The seven-day forecast for Williams shows a ten-percent chance of rain tomorrow jumping to 60-percent Friday through Saturday. This will probably present some icy conditions which residents should be aware of.
While that will probably wipe out the remainder of the ice sculptures, a chance of snow is predicted starting Sunday night and continuing. Flagstaff can expect similar conditions.
A new store opened in Flagstaff at 2500 S. Woodlands Village Blvd. #25. The gun dealer appropriately named his business the 2nd Amendment store. Their Facebook page is a flurry of activity and we wish them the best of success.
Source: Flagstaff Independent Press
Government offices will be close tomorrow in observance of Martin Luther King day.
Flagstaff, AZ – On Saturday, January 12 at about 9:30 pm the Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an overdue hiker on the San Francisco Peaks. The hiker, a 53 year old male from Scottsdale, was reported overdue from a one day hike by his family. The initial information indicated that he was planning to hike into the Inner Basin and Lockett Meadow areas.
With the roads closed into Lockett Meadow, patrol deputies checked the bottom of the Lockett Meadow road but did not located the subject’s vehicle. Deputies checked the trailheads at Arizona Snowbowl and located the subject’s vehicle near the Kachina Trailhead. They checked the immediate area of where the vehicle was parked and did not locate the subject. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Unit responded.
Concern for the subject’s safety was high due to the extremely cold temperatures. At the time of the search, the air temperature in the area was -1 degree Fahrenheit, with colder wind chill temperatures. It was believed that the subject did not have any winter hiking experience and may not have been properly equipped for hiking in cold and snowy conditions.
An Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue helicopter from Kingman, AZ responded and assisted with an aerial search. The helicopter crew used night vision goggles and a forward looking infrared camera. While the air search was being conducted, ground search teams were deployed in a Search and Rescue snow cat on Freidlein Prairie Road and on foot from the Kachina Trailhead as well as on an old jeep trail that leaves from the Arizona Snowbowl Mountain Shop.
At approximately 3:00 am a ground search team located the subject above the Kachina Trail approximately one half mile from the Kachina Trail parking area. The subject was lost and had wrapped himself in an emergency blanket and was preparing to spend the night. The subject was responsive but was very cold. Searchers assisted the subject in walking out to the trailhead where he was met by a Guardian Medical Transport ambulance for treatment and transport to the Flagstaff Medical Center.
The County Board of Supervisors will be holding their regular meeting all day on Tuesday at 219 E. Cherry Ave., Flagstaff.
January 10, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ Mess Hall, Coconino County Fairgrounds, Fort Tuthi
The Coconino County Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, January 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the Mess Hall, Coconino County Fairgrounds, Fort Tuthill County Park. See meeting agenda (PDF link)
Agenda items include elections of 2013 officers, discussion and action on the desire to form an Open Space subcommittee, and fee changes.
The new application period begins on January 1, 2013 for the following programs:
Senior Value Protection
Disability Exemptions
Widow/Widower’s Exemptions
Religious/Non-Profit Exemptions
For Disability, Widow/Widower’s and Religious/Non-Profit Exemptions, applications must be received between January 1 and March 1 2013. Applications for the 2013 Senior Value protection program must be received between January 1 and September 1, 2013. Each program has qualifications you must meet in order to participate in the program. To find the qualifications and more information on each program, please go to the link Property Tax Assistance or call the Assessor’s office at 928-679-7962.
The Assessor’s office will be mailing the 2013 Business Personal Property statements on December 21, 2012. The completed forms and property lists must be signed and postmarked no later than April 1, 2013 to avoid penalties. Businesses are encouraged to EFile their asset lists in Excel Format.
The asset lists for both active and disposed assets are to include:
• Account number (if available)
• Company filing report
• Location Site Address, city and zip code
• Asset description
• Asset acquisition year (format: XXXX)
• Asset acquisition cost (only positive costs, no negative figures)
• Asset number (if applicable)
Email your electronic file to: businessstatements@coconino.az.gov
The next meeting of the Coconino County Board of Supervisors will be Tuesday, December 18th from 6 pm to 9 pm. The location is 219 East Cherry Ave in Flagstaff.
County offices will be closed December 25th for Christmas.
FLAGSTAFF—If you are not hunting U.N. election monitors and wish to get your ballot early, today is the last day to request an early ballot for the November 6 election. You can call the Elections Office at 928-679-7860 or toll-free 800-793-6181.
Voters are reminded NOT to use Sharpie-type or other markers that bleed through the ballot. A regular black pen is recommended. The ballot may otherwise be rejected.
If you do not contact the office by today, you will be required to go to the polls to vote.
The official list of write-in candidates for the election in PDF can be found here.