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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Evacuation orders were upgraded to "go" status for residents in Murphy Ranch and Ellison Ranch, located in southwestern Gila ...

Blackbird State Forest’s Delaware Wildland Fire Crew are once again heading out across the country to assist with a massive ...

There's been no shortage of wildfires in Arizona in summer 2025, with the Billy Fire prompting the most recent evacuations.

PAYSON — Smoke billowed from Diamond Rim on the Tonto National Forest on Monday afternoon as a helicopter bobbed along overhead, dropping tiny fireballs to stoke flames on the ground.