As hot temperatures and strong winds continue in northern Arizona, several different agencies and local governments are implementing increased fire restrictions this week.
The city of Flagstaff is entering Stage 2 restrictions, which basically bans any fires throughout the city that doesn’t have an on-off switch. Those start Friday.
Coconino National Forest’s restrictions start Wednesday at 6 p.m. and ban charcoal and wood fires as well as most generators and other gas powered motors.
State trust lands throughout the entire state go into stage 2 restrictions banning campfires and other open flame sources starting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
More northern Arizona news
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Arizona’s measles outbreak is showing signs of slowing down. The Arizona Department of Health Services reported just one new measles case this week. -
Maleeka “Mollie” Boone is believed to have been hit by a passing motorist when walking home after playing in her neighborhood on Jan. 15 in the Coalmine Canyon area about 240 miles north of Phoenix. -
A one-time candidate for superintendent in Apache County is now suing the former county attorney, Michael Whiting, for allegedly bullying him to drop out of the 2024 campaign. -
That exhibit at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site on the Navajo Nation — still under review — hasn’t been taken down yet, but his name is literally inseparable from this land in northeastern Arizona and its rich history. -
The National Weather Service reports hurricane force winds are rampaging through Northern Arizona.
