SignalsAZ.com - Arizona News Podcast

Send us a text and chime in!

June 15th marked the official start of the Monsoon Season in Arizona and CAFMA is offering sand and sandbags at several fire stations to residents of Yavapai County. While the weather is dry as normal in the early monsoon season, CAFMA recommends preparing now for the flooding that could come when the wet weather of monsoons begins to roll in. Sand and sandbags are available at several fire stations around the county, all you need to do is bring a shovel. Sandbags are available at the following locations: Station 54 - 13155 E. Highway 169, Dewey Station 53 - 8555...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/cafma-providing-sandbags-for-residents/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

Prescott Mayor Phil Goode discussed several topics in his updates on Facebook providing important information for the residents of Prescott, Arizona:

• Study Session
• Voting Meeting
• Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial 
• Bear Attack 

Learn more online at https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/goodes-news-on-hotshot-memorial-prescott-city-council-and-more/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

In this week's podcast, Mayor Palguta of Prescott Valley discusses: 

• Teen and Tween Library Programs
• Parks and Recs Moved to the Library
• National Night Out
• Red, White, and Boom

earn more online at https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/june-19th-mondays-with-the-prescott-valley-mayor/

Listen to Prescott AZ News - SignalsAZ on Cast11: https://signalsaz.buzzsprout.com or wherever you stream podcasts. 

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

On June 30, 2013, 19 members of Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew lost their lives battling the Yarnell Hill Fire. The City of Prescott, Prescott Fire Department, agencies, and organizations from around the state will remember the Granite Mountain Hotshots with commemorative events and activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 11:30 am – Hotshot Tribute Mural Reveal at the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, 117 West Goodwin. Artist Katia Von Kral with the TV Show “The Reveal” is unveiling a tribute mural to the Hotshots which will reside on the side of the...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescott-events-to-honor-granite-mountain-hotshots-10th-anniversary/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

On Thursday, June 15, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) personnel responded to a wildland fire in the area of East Blazing Star Circle in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Upon arrival, crews discovered a 1⁄2 acre fire that had been knocked down by neighbors. One neighbor used a tractor to dig a line around the fire in order to stop the spread. A water truck was being used on a construction site just a couple properties away, so another neighbor ran to alert the driver, who drove to the scene and began spraying water on the...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/quick-prescott-valley-resident-action-helps-cafma-fight-wildland-fire/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

Ken Lain of Watters Garden Center of Prescott, Arizona shared the Plant of the Week last Friday. Here is your breakdown on how to grow Moonshine Yarrow. A fuss-free, heat-loving bloomer with large clusters of canary yellow flowers held above ferny, grey foliage, just stunning. Sunny borders and rock gardens are perfect or planted in a mass to create a bold band of color throughout summer. Mountain tough, you can’t kill this perennial that blooms better each year it returns. Javelina and rabbit detest the summer blooms. The perennial flower yarrow goes by several names – gordaldo, nosebleed plant, and...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/how-to-grow-moonshine-yarrow-2/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has started the first of 23 projects to repair damaged pavement following the record-setting winter, kicking off improvements that will continue through summer. ADOT has created a website at azdot.gov/PavingRepairs with a schedule and map of the initial round of .5 million in improvements, as well as information on million in planned additional pavement repairs. This includes million elected leaders have committed to for pavement repairs in rural areas as part of next year’s state budget beginning July 1, as well as million proposed in ADOT’s five-year construction program, to be...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/adot-completing-50-5-million-in-projects-with-more-planned/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

Prescott Valley Town Council during its June 8 regular meeting heard an update on its Master Drainage Plan from Ricardo Aguirre, P.E., D. WRE, CFM, Director of Land Management and Water Security for West Consultants. In early spring, the Town hired West, a firm that provides specialized water resources engineering services, to update the Town’s Master Drainage Plan by both mitigating nuisance flooding and harvesting floodwaters for groundwater recharge. West modeled existing conditions, reviewed drainage policies and standards, and looked at stormwater resources opportunities. Other conditions that fit into the plan include land use, stormwater flow and velocity, and flooding...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescott-valley-council-hears-update-on-master-stormwater-drainage-plan/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

Prescott Mayor Phil Goode discussed several topics in his updates on Facebook providing important information for the residents of Prescott, Arizona:

• Haisley Road Reconstruction Project
• Prescott City Council
  • Executive Session
  • Study Session
  • Voting Meeting
• Granite Mountain Hotshots Anniversary

Learn more online at https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/goode-gives-updates-on-haisley-road-and-granite-mountain-hotshots-anniversary/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send us a text and chime in!

Five years ago the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew (GMIHC) Learning and Tribute Center opened at the Prescott Gateway Mall honoring and recognizing the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the center is holding an anniversary event on June 29th. The vision is an exemplary, one-of-a-kind wildland fire learning center that honors the legacy of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew by educating, inspiring, and motivating visitors to adopt behaviors that prevent wildland fires, resulting in fewer fire-related fatalities. The Prescott Fire Department has held in trust all items the community left at Station 7 and sent from around the world mourning...

For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/granite-mountain-interagency-hotshot-tribute-center-recognizes-five-years/

Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com
Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ
Follow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network