Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - Northern Arizona's Locally Owned Newspaper

Meet the Geeks

May 2nd at Noon.  Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET.)  Facilitate conversations between software and program developers in Flagstaff, AZ with the Meet the Geeks group! Meet the Geeks is a movable, flexible group that meets around the city to create ideas, share resources and knowledge, build new ventures and bring life to >> Read More…

City Building New Water Tank in West Flagstaff

The City of Flagstaff is currently preparing to build a new water tank at the Railroad Springs tank site this summer. The tank will be an addition to the existing one, as a requirement for the Presidio in the Pines development on the west side of town. Ryan Roberts, utilities engineering manager for the City >> Read More…

Women Owned Businesses Tackling Environmental Issues

Recent reports proclaim that the dome, which will house the Discovery Channel Telescope 40 miles southeast of Flagstaff on the National Forest Service (NFS) lands, is 99 percent done. It will be the fifth largest telescope in the continental United States once completed. But not much is said of the environmental impact that such a >> Read More…

Homeowners Choosing Green Construction

Homeowners are being careful with how they spend their money. Like the rest of the country, Flagstaff has been hit hard by the economic down- turn. Single family home permits dropped from 217 in 2006 to 17 in 2009. Permits for remodeling have remained relatively stable, dropping from 202 permits in 2002 to 138 permits >> Read More…

NAU Monetizing Research

The word “incubator” brings to mind a bunch of fluffy, yellow baby chicks that are kept warm and nurtured until they are grown up enough to fend for themselves. Actually, it is not a far stretch to call the Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technolo- gies an “incubator.” It too keeps new ideas and inventions >> Read More…

Flagstaff Earth Day

Flagstaff Earth Day High Country Conference Center, 201 East Butler Avenue, 6 pm. The Keynote event, Harvesting Water and More to Turn “Wastes” into Resources: The Story of Rain Beer, Urban Drool Harvesting, Managing Mega-Cities Like Forests, and more is sponsored by the City of Flagstaff and the Arizona Association of Environmental Education. Free and >> Read More…

Flagstaff City Council Candidates Share Ideas on Supporting Business

The contenders for Flagstaff City Council agree: supporting local business is good for the economy. Of the six people on the ballot, Scott Overton is the only incumbent, although Art Babbott served on the Council from 2002-06. The election on May 18 will fill the three vacancies on the Flagstaff City Council.   Overton calls >> Read More…