Release Date: Jan 4, 2023 Contact(s): Travis Mason-Bushman Williams, AZ, January 4, 2023 – With recent winter storms providing extensive snow cover across much of the Kaibab National Forest, firefighters are taking advantage of prime conditions to reduce hazardous fuels on the landscape. Over the coming weeks, Forest Service firefighters will ignite piles of thinned trees and brush […]
School canceled today, January 2, 2023 due to winter weather and road conditions. After further winter weather and road condition assessments this morning, all Flagstaff Unified School District schools will be closed on Monday, January 2, 2023.
On December 25th, 2022, SFMD Engine 32, Engine 31, Flagstaff Fire Rescue 3 and SFMD Battalion 30 responded to the report of a possible structure fire in Doney Park. On arrival, Engine 32 identified that it was a large, chicken-coop style structure fully engulfed in flame. E32 quickly suppressed the fire, but unfortunately, the coop […]
From Coconino National Forest: We’re conducting pile burns today in the Dry Lake Hills area, so don’t be alarmed if you see smoke.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – The City of Flagstaff is proud to provide a treecycling service during the month of January to assist with the proper recycling of Christmas trees. Collected trees will be mulched and used in the City’s parks and beautification projects throughout the year. City residents can place their tree on the curb for […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Congress acted today to approve the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which includes funding for federal programs that support post-wildfire watershed restoration and flood mitigation. The legislation includes an overall $925 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWPP). The Coconino County Flood Control District (District) has […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – The City of Flagstaff will begin the process of dredging Frances Short Pond to remove sediment from post-wildfire flooding. First, the pond will be drained and dried so that the sediment at the bottom of the pond can be more easily accessed and removed. Once the sediment has been removed, the pond […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – The minimum wage in the City of Flagstaff will increase to $16.80 on Jan. 1, 2023. This increase was announced by the City in September of 2022. Flagstaff voters passed the Minimum Wage Act (“the Act”) on November 8, 2016 as a citizen’s initiative (Proposition 414). The Act, which is codified in […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Dec. 13, 2022 — The Coconino National Forest is beginning to close several higher elevation forest roads throughout the Flagstaff Ranger District due to snow and wet weather. These closures are implemented for both the safety of visitors and to protect forest roads during inclement weather. Main forest roads along U.S. Highway 180 are […]
Flagstaff, AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s, Attorney’s, and Treasurer’s Offices are warning residents of a recent scam targeting property owners within Coconino County. A group presenting itself as Tax Assessment Securities has sent a false “warrant” to property owners, claiming a tax debt is due and warning that the State of Arizona will seize […]
Fire Managers will be conducting Prescribed fire pile burns this week near Williams, on Bill Williams mountain, and west of town, south of I-40. Pile burns continue near Tusayan by HWY 64 & airport.
