This week, the Service will carry out a prescribed burn in Tonto National Forest north of Globe.

Flagstaff city officials announced the completion of a detention basin on the city’s west side that will help protect homes from flooding.

Over the past few decades, wildfires in the western U.S. have grown more frequent and burned more land. A new paper shows how the impacts of those fires are felt elsewhere in the county.

A popular tourist destination in Arizona is getting federal funds to boost its emergency response.

Wildfires are growing more frequent and severe, and wildfire season has lengthened by almost three months since the late-1970s. Experts say it’s time to think beyond battling these inevitable blazes and find a way to live with them.
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Northern Arizona has been besieged with almost daily flooding after a pair of devastating wildfires near Flagstaff this year. Officials say the price tag to prevent further damage from flooding will be steep: between $125 million and $145 million that will need to come from the U.S. government.
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The Leazier family has lived at the same Flagstaff property more than three decades. This past April, theirs was one of 30 homes that burned down in the Tunnel Fire. Their insurance coverage doesn't fully cover the cost of rebuilding — and an insurance consumer advocacy organization said the Leaziers aren't alone.

Coconino County officials warned residents that they’re competing for federal funds with other disaster-affected communities throughout the U.S. as flooding continues to threaten Flagstaff.

More than a dozen wildfires are burning around the state, and the season isn’t over yet. But experts say we need to pay more attention to how homes affect fires and the resulting contamination.