
Children play in a large pile of snow in the empty lot next to the Williams News building in 1948.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Long before Bear Grylls and Cody Lundin, mountain men were immersing themselves in the wild, encountering nature, and testing their skills in survival, exploration and endurance.

A collection of articles taken from the Williams News historical archives
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — After spending most of his life on military bomber airplanes, 96-year-old Walter Olmsted Jr. of Williams, Arizona, recently got his first up-close look at the Air Force’s youngest bomber: the B-2 Spirit.

According to the minutes of the Coconino County Board of Supervisors in late 1892, a special election was held to determine if bonds should be issued to provide funds for a new school.

This month in Williams history August 2, 1918

Out of the past
- Yavapai County vaccinations for Phase 1B involves pharmacy partnerships
- A roller coaster of a ride: Community sounds off on proposed coaster park and tubing hill
- Prescott-area COVID-19 vaccination venues to open this week
- Grand Canyon renews agreement with China's Yuntaishan Geopark
- Foot of snow possible for Williams this weekend
- Letter to the editor: Canyon Coaster Park looks for transparency with community
- Coconino County sees high demand for COVID-19 vaccine
- Doctor shortage: New family medicine residency brings students to rural Arizona
- NTSB report: Deadly Grand Canyon helicopter crash likely caused by wind
- Obituary: Annie Shumway
- Yavapai County vaccinations for Phase 1B involves pharmacy partnerships
- Wild ride: Coaster and tubing park proposal comes before Williams P & Z
- Obituary: Annie Shumway
- Flagstaff Medical Center reports record COVID cases
- Agritourism camp approved for Garland Prairie in Williams
- Coconino County sees high demand for COVID-19 vaccine
- Flagstaff minimum wage bumps to $15 per hour, state to $12.15
- Free saliva-based COVID-19 testing available at Fort Tuthill and NAU
- A roller coaster of a ride: Community sounds off on proposed coaster park and tubing hill
- Armed robbery suspect sought by Williams Police