![]() ![]() Navajo County Manager James Jayne was selected as the recipient of the Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Award for Innovation. In a report entitled, Review of Helium Production and Potential in Arizona, Arizona Oil & Gas Administrator Steve Rauzi wrote, “Some of the richest helium-bearing gas in the world was produced from fields completed specifically for helium in northeastern Arizona in the 1960s and 1970s.” It was noted that with the development of potash mining in the Holbrook Basin, the recovery of helium from the basin would add even greater value to the area and provide a much needed resource to the Federal Helium Reserve. The dispensary serves individuals who have already obtained a medical marijuana card from their physician. Natural Herbal Remedies, a medical marijuana dispensary, opened up shop in the old Pow Wow Trading Post building in Holbrook. This most recent federal funding allowed the next phase of the feasibility study to continue. Army Corps of Engineers’ work plans for fiscal year 2013 included $499,000 in federal appropriations for the Winslow Levee Study. The Winslow Unified School District Governing Board approved a $15.3 million proposed budget that included a 12.9 percent increase to federal projects and a 26.1 percent increase to Proposition 301 classroom site funds. The City of Holbrook created a new code enforcement and safety department with department head Doyce Stuart, who would be in charge of two other full-time employees and would also get help from weed control specialist Julie Harrison. He cited the purchase of the 4,200-acre McCauley Ranch by a conservation group that would be included as part of Petrified Forest National Park and how that expansion may complicate the development of potash mining in the area. State Senator Chester Crandell, R-Heber, expressed concerns regarding the loss of revenue on taxable lands bought by the federal government. Graduates from the Northland Pioneer College/Northeastern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy and the agencies in which they will serve included Chase Carlson, Snowflake-Taylor Police Department Stratton Hatch, Holbrook Police Department Alicia Lopez and Adam Reeves, Winslow Police Department and Samuel Patrick and Nathanial Simonson, Navajo County Sheriff’s Office.Īurora Solar, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, was waiting to move forward with plans to build a solar power generation facility on 399 acres approximately three miles north of Snowflake until customers could be found to purchase that power. Editor’s note: Part I of the annual Year In Review was published in the Jan. ![]()
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