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Motor Excellence is a four year old company developing electric motor technologies.   After more than doubling its workforce in the past year to 56 full time positions, the board decided yesterday to lay off 16 people.  President Jon MrKonich said it was a business decision, so the company could focus getting their core products to market.

"We had been working on different what we call spoke companies," MrKonich said. " One was for generation and one was for large propulsion.  And although we've got some exciting initial results with prototypes, from a business perspective we decided to scale that back and just focus on the three core initiatives we've got.

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park have halted plans to ban the sale of bottled water to park visitors. AZPR’s Gillian Ferris Kohl reports the move comes shortly after discussions with Coca Cola, the main provider of bottled water at the Grand Canyon.

Flagstaff, AZ – For many Native Americans, by the time cancer is diagnosed, it's often already at an advanced stage, and therefore really hard to treat. Now a group of linguists and public health officials on the Navajo Nation are fighting to change that.

Flagstaff, AZ – Officials at Grand Canyon National Park are planning to overhaul 20-year-old regulations for use of the canyon's backcountry. Park officials held open houses to discuss how access and use of the park's backcountry might change, as KNAU's Anne Minard reports.

Flagstaff, AZ – Northern Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar has introduced a bill to authorize a controversial land swap in southeast Arizona that would pave the way for a huge copper mine. Arizona Public Radio's Daniel Kraker reports.

Flagstaff, Az – Cellist Zuill Bailey performs the prelude to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 at the KNAU Studios on Flagstaff.

Flagstaff, AZ – Peace Corps Volunteer: Patricia Steiner, Bulgaria, departing March 2011

Flagstaff, AZ – Peace Corps Volunteer Story: Sam Hagler, Paraguay 2006.