The Yarnell Hill Recovery Group celebrated a milestone Monday: The ninth and final replacement home has gone up for uninsured residents who lost everything during last year's deadly wildfire.
The Tempe Fire Department has started a training program based on the course of events that claimed the life of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots while fighting a wildfire last summer near Yarnell, Arizona.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) – Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, were killed June 30 when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. It was the deadliest single day for U.S. firefighters since 9/11. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. Here are the stories of those who died: ___ […]
After brewing up a plan to help the Prescott Firefighter Charities after the Yarnell Hill tragedy, members of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild were able to present the organization a check for more than $60,000 this week.
The Granite Mountain Hotshot crew that was nearly wiped out by the Yarnell Hill wildfire may not be reformed because the city is concerned about its insurance premiums, the city's attorney said Thursday.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said the manner in which the federal government rejected her request for aid for Yarnell, Ariz. was "very, very disappointing."
Arizona House Speaker Andrew Tobin was not pleased to hear that Arizona's request for federal aid to assist the people of Yarnell, Ariz. was denied Friday.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) – Brendan McDonough was emotionally crushed when his supervisor on a Hotshot firefighting crew radioed in to say a wildfire ripping through the Arizona wilderness had forced them into emergency shelters _ a last resort for firefighters. His emotions plunged further as he heard the ringing phones that some of his fellow […]
One Lehi woman has decided to raise money for one of the families of the Yarnell, Ariz., fire by selling a bracelet that has become an iconic beacon of hope.
Today on Mac & Gaydos… • 3:45 p.m.: Is lack of courage the reason unhappy couples are staying together? • 4:45 p.m.: Jim Cross joins us LIVE from Yarnell. He was on the scene where 19 Yarnell firefighters died and will walk us through what the area is like. • 5:15 p.m.: THE SOURCE: Did […]
Just three weeks after the deadliest wildfire in Arizona history took the lives of 19 Granite Mountain hotshots and destroyed more than 100 structures in Yarnell, flooding is now very much a concern in that community.
Editor’s Note: This is a letter from the city of Prescott thanking the thousands of people who have offered their time, donations and prayers to the city after the death of 19 hotshots in the Yarnell Hill wildfire. It has not been edited in any way. As the City of Prescott continues to grieve the […]
A third man was arrested Friday in connection with the burglary of an evacuated home in Yarnell, Ariz, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said in a release.
Gilbert police officers and firefighters are lacing up and stepping out on the ice Saturday for a charity hockey game to benefit the families of the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots.
