Following last weekend's downpours, Coconino National Forest closed several forest roads west of Sedona due to significant water damage. The Verde Valley has received 2 to 3 inches of rain in the past seven days.
The emergency closures include:
■ Forest...
The recent rain and increased humidity is shifting concerns from fire danger to flash flooding for public land managers.
Coconino National Forest and Sedona Fire District lifted all fire restrictions on July 16. Kaibab and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests have also...
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...
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...
Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Tom Swaninger, Ph.D., indicated during the district’s Dec. 3 board meeting that district staff...
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