coconino national forest

Homeless cope with national forest closures

Many self-described “travelers” pass through Sedona for a season before moving on. They’re free spirits, living on the cheap out of vehicles or backpacks in parking lots, or on Coconino National Forest when Sedona police, enforcing the city’s no...

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Wolf Anubis roams now-closed national forests

Amid extreme fire danger, multiple active fires and official forest closures, U.S. Forest Service offi­cials have largely emptied the now-closed Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, but somewhere on the Colorado Plateau above Sedona, a 1-year-old endan­gered male Mexican wolf...

Coconino National Forest begins implementing ‘full closure’

On Monday, Coconino National Forest announced a full forest closure effec­tive at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23, and the agency is preparing the public for a potentially long closure — the exact length dependent on how much moisture...

Give USFS more money to police forest

Across numerous recent editions we have covered the growing problem of long-term camping and recre­ational use along the U.S. Forest Service roads west of the city on the north side of State Route 89A between Sedona and Cottonwood. There have...

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Sedona police arrest man shooting gun off Soldier Pass Road

Sedona Police Department responds to gunfire near homes; city issues ‘shelter-in-place’ notice to surrounding neighborhoods Gunfire in a neighborhood lead...

Velazquez is SRRHS’ 2026 valedictorian

Will head to Mexico for college with dream of becoming a neurosurgeon Karol Laija Velazquez, 17, will walk across the...
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