Firefighter Hopeful His Story Can Save Lives
When Pat Burns set out for a jog with his wife, Anita, the last thing the 41-year-old Flagstaff area firefighter expected was a full-blown heart attack. His strong stomach pains and nausea brought him to his knees on the road in Doney Park. Anita flagged a motorist and called 911. A sheriff’s deputy was driving >> Read More…
Scrutinizing Ethics and Teaching Methods in B-Schools
American business schools did not always enjoy the reputation that they have today. The first business programs were founded in the late 1800s, but many people (including the self-taught Andrew Carnegie) scoffed at the idea of a university degree to train people in business. In creating the Harvard MBA, the revered B- School’s founders >> Read More…
Flagstaff-Based PathoGene Fighting Infectious Diseases
Have you ever taken an antibiotic you had in your medicine cabinet – just in case? Many times you weren’t sure it was the right kind of medication, or dose, or even if you had an infection at all, but you thought it wouldn’t hurt. Well, the truth is, globally, drug-resistant germs (pathogens) are >> Read More…
The Hidden Costs of Doing It Yourself
I had a plumbing problem at my house the other day and I was certain I could fix it myself. So, I spent three hours running plumbers’ snakes into the pipes, running to a “do it yourself” hardware store and taking a toilet apart, only to become totally frustrated and I didn’t fix the >> Read More…
Are Americans Slow Learners? Business Book Review
There is an old adage that we learn best from mistakes. A more poignantly popular saying is that if we don’t keep history alive, we are destined to repeat it. All evidence suggests, however, that human beings are slow learners and that we forget the past long before the ink in the history books >> Read More…
Sawmill Development Moving Forward
At the September 14 Flagstaff City Council meeting, the Council will put the finishing touches on the plan chosen to sell the south half of the Aspen Place at the Sawmill project, which fell into default and into the hands of the city in June. The Aspen Group, the original developer, has found >> Read More…
Encouraging Feedback on Region’s Tourism
With cooler temperatures on the rise and the departure of the Arizona Cardinals, Flagstaff’s busiest season for tourists may be slowing. However, Flagstaff may have fared better than most cities statewide when it comes to this year’s tourism season. According to Heather Ainardi, director of the Flagstaff Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), “For the first >> Read More…
Job Creation in Northern Arizona Moderate
National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun continues to point to jobs as the key to real estate recovery. “Given the rock-bottom mortgage interest rates and historically high housing affordability conditions, the pace of a sales recovery could pick up quickly, provided the economy consistently adds jobs,” he said last month. “What we clearly >> Read More…
Council Rejects Fresh Water Option for Snowmaking
The Flagstaff City Council has decided to move forward with plans to sell reclaimed water to the Arizona Snowbowl. The council decided against selling drinking water to the ski resort, a move that would have facilitated plans for snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks, by expediting construction of a pipeline. Snowmaking at Snowbowl has been >> Read More…
