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15/07/2022

There are plans for an Indigenous Community Culture Center. Comments are open until Monday July 18.

Public comment is still open on 3 draft design concepts for the future of the Thorpe Park Annex Parcel.

Prominent in all 3 designs is the inclusion of an Indigenous Community Cultural Center. Many additional details have yet to be determined. Possible elements include an ethnobotanical garden, pollinator garden, event space, market stalls, and more.

The online survey closes this Monday, July 18th, at 5:00pm.

Follow the link below to weigh in on designs for the future of Thorpe Park.
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Sign up for the Indigenous Circle of Flagstaff's newsletter to receive updates on the Indigenous Community Cultural Center.
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15/07/2022

Public comment is still open on 3 draft design concepts for the future of the Thorpe Park Annex Parcel.

Prominent in all 3 designs is the inclusion of an Indigenous Community Cultural Center. Many additional details have yet to be determined. Possible elements include an ethnobotanical garden, pollinator garden, event space, market stalls, and more.

The online survey closes this Monday, July 18th, at 5:00pm.

Follow the link below to weigh in on designs for the future of Thorpe Park.
bit.ly/3yM3he1

Sign up for the Indigenous Circle of Flagstaff's newsletter to receive updates on the Indigenous Community Cultural Center.
bit.ly/3anpbuD

15/07/2022

Public comment is still open on 3 draft design concepts for the future of the Thorpe Park Annex Parcel.

Prominent in all 3 designs is the inclusion of an Indigenous Community Cultural Center. Many additional details have yet to be determined. Possible elements include an ethnobotanical garden, pollinator garden, event space, market stalls, and more.

The online survey closes this Monday, July 18th, at 5:00pm.

Follow the link below to weigh in on designs for the future of Thorpe Park.
bit.ly/3yM3he1

Sign up for the Indigenous Circle of Flagstaff's newsletter to receive updates on the Indigenous Community Cultural Center.
bit.ly/3anpbuD

31/03/2022

 Posted in Analysis, Arizona, Voter suppressionSinema enabling new AZ GOP voter purge law?  From the Wire  March 31, 2022  Leave a comment“The GOP continues to suppress voting rights across the country,” said one advocacy group. “Do you see what’s happening in your state, Senator Sinema?...

29/03/2022

 Posted in Investigations, NewsJan. 6 Logs Show 457-Minute Gap in Trump Calls  From the Wire  March 29, 2022  Leave a comment‘Coverup?’“Nixon had an 18.5-minute gap in his White House tapes,” noted one watchdog group. “Trump has a 7.5-hour gap in phone logs from January 6th.”by Jake ...

03/03/2022

 Posted in Democracy, News, PoliticsTrump just endorsed an Oath Keeper’s plan to seize control of the Republican Party  From the Wire  March 3, 2022  Leave a commentThe “precinct strategy” widely promoted by Steve Bannon has already inspired thousands of Trump supporters to fill local GOP ...

02/03/2022

 Posted in Investigations, Pro PublicaLet’s recall what exactly Paul Manafort and Rudy Giuliani were doing in Ukraine  From the Wire  March 2, 2022  Leave a commentPresident Trump’s former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bev...

25/02/2022

 Posted in News, SCOTUSBiden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court  From the Wire  February 25, 2022  Leave a commentProgressives ApplaudIf confirmed, Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman and first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court.byFriday, Feb...

25/02/2022

 Posted in Analysis, Minimum wage, WorkersRestaurant owners got 30 times more federal Covid aid than workers  From the Wire  February 4, 2022  Leave a comment“If the subminimum wage for tipped workers persists, the restaurant industry is unlikely to recover from its growing labor crisis, regar...

01/02/2022

"In early January 2022, Maricopa County issued a detailed analysis demonstrating that Cyber Ninjas’ report about its voting process made 22 misleading claims, 41 inaccurate claims, and 13 claims that were false.

“An empty piñata is a pretty accurate description of the ‘audit’ as a whole,” the county tweeted.

On January 7, 2022, Cyber Ninjas shut down for good after a judge fined the company $50,000 a day for failing to turn over public records in accordance with a court’s ruling in August."

 Posted in Analysis, Arizona, Insurrection 2021Now every day in Arizona Is January 6  From the Wire  February 1, 2022  Leave a commentArizona’s latest voter restriction law will remove an estimated 100,000 eligible voters from its early voting mailing list.by Steven HarperFebruary 1, 2022 Supp...

20/01/2022

"Many tribes did not have the broadband access needed to apply for the funding that would let them improve broadband access.

Information about the first round of grants was available only online, and tribes were encouraged to apply online in a 90-day window during the pandemic. The upshot, said Matthew Rantanen, was that only about half of all eligible tribal communities applied for the funding."

 Posted in Indigenous News, Infrastructure, InternetVicious circle: Tribal broadband program hindered by lack of broadband  From the Wire  January 20, 2022  Leave a commentby Camila Pedrosa, Cronkite NewsJanuary 20, 2022 Then a second-grader, Winona Begaye uploads homework from the backseat of h...

18/01/2022

https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/wxddmb/sea-life-is-colonizing-islands-of-plastic-garbage-in-the-ocean-scientists-say

Marine life such as flotsam crabs thriving on "rafts" of plastic waste could spread invasive species, scientists warn in a new report.

09/01/2022

 Posted in Colorado Plateau, Conservation, Environment, WildlifeFederal Action sought after endangered wolf Anubis killed in Arizona  From the Wire  January 9, 2022  Leave a comment“It’s tragic that Anubis was killed and many of us are grieving his loss, but despite this heinous crime, it is...

02/01/2022

 Posted in Democracy, Wade RathkeIs the military the last stronghold of US institutional values?  Wade Rathke Meteor Columnist  January 2, 2022  Leave a commentby Wade RathkeJanuary 02, 2022New Orleans We have an extended family WhatsApp group, as many families have. These things are a hodgepodg...

23/12/2021

 Posted in Arizona, InvestigationsA mother needed Welfare. Instead, AZ used welfare funds to take her son.  From the Wire  December 23, 2021  Leave a commentArizona spends a majority of its welfare budget on the Department of Child Safety. The agency then investigates many poor parents, sometime...

21/12/2021

The push for passage of the Build Back Better Act got a potential boost late Monday as the United Mine Workers of America, the coal miners’ union that Sen. Joe Manchin counts as a key ally, called on the right-wing Democratic senator to reconsider his opposition to his party’s signature economic agenda.

UMWA president Cecil Roberts outlined several provisions in the $1.75 trillion investment in anti-poverty programs and climate action which would directly benefit the union’s 80,000 members, and made clear that coal miners are counting on the West Virginia lawmakers to “revisit his opposition.”

 Posted in Analysis, Labor, Restart 2021UMW coal miners’ union rebukes Manchin for effort to kill Build Back Better  From the Wire  December 21, 2021  Leave a comment“Manchin has lost the coal miners with this latest betrayal,” said one labor reporter. by Julia Conley, Common DreamsTuesda...

21/12/2021

 Posted in Climate change, Columns, Wade RathkeCould direct action stop climate change?  Wade Rathke Meteor Columnist  December 21, 2021  Leave a commentby Wade RathkeDecember 20, 2021Little Rock Sometimes you stumble over something so obvious, you shake your head wondering why your thinking was...

20/12/2021

 Posted in Events, Featured Event, NewsCrater Radio and Liminal Café present a Harry Potter Christmas  Meteor Staff  December 20, 2021  Leave a commentTONIGHT!At Liminal CaféWith the Flagstaff Literacy Center, December 20, 21, and 22, 5 pm ’till 8 pmLiminal Café is hosting readings from Har...

19/12/2021

Arizona Snowbowl Resort is a private business owned by Mountain Capital Partners, operating on 777 acres of public land leased from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), which holds their operating permit.

18/12/2021

https://meteor.news/2021/12/18/global-climate-disasters-this-is-not-the-new-normal/

Posted in Climate change, Spotlight On Climate, SustainabilityGlobal climate disasters – This is not the new normal From the Wire December 18, 2021 Leave a commentSpotlight on Climateby Stefan SommerSaturday, December 18, 20212021 was yet again one of the hottest years on record. This past...

14/12/2021

 Posted in First Peoples News, Toxic ChemicalsTribe urges Sen. Kelly to support bill to protect sacred Oak Flat  From the Wire  December 14, 2021  Leave a comment  Demonstrators gather outside of the Phoenix offices of Sen. Mark Kelly to urge him to support the Save Oak Flat Act, which would pr...

07/12/2021

"As part of the pressure campaign, Patriotic Millionaires members—including Karen Stewart of Arizona, a former Certified Financial Planner and finance professor—took out full-page ads in local newspapers and plan to hold demonstrations outside Sinema’s regional office to demand that she change her stance on the loophole.

“Sinema’s support for preserving the carried interest loophole for Wall Street elites comes at the expense of the tax-paying voters in her own backyard,” said Stewart. “Special interests and wealthy lobbyists should not decide the future of our nation. What American families need right now are lawmakers willing to prioritize them over the millionaires and billionaires, not a mouthpiece for the already rich and powerful.”"

 Posted in News, Restart 2021, Wealth TaxSinema targeted over tax break for rich  From the Wire  December 7, 2021  Leave a comment “It’s time for her to decide who she works for: Arizonans, or private equity billionaires.”by Jake Johnson, Common DreamsTuesday, December 7, 2021 Sen. Kyrste...

03/12/2021

 Posted in Arizona, Police KillingsMan in wheelchair fatally shot in the back by Tucson police officer  From the Wire  December 3, 2021  Leave a comment‘Indefensible‘Richard Lee Richards was shot nine times in the back and side by a Tucson officer, who has since been fired, earlier this week...

18/11/2021

 Posted in Analysis, Insurrection 2021Texts show Kimberly Guilfoyle bragged about raising millions for rally that fueled Capitol riot  From the Wire  November 18, 2021  Leave a commentText messages reviewed by ProPublica represent the strongest indication yet that members of the Trump family inn...

15/11/2021

 Posted in Evictions, Homelessness, Real estateHe Tore Down Motels Where Poor Residents Lived During a Housing Crisis. City Leaders Did Nothing.  From the Wire  November 14, 2021  Leave a commentby Anjeanette Damon, photography by David Calvert, special to ProPublicaNovember 12, 2021Co-published...

13/11/2021

This afternoon and this evening on CraterRadio craterradio.com : Morris Minor presents Give Me A Ride! from the Crater River Bottom Studios... at 3, Wósdéé begins, this week: Episode 6, a conversation with Damon and Tatum. We discuss comic books, identity, inspirations, and other topics. Both are Diné comic book artists who reside in Phoenix. They participate in the comic book locale... then at 4 Morris returns till Tam Taco drops into the Liminal Studio with Audio Offerings...at 9 Dexter's Lab streams in from Phoenix and around 11 the night shift takes over...

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10/11/2021

Eighteen states, two territories, and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for recreational use, all in the past decade. Twenty-seven states—ranging from New York to North Dakota—plus D.C. have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cannabis. Thirty-six states, three territories, and D.C. have allowed for the medical use of cannabis. And a number of tribal governments have legalized cannabis for various purposes.

 Posted in Cannabis, Culture, NewsSenate Democrats call on Biden to pardon all Federal nonviolent ma*****na offenders  From the Wire  November 10, 2021  Leave a comment“Our country’s cannabis policies must be completely overhauled, but you have the power to act now.”by Jessica Corbett, Com...

10/11/2021

“Every day these white supremacists push the limits further and further to see how far they can go without consequences,” Bush wrote. “This puts lives in danger. Enough with the violent bigotry.”

Max Berger of More Perfect Union pointed out late Monday that Gosar is “one of the members of Congress who collaborated with the insurrectionists in the lead up to the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.”

“He’s still promoting violence against Democratic members of Congress,” Berger added. “He should be expelled from Congress immediately.”

 Posted in Arizona, NewsRepublican Paul Gosar shares edited video of him killing AOC  From the Wire  November 9, 2021  Leave a comment‘He Should Be Expelled’“This man should not serve in Congress,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). “Fantasizing about violently attacking your colleagues h...

09/11/2021

"Every day these white supremacists push the limits further and further to see how far they can go without consequences,” Bush wrote. “This puts lives in danger. Enough with the violent bigotry.”

Max Berger of More Perfect Union pointed out late Monday that Gosar is “one of the members of Congress who collaborated with the insurrectionists in the lead up to the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.”

“He’s still promoting violence against Democratic members of Congress,” Berger added. “He should be expelled from Congress immediately.'"

 Posted in Arizona, NewsRepublican Paul Gosar shares edited video of him killing AOC  From the Wire  November 9, 2021  Leave a comment‘He Should Be Expelled’“This man should not serve in Congress,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). “Fantasizing about violently attacking your colleagues h...

26/10/2021

 Posted in Analysis, Coronavirus, Safety NetThe pandemic has made it harder for one in three Americans to obtain healthy, affordable food  From the Wire  October 26, 2021  Leave a commentby Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State UniversityOctober 26, 202...