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Winter storm left drivers stranded on Interstate 40 overnight A series of accidents Monday night into early Tuesday morning left Interstate 40 shut down in both directions and stranded hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours. Author: Chris Latella Updated: 3:30 AM MST January 27, 2021 KINGMAN, Ariz. — A series of accidents Monday night into early Tuesday morning left Interstate 40 shut down in both directions and stranded hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours. ...

KAFF News School Delays And Closures For Northern Arizona For Monday We are getting some schools that are calling a snow day for Monday and Tuesday. We will compile a list of those who are closed. Keep checking back as we will update it as we hear. If you know of a school who has called a snow day, leave a comment on the website, Facebook or email us at news@kaff.com. Thanks and be safe everyone. SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DELAYS:

Beyers Byways: Seligman fights on in a pandemic By John R. Beyer For the Victorville Daily Press According to Eric, an employee at the Rusty Bolt (his mother, Linda, owns the shop), COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the small but usually vibrant town of Seligman, Arizona. “Most of our tourists are from out of this country,” Eric said. “I’d say 70 to 75%, actually.” For this iconic stop along Route 66 between Kingman and Flagstaff, that is a lot of shoppers to lose from a pandemic — a lo...

YCSO K-9s help seize over 130 pounds of marijuana, including some wrapped as Christmas gifts By FOX 10 Staff (Yavapai County Sheriffs Office) ASH FORK, Ariz. - During a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Ash Fork on Jan. 7, a Yavapai County Sheriffs Office deputy detected a odor of marijuana emanating from a Toyota Highlander. According to YCSO, the driver, 50-year-old Phatsavong Rasasy from Alabama, was extremely nervous and deceptive in his answers while talking to the deputy and initially d...

Relatives still coming or need to send out a gift to someone you won’t be able to see this year? Give them a unique gift — part Arizona history, part storytelling and part cookbook with recipes from historic Arizona restaurants found in “Tastes and Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona.” Think Lon’s at the Hermosa Inn, El Chorro, Stockyards, Bisbee’s Cafe Roka, Tubac’s Wisdom Cafe. There are brief biographies and food recipes from Arizona h...

125 years ago 1895: Conductor Clancy, in charge of the third section of No. 83 fast freight on the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, while trying to eject a tramp from his train at Mellian last Sunday afternoon, was shot by the tramp. He died at Ash Fork 40 minutes later. It appears that he had put off two tramps while at Mellian after the starting of the train. The tramps got boarded again by getting under one of the cars. When Mr. Clancy picked up a small piece of coal to frighten them off, not wi...