Fort Defiance, AZ News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/ Fort Defiance, AZ News Preps kick off football season http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/42ad71bea9b4f2130f478f1e605eec6a.html Andy Staten The IndependentOK here we goIt's been a year since Blue Ridge kicked off a dominating football campaign that ended just as Show Low's magical season really began The Cougars avenged a regularseason loss to the Yellow Jackets that cost them the 3A East title and a perfect season with a 177 semifinal victory on Nov 16 at Mesa Community College that led to a 260 shutout of Coolidge eight days later for the state title160;160;160;160;160; St Johns joined Show Low at the top of the heap by winning the 2A state crown Closed roads may slow morning drivers; radar van on West Side http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/a0c60666ec854f5f70bbe20b67cadcf2.html Weatherrelated closures clogged roads like cholesterol clogs arteries on Friday which is Eat Healthy Day Aviation officials investigate cause of two plane crashes http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/89e53bff0a0cb50c593e9b5b5db931da.html APACHE COUNTY Investigators with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are putting the pieces together that may help them understand why two seemingly unrelated small planes crashed last week in neighboring communities just five days apart Halbig: Sheriff's Office tried to inhibit campaign with arrest http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/6b306308b1e6b5165cd510e72162b3e7.html Kevin Halbig a candidate for Navajo County Sheriff said the Sheriff's Office had him arrested as a repercussion for announcing his candidacy Navajo County Show Low begin improvements to Fawnbrook subdivision http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/15524a94c5afd3991c7aa952a7437c99.html Navajo County Engineer Jim Matteson along with bond attorney Fred Rosenfeld of Gust Rosenfeld and the Fawnbrook Domestic Wastewater Improvement District DWID Board Chair Larry Whipple recently met with contractor SJL Construction to kick off the Fawnbrook sewer system improvement project Snowflake man dies in power plant accident http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/2dd16f08d350b99809a579d44c33d226.html Larry Hall 35 of Snowflake died at about 1:35 pm on Monday Aug 18 in an industrial accident at the Arizona Public Service Cholla Power Plant Grandma Thomas walks for Howard Shanker for Congress http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/b2c3ab2e749057da08d82309b094966f.html One of the Navajo Nation's greatest advocate for youth is now endorsing and advocating for Howard Shanker for Congress A success story: 'Balance the Challenge Towards Student Success' http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/arizona/fort-defiance/content/78c2619d01733e3dd9c9708ef3c26351.html The third annual Apache County Summer Academy Balance the Challenge Towards Student Success was well attended and a great success