Adrian Skabelund

Flagstaff

Executive Producer at KNAU-FM (Flagstaff, AZ)

Producer/reporter for @AZPubRadio. Former @azds. Former #AmeriCorps dirtbag. "Flagstaffian" since age 3. Dyslexic writer

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Articles

The number of annual 'fire weather days' across the Southwest doubled since the 1970s

1 week ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

The number of fire weather days has nearly doubled since the early 1970s across much of the Southwest. Those are days with high temperatures, significant winds and very dry forest conditions. The analysis from the group Climate Central confirms what fire managers have said for years: that fire seasons are longer than ever before. Across northern Arizona, there are now nearly 50 more fire weather days than in 1973.
Union employees at 3 Bookmans stores strike Saturday as contract negotiations drag on

2 weeks ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Employees at Flagstaff’s Bookmans Entertainment Exchange joined staff at two Tucson stores in a one-day strike on Saturday. Since three stores in the Arizona chain unionized last year, contract negotiations between the union and management have dragged on. Union members say management has not taken contract negotiations seriously and they have yet to broach subjects such as wages and benefits.
Flagstaff moves historic May Hicks house out of Southside neighborhood

2 weeks ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Last week, the city of Flagstaff relocated an historic house built and owned by May Hicks, known as the “Betsy Ross of Arizona”, who sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911 before statehood. The home was slated for demolition to make way for apartments before the city purchased it. Flagstaff resident Shawn Browning had a front row seat to the move a little before midnight.
Gallery: A view inside the annual count of endangered Mexican gray wolves

3 weeks ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Sunny and seasonably warm afternoons are forecast through the remainder of the work week. We turn windy once again this weekend (not nearly as windy as early this week). A spring storm ushers in cool and showery weather Sunday and Monday, possibly a little snow around Flagstaff, stay tuned.
Conservation groups have genetic concerns as Mexican wolf population grows

3 weeks ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Each winter, state and federal wildlife biologists crisscross Arizona and New Mexico in helicopters, planes and trucks as they capture and count endangered Mexican gray wolves. Their population has grown for nine years, but conservation groups say the program is running out of time to address important genetic challenges. It’s an unusually warm January day when state wolf technician Annie Norland and state veterinarian Anne Justice-Allen huddle within a single-wide outside of Alpine, Arizona.
County sups question federal reliability as annual budget discussions begin

4 weeks ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Nearly 15% of Coconino County’s budget comes from the federal government. But, as the Trump administration cancels grants and holds up funding, officials are unsure just how reliable that money will be as they draw up next year’s budget. More than $76 million in federal funding support nearly 40 full-time jobs with Coconino County. Supervisor Patrice Horstman says that includes the entire emergency management division staff. She worries that funding is no longer a sure thing.
Flagstaff, Sedona see May Day rallies against Trump admin

1 month ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

More than a thousand people rallied in Flagstaff on Thursday as part of nationwide May Day protests against the Trump administration and in support of labor. Pam Bettis drove from her home in Prescott to attend. She says she’s furious to see the administration deport legal residents and, in some cases, American citizens without due process. “If you don't have due process, anyone can come and grab you in your home and they don't have to give a reason. They'll just whisk you away. You'll disappear.
NAU cuts disease research, lays off staff, after Trump admin ends grants

1 month ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

A research program at Northern Arizona University that studies infectious diseases has been forced to lay off seven staff members. The cuts in April come after the Trump administration terminated more than $2 billion in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. NAU’s Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI) receives funding from NIH along with several other federal agencies, private companies and foundations.
Gallego highlights tariff impacts to northern Arizona economy

1 month ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Last week, Senator Ruben Gallego highlighted the economic impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs, including on local businesses in northern Arizona. The Democrat toured the east Flagstaff coffee shop, Mayan Winds, as part of a two-day visit to the region. He says he believes the tariffs are leading the country into a recession. “And the worst of it all is that this is absolutely self-inflicted. There was no reason that we had to go about it in the manner that we did.
Flagstaff protesters honor the American Revolution, denounce Trump

1 month ago | knau.org | Adrian Skabelund

Nearly 1,600 people rallied in opposition to the Trump administration Saturday in Flagstaff — the same day the first shots were fired with the start of the American Revolution 250 years ago. The rally was one of 14 across Arizona and nearly 700 held across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.