Flagstaff Medical Center

Northern Arizona Healthcare is rolling out its new strategic plan, just two years after Flagstaff voters shot down a controversial hospital proposal.

Northern Arizona Healthcare confirmed Friday a person recently died at the Flagstaff Medical Center of pneumonic plague.

Proposition 480, that would have allowed the construction of a new hospital complex to move forward in Flagstaff, was rejected by voters by a 72% margin in Tuesday’s mail-in election.

Initial numbers show Flagstaff residents voted against a referendum to move forward with plans to build a new hospital.

As Flagstaff voters weigh in on a proposal to build a new hospital, some in the community have questioned how Northern Arizona Healthcare will pay for the project. The company maintains it’ll be 100% privately funded.

Flagstaff is a week away from a mail-in election that’ll decide whether Northern Arizona Healthcare will be able to move forward with plans to build a new hospital.

Northern Arizona Healthcare will hold another public on Oct. 16 forum about its plans to build a new hospital in Flagstaff.

Northern Arizona Healthcare will hold a public question-and-answer forum next week about its plans to build a new hospital in Flagstaff as a community group continues to oppose the plan.

The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that voters will decide the rezoning of land for the planned construction of a new hospital in Flagstaff. Northern Arizona Healthcare had appealed an earlier court decision regarding what they considered misleading language in a rezoning referendum petition.

Northern Arizona Healthcare defended its challenge of a ballot referendum about the construction of a new Flagstaff hospital campus in the Arizona Court of Appeals Thursday. The court is expected to rule by Aug. 23.