PHOENIX – A specialized incident management team took command of the Washington Fire near Payson on Friday. Southwest ...

A federal judge conceded that a planned copper mine will destroy a site sacred to the Apache people, but refused to stop a ...

Several fires are burning across Arizona, including in the Tonto National Forest where the Billy Fire has been burning since ...

Authorities in Gila County say the Billy Fire continues to grow as firefighters lose some containment on the blaze burning in ...

Crews are responding to a new wildfire in the Tonto National Forest. Forest officials said the fire is one mile northwest of Washington Park in Payson Ranger District. >> Download the 12News app for ...

A U.S. district judge has denied a request by a Native American tribe and environmentalists to stop the federal government ...

Firefighters from Smyrna, Delaware, have headed out west to help fire teams in Arizona as the "Billy Fire" burns through the ...

Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky is exploring the possible relocation of 50 to 60 Salt River wild horses from the Tonto ...

A handful of trails within Tonto National Forest were also closed Wednesday: First water, Crosscut, Broadway, Hieroglyphic, and Peralta. "Please avoid these closure areas, and the fire area.

More than 200 firefighters are working to contain the Mountain Fire in Arizona, which ignited on Tonto National Forest land northeast of the Valley Friday and quickly covered thousands of acres.

PHOENIX— The Tonto National Forest released a final draft of its long-awaited Travel Management Plan on Friday that ignored members of the public and conservation groups who highlighted the need to ...