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Hobbs outlines 2025 wildfire season

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Officer John Truett held a press conference in Phoenix last month to discuss the outlook for the 2025 wildfire season, which they said has the potential...

Hobbs, USFS sign fire risk meeting plan

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a non-binding Shared Stewardship Agreement with the federal government on Thursday, Oct. 10, intended to enable state and federal agencies to collaborate to reduce community wildfire risk.  “Arizona doesn’t have a wildfire ‘season’ anymore,”...

How wildland firefighters battle fires in the West

The first big wildfire of the 2024 season to affect Sedona and the Verde Valley is the 960-acre Bravo Fire. Burning on the heavily-wooded Camp Navajo, an Arizona National Guard facility south of Bellemont, an unincorporated community 22 miles...

Two prescribed burn projects fire up May 13-16

Coconino National Forest fire managers will resume plans for the Horseshoe Wild Bill and Maxwell Springs prescribed burn projects through this week in an effort to help protect communities from catastrophic wildfires and improve the health of the forest. The...

Public meeting on Cecil Fire scheduled for Oct. 2

The slight rain that fell on the Cecil Fire yesterday morning helped keep the lightning-caused Cecil Fire, located southwest of Flagstaff, at 2,180 acres as of Monday morning. The Cecil Fire is burning on both Coconino National Forest and Arizona...

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Divided council approves new lease for Villas on Shelby

After a contentious discussion, the Sedona City Council approved a ground lease for the proposed Villas on Shelby 30-unit,...

Sedona residents share stories of historic properties

The Sedona Heritage Museum hosted an historic preservation celebration on May 3 to mark the start of Historic Preservation...
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