across the Navajo Nation has damaged roads, forced evacuations and claimed three lives as a late-season surge of monsoon moisture brings heavy rain to the Four Corners region.

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 21

Grand Canyon officials set tentative timeline for restoring water service to South Rim

Grand Canyon National Park officials aim to restore water service to the South Rim by Nov. 16 and to residents by Thanksgiving. Concessionaires would then begin a phased reopening of overnight lodging.

City of Flagstaff Published September 18

City Hall Roof Replacement Project May Result in Temporary Turf Die Off

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 18

Time traveler: Dom Flemons’ musical fire burns across the ages

Singer-songwriter Dom Flemons is known for a roosty, old-timey sound. But more recently the former Flagstaffian has adopted a more contemporary style reflecting modern convictions, anxieties and joys.

City of Flagstaff Published September 18

FLG Awarded Federal Grant to Expand Air Service

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 17

ICE detains man in Flagstaff in first known enforcement operation since opening local office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a man outside his Flagstaff home Wednesday morning in the first known enforcement action since ICE opened a local field office.

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 17

Another flash flood races down Bright Angel Creek in the Grand Canyon

The flood comes after a different deluge on Aug. 29 destroyed infrastructure and led to the deaths of three hikers.

City of Flagstaff Published September 17

City Hosts Educational Events for Prop 404 & Prop 405

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 17

Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a 'workhorse' who shaped water policy, dies at 84

Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West has died. According to his family, Kyl died Wednesday night from a neurological disorder.

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 17

Body found in Grand Canyon was missing hiker, wife says, bringing flood death toll to 3

Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week were those of the last remaining person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August, the victim's wife said Thursday.

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 16

Questions of integrity rise as water levels fall

The Central Arizona Project board is voicing disagreement over whether federal water reclamation plans are fair to Arizona and other lower basin states.

KNAU Arizona Public Radio Published September 16

Staffing problems stall federal investigations of missing and killed Native people

An audit report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit reveals staffing challenges, a backlog of hundreds of case referrals and families left without required victims' services.