FLAGSTAFF, Ariz — Flagstaff Mayor Becky Daggett said “I am so proud of the men and women of the Flagstaff Police Department for their heroic actions last night. Their work to protect our community and detain an active shooter saved many lives.
FLAGSTAFF — Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Flagstaff Mayor Becky Daggett to serve on the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Commission members are chosen for their demonstrated ability, good judgment, and experience in arts-related fields.
Mayor Becky Daggett was born and raised in Arizona and is a passionate advocate for affordable housing, the arts, forest health and climate action, and education. She won her first term on the Flagstaff City Council in 2020 and was elected mayor in 2022.
FLAGSTAFF — With a mixture of fiery speeches, presentations featuring the importance of telling everyone’s stories and a commitment to refusing to be erased from the history books, the 7th annual Coconino Hispanic Advisory Council’s (CHAC) César E. Chávez Community Breakfast took on a more feisty tone this year.
The event, held at the American Legion Post 3, included an opening presentation of the importance of remember the community’s history presented by Dr. Pedro A. Cuevas, assistant teaching professor at the Dept. of Ethnic Studies at Northern Arizona University.
Cuevas, who is a nationally recognized, award-winning educator with more than 25 years of experience working with incarcerated felons, gang members, drug addicted teenagers and migrant families, used his own family’s history in Flagstaff to tell of the importance of the Hispanic community to the fabric of the region’s society. He drew upon the oral history tales of the NAU Los Recuerdos del Barrio en Flagstaff Collection featuring interviews by Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces member Delia Muñuz, who happened to be attending the breakfast program.
