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  • 1,000 words: Mean machine

    Arizona Daily Sun – Mon Dec 7, 8:45 am ET  

    Members of the DeMiguel Rabid prepare their robot for competition in the First Lego League Smart Move Challenge at Coconino High School on Saturday. In the competition, teams program robots for various terrain, routes, narrow bridges and crash tests. More than 300 local children took part in the event. (Josh Biggs/Arizona Daily Sun/Order this photo at http://photos.azdailysun.com ... Full Story »

  • Navajo politics turn sour over move to cut council

    Arizona Daily Sun – Mon Dec 7, 8:45 am ET  

    An ongoing political battle pitting the president of the vast Navajo Nation against the majority of the tribal council has left ordinary Navajos concerned that the politicians have become too engrossed in petty fights to do the work they were elected to do. Full Story »

  • Reckless motorists not bicyclists' only worry

    Arizona Daily Sun – Mon Dec 7, 8:45 am ET  

    DEAR EARTHTALK: I ride my bike to work along busy urban streets. Should I be worried about inhaling pollutants from vehicle emissions and other sources? Full Story »

  • -- Sustainability tip of the week: How to cut holiday food waste

    Arizona Daily Sun – Mon Dec 7, 8:44 am ET  

    Did you know that more than 30 million tons of food waste is sent to the landfills each year? In the United States, less than 3 percent of food waste is being diverted from our landfills. There are lots of easy and effective ways to minimize food waste. Here are five tips to help get you started this holiday season: Full Story »

  • 1,000 Words: Who needs Pottery Barn?

    Arizona Daily Sun – Sat Dec 5, 7:15 am ET  

    Michael Goblet examines a ceramic colander during the first day of the NAU ceramics sale. The sale will continue today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (James Bauerle/Arizona Daily Sun) Full Story »

  • Google, state now list flu vaccine providers

    Arizona Daily Sun – Sat Dec 5, 7:15 am ET  

    One Web site is now tracking the private and public organizations and businesses that are providing seasonal and swine flu (H1N1) vaccinations to the public. Full Story »

  • Carjacking in Flagstaff

    Arizona Daily Sun – Sat Dec 5, 7:14 am ET  

    Flagstaff police are looking for a man that nearly kidnapped a woman during an attempted carjacking Thursday afternoon Full Story »

  • Robots roll into CHS for tourney

    Arizona Daily Sun – Fri Dec 4, 7:29 am ET  

    A small army of robots will putter and hum into Flagstaff Saturday as another regional robotics tournament comes to Coconino High School. Full Story »

  • City Hall Notebook: Sales/BBB tax renewals on spring ballot

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 3, 7:24 am ET  

    Flagstaff Councilmember Rick Swanson knows the city needs to ask voters to renew the local Bed, Board and Beverage and sales taxes. Full Story »

  • NAU student group raises funds to help homeless

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 3, 7:24 am ET  

    Two weeks before Thanksgiving, members from a handful of humanitarian and civic-minded organizations around Flagstaff were busy canvassing the town with posters advertising their latest donation collection. Full Story »

  • FALA performances start tonight

    Arizona Daily Sun – Thu Dec 3, 7:24 am ET  

    The Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy has several upcoming performances highlighting the culmination of student work: Full Story »

  • Gas leak leads to temporary evacuation

    Arizona Daily Sun – Wed Dec 2, 7:24 am ET  

    A pickup truck hit and damaged an above-ground natural gas piping assembly, causing gas to leak into the air and prompting the evacuation of 40 nearby homes in a north Flagstaff neighborhood Tuesday morning. Full Story »

  • Conviction in $300,000 Paiute tribal funds theft

    Arizona Daily Sun – Wed Dec 2, 7:24 am ET  

    A Tuba City woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and fined $75,000 in the theft of more than $300,000 in tribal funds from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. Full Story »

  • State court: Harold Fish no longer convicted felon

    Arizona Daily Sun – Wed Dec 2, 7:24 am ET  

    Harold A. Fish, 62, convicted of second-degree murder in a Coconino County trailside shooting death of Grant Kuenzli, is no longer a convicted felon. Full Story »

  • Dennehotso woman stabbed during argument

    Arizona Daily Sun – Wed Dec 2, 7:24 am ET  

    A Dennehotso man has been federally charged in connection with a Nov. 18 stabbing of a woman on the Navajo Nation. Full Story »

  • Forest Service hosts hiring workshop

    Arizona Daily Sun – Wed Dec 2, 7:24 am ET  

    The Coconino National Forest will host a workshop to offer tips for how to apply for Forest Service jobs. Full Story »

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