The logo is cheerful and upbeat: a red, white and black mandala. It shows the ancient Chinese symbols of the forces of yin and yang – the passive, negative and the active, positive, in the center of the circle. At first, appearing opposite, these forces are actually interconnected and interdependent … [Read more...] about A Model for Sharing
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Health Insurance Enrollment Event
Feb 13, 2015 North Country HealthCare in Flagstaff will host a FREE health insurance enrollment event (Marketplace and AHCCCS) on Friday, February 13 from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm at their facility (2920 North 4th Street). This is one of the last times you can receive assistance before the February … [Read more...] about Health Insurance Enrollment Event
Rita Davenport: Hope Dealer
She has been called “The Hope Dealer” by Success magazine and Rita Davenport is on a mission to make us aware of our greatness and uniqueness. You may know the sunny, southern, meticulously dressed Davenport from her 15 years on KPHO-TV (Channel 5) and day-time talk and cooking programs: Cooking … [Read more...] about Rita Davenport: Hope Dealer
Businesses Looking Forward to New Normal
With more building permits than in many previous years, a rise in production volume for local manufacturers, community resources to mentor and strengthen small businesses, a rebound in tourism and a commitment to education, the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce is optimistic about 2015 and … [Read more...] about Businesses Looking Forward to New Normal
New Museum Director Carrie Heinonen Focusing on Science, Colorado Plateau
If you visit the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA), you might run into a charismatic employee bounding her way from museum floor to meeting room, gift shop to collection center. Upbeat and confident, she discusses the scientific value of the museum’s holdings with the same ease and passion as she … [Read more...] about New Museum Director Carrie Heinonen Focusing on Science, Colorado Plateau
Arizona’s Check Up: One Year After Health Care Reform
The prescription for how to bear the good, the bad and the ugly of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) tracks with individual symptoms, according to Arizona experts, and a spoonful of sugar most likely is not going to make the medicine go down any easier for some Americans or … [Read more...] about Arizona’s Check Up: One Year After Health Care Reform
Hot Yoga For Cold Days
The air outside is nippy, but inside the large exercise studio, sweat is seeping out of the pores of a group of hard-working practitioners who follow every move by and verbal cue from Julia Olguin, the director and owner of the Bikram Yoga of Flagstaff on West Phoenix Avenue, just south of the … [Read more...] about Hot Yoga For Cold Days
Horsemen Lodge Has New Owners
Ascend Capital Management has purchased the Horsmen Lodge Restaurant. Named in the effort to pay homage to the ranching lifestyle, the Horsemen Lodge’s new owners are dedicated to updating the venue while also respecting and upholding it’s historical significance to the best of their ability. … [Read more...] about Horsemen Lodge Has New Owners
TGen Receives Patent for Test to Detect H1N1 Flu Strain
“When H1N1 influenza spread from Mexico in 2009, we didn’t know how severe it was going to be,” recalled Professor Paul Keim of Northern Arizona University. “There was great fear it might cause a big increase in flu deaths over a more typical flu outbreak – because it was a new flu strain, no one … [Read more...] about TGen Receives Patent for Test to Detect H1N1 Flu Strain
Con Artists Preying on Emotions to Take Your Money
Ever wonder how people get suckered into a scam or fall under the spell of a promise they normally might rule out as highly unlikely? It is the ether. “Ether is a condition that the master closer puts you in by hitting your fear, greed and urgency buttons,” explains “The Con Artist’s Playbook” … [Read more...] about Con Artists Preying on Emotions to Take Your Money