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Collaborative Efforts Underway to Keep Flagstaff Safe from Wildfire, Floods

August 4, 2023 By FBN

Hot and dry weather renews our concerns about destructive wildland fires. They can start in an instant and our strong winds can quickly cause them to grow, sometimes taking them out of the control of our firefighters. What’s being done to protect our community and ensure that fire in the surrounding forests is helping to keep them healthy instead of scorching everything in its path and leaving the soil hydrophobic, resulting in flooding? Quite a bit, with more to come. I want to emphasize … [Read more...] about Collaborative Efforts Underway to Keep Flagstaff Safe from Wildfire, Floods

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Becky Daggett, discover flagstaff, Flagstaff Fire Department, Flagstaff Flood, Flagstaff Mayor, Flagstaff Wildfire

Last of the Large Loggers Leaves Flagstaff

June 6, 2022 By FBN

When forest restoration giant Wally Covington drives by the Ribelin Logging Co. sort yard on East Huntington in Flagstaff and sees the equipment up for sale, it makes him sad. “They are very good operators in the forest and had a huge impact on the community.” With decades of experience, millions of dollars invested in logging equipment and a deep love for the forest, Ribelin Logging Co. President Ken Ribelin says the family-owned and operated business – a thriving logging company that at one … [Read more...] about Last of the Large Loggers Leaves Flagstaff

Filed Under: Business, Local News Tagged With: 4FRI, Dick Fleishman, Flagstaff Fire Department, Four Forest Restoration Initiative, Joe Luttman, Ken Ribelin, Ribelin Logging Co., The Nature Conservancy, Wally Covington

New Routes, Whiskey Turned Hand Sanitizer, Quality of Life

November 9, 2021 By FBN

Despite the difficulties of promoting Flagstaff during the pandemic to potential visitors and businesses looking to relocate, Discover Flagstaff officials and economic vitality leaders had many successes to report during their Annual Marketing Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 21. City of Flagstaff Economic Vitality Director Heidi Hansen stressed the fact that during the pandemic the Flagstaff Airport never shut down. “This was no easy task. There were several other smaller airports that lost … [Read more...] about New Routes, Whiskey Turned Hand Sanitizer, Quality of Life

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Canyon Diablo Distillery, City of Flagstaff Economic Vitality, discover flagstaff, Flagstaff airport, Flagstaff Craft Beer, Flagstaff Fire Department, Flagstaff Whiskey, heidi hansen, Trace Ward

Serving, Protecting Flagstaff

July 3, 2021 By FBN

We have gotten a lot done at City Hall that I’m excited to share. We recently passed the final budget, which, among many things, included funding for a fully functioning alternative policing crisis response for three years, whereby a medic and social work professional will respond to 911 calls that are not criminal in nature. Calls for a mental health crisis, homelessness, public intoxication, etc., will now be diverted as appropriate to this alternative response team, reducing the call volume … [Read more...] about Serving, Protecting Flagstaff

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: City of Flagstaff, Firefighters, Flagstaff Fire Department, Mayor Paul Deasy, Northern Arizona Covenant of Churches, Paul Deasy, Protecting Flagstaff, Rafael Fire, the Community Fire Education Project

Flying Right

May 8, 2021 By FBN

Fourth-generation Arizona Babbitt Billy Cordasco got a bit of a tear in his eye as he felt the significance of the moment – the majesty of the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks above the town on a brisk April morning, the deep meaning of a prominent flag staff back in service for a city bearing the same name and the glory of the American flag being raised atop the historic Babbitt Building where his family has conducted business since 1886. “This is what community looks like – joining together … [Read more...] about Flying Right

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Arizona Babbitt Billy Cordasco, Downtown Flagstaff, flagstaff community, Flagstaff Fire Department, The Babbitt Ranches

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