flagstaff news: Elizabeth Schulze New Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director! - 04/12/08 07:20 PM
Big news for Flagstaff music lovers: Elizabeth Schulze is the choice for Flagstaff Symphony conductor. After a year-long competition that brought some great talent to Flagstaff, the announcement was made on stage at the final FSO concert of the 2007-2008 season. I saw her conduct at the first performance of the (0 comments)
flagstaff news: Ellen DeGeneres Visits Flagstaff! - 12/08/07 10:54 AM
Ellen DeGeneres blew into Flagstaff yesterday morning on a Warner Brothers private jet that was tossed and turned in our winter storm. With a large TV crew, she had breakfast at one of the Northern Arizona University dorms, stood next to the giant pine cone (already set up to drop on New Year's (6 comments)
flagstaff news: Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory Does It Again! Largest Known Exoplanet Discovered. - 08/06/07 05:21 PM
Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Discovers Largest Known ExoplanetWe here in Flagstaff (the non-scientific types) think of Lowell as that nice museum atop Observatory Mesa. Really, it's a hotbed of scientific research. Today, Lowell announced that its astronomers have discovered "TrES-4," the largest known exoplanet. TrES-4 is about 70% larger than Jupiter, (5 comments)
flagstaff news: Ahh, the Monsoon Is Here - 07/07/07 12:16 AM
In many parts of the world, "monsoon" means disaster. In Flagstaff, it means heavenly weather. After the long-dry, and hot, Spring, somewhere around the 4th of July, the big thunderheads begin to form and most afternoons we have heavy rain showers. It started yesterday and today we're in full monsoon season. After (10 comments)
flagstaff news: Fire Outbreaks Remind Flagstaff - ‘Tis the Season - 06/24/07 02:46 PM
Fire Outbreaks Remind Flagstaff - ‘Tis the SeasonThis week, I was asked, how do I know it's summer in Flagstaff? My off-the-cuff answer was: because I wake up in the morning and see an elk drinking from our bird-feeder. On further reflection, the primary reason that I know its summer is because it is fire season. (2 comments)
flagstaff news: FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY MARKET - Sunday June 9 - 06/09/07 09:15 AM
Another great Flagstaff summer tradition begins this weekend. The 7th season of the Flagstaff Community Market, our local farmers' market, begins this Sunday, June 10 and runs each Sunday until October 7. The hours are 8:00 am to noon. The market is located downtown, south of the tracks on Phoenix Avenue, just (1 comments)
flagstaff news: Another Hearing Coming Up on Flagstaff Historic District - 05/27/07 03:44 PM
Another Hearing Coming Up on Flagstaff Historic District Here's where we are on the do-over on the Flagstaff ordinance to establish an historic district in the area between Thorpe Park and the downtown business district: The Planning and Zoning Commission approved and recommended the ordinance to City Council after a full hearing (1 comments)
flagstaff news: Flagstaff Watering Restrictions - 05/15/07 10:57 PM
With the city's wells pumping at capacity it's well to remember that city water restrictions are always in effect. The Arizona Daily Sun reported this morning that the city is about to begin tapping the very low reserve available in Lake Mary as well as pumping from the Inner Basin of (0 comments)