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Flagstaff, Arizona Patch AM: a 5 min read

Good morning to you Flagstaff! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How rising 7% mortgages are reshaping Flagstaff’s housing market right now
  • Why Flagstaff doctors say now is the moment for your vaccines
  • What a recent deadly plague case means for the Flagstaff area

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 74 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 75, low: 41.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 73 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 30-year mortgage rates top 7% as Flagstaff buyers, renters face rising costs (azfamily.com) — Flagstaff residents are facing some of the steepest housing costs in Arizona as 30-year mortgage rates climb above 7%, tightening an already limited local housing market. Buyers, renters, and NAU students are paying significantly more than Phoenix-area residents, even as sellers adjust to slower demand and a shifting buyer’s market with more room for negotiation and assistance programs.
   

2. Arizona doctors urge people to get their flu, COVID vaccines now while cases are low (azfamily.com) — Flagstaff doctors are urging residents to get their flu and COVID-19 shots now, while local case numbers remain low and vaccines are readily available. Clinics in town and outreach to nearby tribal communities aim to make immunizations convenient, especially for older and medically vulnerable neighbors. Getting vaccinated early is framed as a key way to protect Flagstaff families this fall.
   

3. Valentin Bogdanov: The hyper-reaction to the hot topic of the plague in the American media is quite understandable, because in the United States itself, the plague occurs every year: on average,… (news-pravda.com) — A recent CDC report highlights that a young man from the Flagstaff area died of pneumonic plague in July 2025, the first such death in Arizona since 2007. The analysis explains how rare but recurring plague cases cluster in northern Arizona and nearby states, and notes that contacts in the local case received preventive antibiotics and remained healthy.
   

4. Hualapai activists stop in Yuma on walk to oppose proposed lithium mine (kawc.org) — Hualapai activists walking 1,200 miles across Arizona to protest a proposed lithium mine passed through Flagstaff as part of their route connecting tribal communities. Their journey, now in Yuma, aims to raise awareness about threats to sacred lands, water, and future generations, stressing that mining impacts everyone who depends on shared aquifers and the Colorado River.
   

5. Ells, Rutherford of Montana State earn Big Sky weekly honors (bozemandailychronicle.com) — Montana State runners Sam Ells and Claire Rutherford just earned Big Sky cross country athlete of the week honors after wins in Washington, and their season will soon bring them to Flagstaff. The Big Sky Cross Country Championships are scheduled here on Friday, October 30, putting national-caliber college runners on local trails and giving residents a chance to watch top conference competition in their own backyard.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • This makes it such a good day when I watch this.
    It gives me hope! Yes, that is a very young Jaxon. His first connection. He also didn't know it wasn't a real bear! :) (Nextdoor Forest Springs)
  • Did anybody see the meteor at 1.
    04 am today? Amazing!!! And then the loud explosion probably when it entered the atmosphere. What an amazing spectacle. (Nextdoor Cheshire)
  • Raley's Supermarkets posted a job opening for 018 - Bashas' Meat Clerk - Woodlands Village in Flagstaff. Apply here.
  • Fry’s Food Stores posted a job opening for Produce Clerk in Flagstaff. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Flagstaff here.

Ok Flagstaff! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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