Arizona residents can get vital resource information at the web site 2-1-1 Arizona. The web site is part of a nation-wide effort to provide information for community referral services.
The web site even breaks down the resources to specific counties such as the one for Coconino County.
If you plan to move out of state, you can always reference the national web site before you even pack.
If you need to reach out for help, this site should give you the leads you need.
FLAGSTAFF—The Coconino County Board of Supervisors has accepted the resignation of County Superintendent of Schools Robert Kelty and has begun the open recruitment.
To ensure a smooth transition in leadership within the Superintendent of Schools Office, Kelty’s resignation is effective when the Board fills the position. Kelty, who was appointed by the Board in August 2010 and was elected to a full term in 2012, is leaving to become Regional Managing Director for Alumni and Diversity Affairs with Teach for America.
According to state statute, the Board is required to appoint a new Superintendent of Schools. The individual selected by the Board will serve until Dec. 31, 2014.
Applications will be accepted Jan. 10 through Jan. 29. The open recruitment process for the position will include an interview with the Board of Supervisors and a public forum, which will be held in early February. The Board hopes to appoint a new superintendent by mid-February.
Those interested in applying must possess a current Arizona teaching certificate and be registered to vote within Coconino County. The Board has also set the following desired qualifications, including:
• Higher level education certificate (education administration).
• An understanding of school finance issues at a global level.
• Ability to interact with the County Treasurer’s Office, Elections Office and other county departments.
• Ability to work well with the County’s school districts, schools, administrators and parents.
• An understanding of alternative teaching methods; juvenile and adult detention programs.
• Strong project management, communication and administrative skills.
• Active with the Arizona Association of Counties (AACo) and understanding of the Arizona State Legislature.
• An understanding of school governing board appointment process.
• Willing to travel and learn about county communities.
• An understanding of the Accommodation School District governing board; monthly meetings.
• An understanding of technology.
• A positive attitude.
For additional information, call Joanne Keene in the County Manager’s Office at 928-679-7134 or visit www.coconino.az.gov to submit a resume and letter of interest to the Board of Supervisors. Material can also be sent to the Coconino County Board of Supervisors, 219 E. Cherry Ave., Flagstaff, AZ 86001.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s department has issued a flyer of a person wanted for questioning in a sexual assault incident in Oak Creek on January 8.
The sexual assault allegedly took place on the Canyon Day use area side of south highway 89A on January 8 at approximately 9:30 am.
The person wanted is a male mid to late forties, approximately 5′ 10″ of medium build and dark brown, medium length hair. He was last seen wearing brown pants with side pockets, a colored sweat shirt and cowboy boots.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Sheriff’s office at (928)774-4523 or toll free at 800-338-7888. You may also call silent witness at (928)774-6111.
Oak Creek Canyon—Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives are investigating the sexual assault of a fifty two year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona who was sightseeing in Oak Creek Canyon on Wednesday, January 8, 2014.
On Wednesday at about 11:19 am the Sheriff’s Office received a call from an Emergency room in Sedona reporting a sexual assault. Deputies responded and conducted an initial interview with the victim. According to the victim she was vacationing in Flagstaff and was driving through Sedona on her return trip to Tucson. She stopped on the side of South 89A in close proximity to the Call of the Canyon day use area for the purpose of looking at the creek. While standing outside of her vehicle the victim was approached from behind and physically assaulted. During the attack the victim was sexually assaulted and at the conclusion of the assault the suspect left on foot possibly in a southerly direction. Detectives are investigating the possibility that the suspect was armed at the time of the assault.
The suspect is described as a white male, mid to late forties in age, with medium length dark colored hair, a scraggly dark colored beard and moustache. He was last seen wearing brown pants with side pockets, a dark colored sweat shirt and cowboy boots.
Individuals who believe they may have information regarding this crime or who possess information regarding the possible identity of the suspect are urged to call the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 774-4523 or toll free at 1-800-338-7888 or Silent Witness at (928)774-6111.
UPDATED: 1:31 pm
COCONINO COUNTY—The Coconino County Sheriff’s Department has released a warning about a new telephone scam in Coconino. An individual identifying himself as “Lieutenant Mike Harris” of the Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division.
Harris asks to speak to a specific person informing them that they have failed to appear in court on a photo-radar speeding ticket. Harris tells the person that they are in the process of issuing an arrest warrant for their failure to appear in court. He instructs the intended victim to go to a local retail outlet to obtain a $250 “Green Dot” pre-paid credit card.
Harris has also been known to advise some intended victims to stay on the phone or he will send deputies to arrest them.
Deputy Gerry Blair of Coconino County Sheriff’s Department is advising that they do not have an employee by the name of Mike Harris. Deputy Blair also noted that this person does not specifically say that he is with any specific Sheriff’s office. So it is difficult to say where these calls are originating from. Legitimate Sheriff’s Deputies do not call for any money on a warrant or to collect fines. Those calls most likely will originate in the court with jurisdiction over the crime. In addition, they do not use photo-radar as a speed enforcement tool.
Unscrupulous phone callers frequently use several methods to accomplish their goals. High-pressure sales tactics claiming that if you do not act now, the offer won’t be available later or offering something that sounds too good to be true with a “no-risk involvement.” Anyone unknown person asking for credit, checking account or other personal financial information should be suspect in your mind. Some will tell you that you have won a prize, but that you will have to pay taxes or shipping or both up front. Usually they will ask you to send money through a wire service or overnight delivery, but apparently will sometimes offer to pick the money up from your home.
There are suggested strategies to protect yourself. First, if it sounds too good, it usually is. Never give out any information to anyone you do not know. You can ask the caller for a call-back phone number (and even then be suspicious) and ask them to send you information on their product or services through the mail.
You can also place your name on the national Do Not Call List. This prevents telemarketing calls, but may not prevent a scammer from using the telephone directory, Internet or other sources to find your number.
If you have an MP3 recorder and receive a suspicious phone call, you can record the conversation. If you receive one from supposed law enforcement, ask for badge number and other identifying information. Ask as many questions as you can think of until the person gets suspicious or you decide to hang up.
You can report the incident to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 774-4523, the Flagstaff Police Department at (928) 774-1414, the Williams Police Department at (928) Police Department 635-4461 or other appropriate local police department.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s office in conjunction with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information concerning a 22-year old, white male hiker missing since December 18th.
Thomas Lang was last seen at the Manzanita Campground in Oak Creek Canyon outside of Sedona on Wednesday December 18 and was due back to the campground on Sunday December 22.
Thomas is 6-foot 1-inches, 140 pounds with blonde dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a dark blue sweat shirt and carrying a red sleeping bag, a white tarp, a guitar and a blue backpack.
Anyone with helpful information are requested to call the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-338-7888 Or the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (928)771-3260.
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- An interesting case from Arizona, where a rancher was dragged into court on the unfounded pretext that he was illegally building a shooting range on his large acreage near Prescott. From the Daily Courier:
PRESCOTT – In what has become an issue pitting gun rights against land use codes, a Williamson Valley landowner had his Second Amendment rights upheld in a Tuesday hearing in Prescott.
Brad DeSaye, owner of Headhunter Ranch LLC, said he never intended to build gun ranges on his properety. (sic)
“The wild rumors that brought us to this point hopefully were dispelled a little bit,” DeSaye said. “I feel vindicated that they dismissed it, but at the same time I feel frustrated and I expect the county to come back at me in a different way. This is a private property right; a Second Amendment issue.”
DeSaye and his attorney must have been persuasive, because the the County ruled in his favor:
After more than three hours of testimony on Tuesday, Yavapai County Hearing Officer Peter Van Harin ruled in DeSaye’s favor, allowing him to shoot firearms on his property, overriding the objections of his neighbors and Yavapai County land use officials.
Read more at Ammoland
FLAGSTAFF—The Timberline/Fernwood Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held tomorrow, December 3 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Summit Fire Station #33 located at 6050 Firehouse Lane. Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil and County Supervisor Liz Archuleta invites residents of the Timberline and Fernwood community to attend the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting.
Timberline/Fernwood Community Deputies will be available to answer questions and provide support to this partnership between law abiding citizens, law enforcement and county government. County Supervisor Liz Archuleta will be present to share information from Coconino County Government.
Also joining us for this meeting will be Coconino County Public Works representatives, Mike Lopker, Deputy Director of Public Works, and Ted Wolff, Maintenance Superintendent for Public Works. They will provide information about removing snow off county roads and in unincorporated communities and neighborhoods this winter season.
If you can brave the snow, residents of the Doney Park community are invited to attend the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2013. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Summit Fire Station #32, located at 8905 Koch Field Rd. Please note that the meeting has been moved from Cromer School to Summit Fire Station for this meeting.
Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil will be at the meeting to encourage continued neighborhood participation and to share information. Doney Park Community Deputies will be available to answer questions and provide support to this partnership between law abiding citizens, law enforcement and county government. County Supervisor Mandy Metzger will be present to share information from Coconino County Government.
Other agenda items / guest speakers to be determined.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Coconino County Superintendent of Schools Robert Kelty is accepting applications to fill the Williams #3 District vacancy on the Coconino Community College Governing Board.
The seat has become vacant due to the resignation of Jack Hadley. Superintendent Kelty has determined that an appointment to fill the vacant seat best meets the needs of the community and CCC.
The term of this appointment will run from the appointment date through Dec. 31, 2014. To be eligible to serve on a school district governing board:
• A candidate must be a registered voter of the State of Arizona;
• A candidate must be a resident of the school district for at least one year prior to the appointment;
• A candidate or their spouse may not be an employee of the College nor can that person be a county official while their term is still active.
Those interested in serving on the CCC Governing Board should submit by mail, fax or e-mail an application to Coconino County Superintendent of Schools Robert Kelty at 2384 N. Steves Blvd., Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Interested parties can also fax their application to 928-679-8077 or e-mail cgarrison@coconino.az.gov.
An application for appointment can be found online at www.ccesa.az.gov under the Elections page. All applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. Dec. 6.
For more information, please call Cathleen Garrison at the Office of the Coconino County School Superintendent at 928 679-8070 or e-mail at cgarrison@coconino.az.gov.
WILLIAMS—As of 10:30 pm a little over 25.5% of the voters voted in the elections held in Coconino County.
With only one precinct left to report, the Coconino Community College Question appears to have failed. As of this writing 54.76% voted no on assessing a secondary property tax to raise $4.5 million for the college. 45.24% voted yes.
Williams voted to continue the tax for the Williams Health Clinic. The vote is 56.08% for with 43.92% voting against.
Both the Grand Canyon Unified and Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified school districts voted to approve additional property taxes for the schools. The vote on the Grand Canyon Question was approved by a vote of 75%. The vote for the Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified school district was 52.10% for and 47.9% against, but not all of the votes have been counted at this point.
These are unofficial results until after the canvas process is complete.
In the closely watched and hotly contested race in Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe appears to have won the race for governor with 47.39% of the vote with 99.5% of the precincts reporting. Republican Ken Cuccinelli received 45.8% of the vote with the Libertarian challenger Robert Sarvis receiving 6.66%. Democrat Ralph Northam won the race for Lieutenant Governor.
Republican Mark Obenshain is barely winning the race for Attorney General against Democrat challenger Mark Herring. The vote is currently 50.27% to 49.52%.