Daily News Brief, March 8, 2011

Public meetings will be held today here in Flagstaff on proposals to address mining issues situated in the Grand Canyon. The Interior Department is asking the public to weigh in on four proposals which are to take no action, set aside the 1 million acres for 20 years, partially withdraw either 300,000, or 650,000 acres from any new claims. Meetings will continue throughout the remainder of this week.

A representative of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office will present a special Award of Merit to the trauma team from the University of Arizona's Medical Center. The award will be presented at the Business Magazine's Health Care Leadership Awards ceremony this week.

The Northern Arizona University Men's basketball team continues their run for a Big Sky championship this evening. The Lumberjacks face the Grizzly’s of Northern Colorado this evening at 8p.m. You can watch the game at Porky's Pub in Flagstaff.

For Weather: Today's high is predicted to at 44 degrees with a low of 20 degrees. Tomorrow will be much warmer with a high of 56 degrees and a low of 25 degrees.

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Written by Ryan Lee