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The air outside is nippy, but inside the large exercise studio, sweat is seeping out of the pores of a group of hard-working practitioners who follow every move by and verbal cue from Julia Olguin, the director and owner of the Bikram Yoga of Flagstaff on West Phoenix Avenue, just south of the tracks downtown. After moving with her family from Southern California to Flagstaff in 2002, Olguin opened her Bikram studio, sometimes called “hot yoga,” in January 2004. The most distinctive part … [Read more...] about Hot Yoga For Cold Days

Ascend Capital Management has purchased the Horsmen Lodge Restaurant. Named in the effort to pay homage to the ranching lifestyle, the Horsemen Lodge’s new owners are dedicated to updating the venue while also respecting and upholding it’s historical significance to the best of their ability. Alongside the physical renovations, a new menu is being included, offering not only dinner, but breakfast and lunch as well. The Horsemen Lodge is now open at 8500 Hwy 89 in Flagstaff. Their new hours … [Read more...] about Horsemen Lodge Has New Owners

“When H1N1 influenza spread from Mexico in 2009, we didn’t know how severe it was going to be,” recalled Professor Paul Keim of Northern Arizona University. “There was great fear it might cause a big increase in flu deaths over a more typical flu outbreak – because it was a new flu strain, no one had immunity to it.”   The so-called “swine flu” outbreak five years ago was pronounced a pandemic and public health emergency by the World Health Organization. Cases began appearing in late … [Read more...] about TGen Receives Patent for Test to Detect H1N1 Flu Strain

Ever wonder how people get suckered into a scam or fall under the spell of a promise they normally might rule out as highly unlikely? It is the ether. “Ether is a condition that the master closer puts you in by hitting your fear, greed and urgency buttons,” explains “The Con Artist’s Playbook” from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Here’s how the con goes down. You are contacted by a pro adept at finding your “emotional triggers,” the hot buttons that will overrule … [Read more...] about Con Artists Preying on Emotions to Take Your Money

The red-hot item on this year’s winter runner’s Christmas list may well be Kahtoola’s NANOspikes. The Flagstaff company had already established MICROspikes as a winter option for trail runners to slip over their shoes when founder Danny Giovale and his team went to work on developing a traction option for road runners back in 2011. The reasons to doing this were obvious from a business perspective. There are far more road runners than trail runners, and they inhabit a much more diverse … [Read more...] about Runners Gripping Icy Roads with Kahtoola’s Latest Innovation

The Coconino County Community Development Department is seeking public feedback on proposed changes to sign and lighting codes as it updates the County’s zoning ordinances.   “The County’s zoning ordinances haven’t received a comprehensive update since 1981, although many amendments have been made in that time,” said Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Mandy Metzger. “By updating our zoning ordinances, we hope to make codes more user-friendly, while utilizing new tools to implement the … [Read more...] about County Begins Revisions of Sign and Lighting Codes