Booking flights out of smaller airports where there are fewer people is one way I reduce health risks while flying. Further, small aircraft typically service airports like Prescott Regional Airport and Flagstaff Pulliam Airport. With fewer people aboard these regional jets, I believe someone with COVID-19 is less likely to be on the flight. I’ve flown more than 70 legs during the pandemic and have - so far - avoided illness. Here are more ways that I protect myself: Selecting Your Seat You … [Read more...] about Reducing Health Risks While Flying
Stacey Wittig
FBN Author Unveils Spiritual, Walking Book
Flagstaff Business News reporter Stacey Wittig has launched her fifth book at a gathering of American Pilgrims on Camino at Notre Dame, Indiana. When airlines canceled Wittig’s flight and subsequent pilgrimage walk across France because of COVID-19 last September, the author decided to walk a pilgrim path in the United States instead. When she reached out to Wisconsin Way organizers, a pilgrimage loosely based on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, she learned there was no guidebook to help find … [Read more...] about FBN Author Unveils Spiritual, Walking Book
Microwave Energy Treating Cancer, Hypertension
Medical device entrepreneur Dan Kasprzyk has brought another start-up bio-tech company to Flagstaff. In 2000, he created and built the start-up concept for Machine Solutions, Inc. from idea to $16.3 million in annual revenue in less than eight years. “A lot was good planning, but a lot was good ol’ fashioned luck,” said the former president and CEO of Machine Solutions. “It was my first start-up, we produced number-setting records and investors were knocking on the door.” Kasprzyk guided the … [Read more...] about Microwave Energy Treating Cancer, Hypertension
Internet Scammers Stinging Northern Arizona
Internet scammers steal millions of dollars from victims nationwide each year, and they are not ignoring rural Arizona. Last month, Sara Bowyer of Munds Park received a phone call from her father. “He told me that he was on his computer, he clicked on something, and his screen went black. Then an urgent message appeared – something like, ‘Alert! Do not turn off your computer, call this phone number immediately.’ I said, ‘Dad, please tell me you didn’t call the phone number.’ “Well, he had … [Read more...] about Internet Scammers Stinging Northern Arizona
Pool Broadens for World-Class Swimmers
“Runners and cyclists have been coming to Flagstaff to train at high altitude since the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. Since 1982, there’s been a ton of swimmers here. Now that we have the new pool, we can accommodate even more of them,” said Andy Johns, head coach of the Northern Arizona University Swimming and Diving program. With the grand opening of the Aquatic and Tennis Complex last month, the public was finally able to sneak a peek inside the new 120,000-square-foot facility. … [Read more...] about Pool Broadens for World-Class Swimmers
Home Fire Deaths Cause Reason for Alarm
“In a 12-month period starting in December 2013, we had three home fire deaths and a near miss right here in Flagstaff,” reported Battalion Chief Pat Stakey, Fire Marshal of the Flagstaff Fire Department. “We launched an investigation and found three common threads. The victims were all senior citizens over 60 years in age. They all lived alone [in a rental property]. And none of them had a working smoke detector.” “We looked at these trends and then started working with Scot and … [Read more...] about Home Fire Deaths Cause Reason for Alarm
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 need is job creation. The job creation is occurring but at a very slow pace.” On the other hand, according to the recent Challenger … [Read more...] about Job Creation in Northern Arizona Moderate
