FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Coconino County’s contractor is preparing to conduct pavement preservation operations starting next Monday, June 3 along the six-mile stretch of Lake Mary Road between the Flagstaff city limits and Milepost 332. C & E Paving & Grading is scheduled to work during daylight hours. Traffic control will be in place and pilot […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Residents of the Coconino Estates neighborhood can begin moving sandbags to the curb in front of their home in late July, following the completion of the Schultz Creek Drainage Improvements Project at US Hwy 180. City of Flagstaff crews will begin sandbag pick-up and removal from the neighborhood in August. City employees […]

Flagstaff, AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Intermountain Forensics and the Coconino County Office of the Medical Examiner has identified remains found at the base of Mt Elden in 2019 as Mark Austin Dunne, a man reported missing from Phoenix in 2017. Dunne’s skeletal remains were discovered by a hiker on […]

Coconino County, AZ; The 2024 Memorial Day Weekend, encompassing May 24-27, resulted in a significant increase in calls for service and incidents stemming from holiday weekend activities throughout Northern Arizona. Sheriff’s Deputies worked closely with Officers from the United States Forest Service, National Park Service, Arizona Game and Fish, and other Northern Arizona public safety […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., May 24, 2024 — An overhaul to Flagstaff’s busiest trailhead and a brand-new mountain biking trail are just two recent improvements in the Mount Elden-Dry Lake Hills (MEDL) area. The Mount Elden Trailhead reopened Thursday following eight weeks of construction with a new parking lot designed to accommodate 50 vehicles as well as […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – The City of Flagstaff’s parking management program, ParkFlag, will implement a new booting and towing policy effective June 1. This policy is part of the City’s ongoing commitment to enhancing parking enforcement and ensuring the fair and equitable use of parking spaces in the Downtown Parking District. The primary goal of the […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – Flagstaff City Hall offices at 211 W. Aspen Ave. will be closed on Monday, May 27 in honor of Memorial Day. City Hall offices will reopen on Tuesday, May 28 at 8 a.m. City of Flagstaff facilities that are also closed on Memorial Day include: East Flagstaff Community Library (3000 N. Fourth […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – The speed limit on portions of Butler Ave has been reduced, effective immediately. The speed limit on Butler Ave from S Milton Rd/ Rte 66 to E Sawmill Rd was reduced from 35 mph to 30 mph and the speed limit from E Sawmill Rd to Ponderosa Pkwy was reduced from 40 […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., May 15, 2024 — The Coconino National Forest’s Flagstaff Ranger District (FRD) is soliciting public comments on a proposed forest thinning project aimed at reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire in the Flagstaff area. The Leroux Fuels Management Project aims to treat roughly 1,885 acres of Coconino National Forest land west of the […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Work to install traffic calming infrastructure in the Boulder Pointe neighborhood and on Woodland Dr will begin on Monday, May 20 and will be complete in August 2024. The purpose of the project is to address speeding concerns in the area by installing traffic calming measures that include traffic circles, pedestrian crossings […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Coconino County Public Works Department has restored the top speed limit along the southernmost 10 miles of Lake Mary Road to 50 miles per hour. The speed limit was lowered to 35 mph on May 7 between Milepost 300.5 and State Route 87 during U.S. Forest Service (USFS) backburning operations for […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — After unanimous approval from the Board of Supervisors (Board), Andy Bertelsen will be Coconino County’s next County Manager. Bertelsen is currently Deputy County Manager and will begin his new role on July 1. “Andy has a wealth of experience in public service spanning over 25 years in Northern Arizona,” said Jeronimo Vasquez, […]