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Kachina Village, Forest Highlands and Pine Del have been downgraded from a “Set” pre-evacuation notice to “Ready” status. The shift comes as the Pocket Fire reaches 20% containment.
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Fire managers announced Wednesday that the Pocket Fire north of Sedona has surpassed 18,000 acres — but is now 20% contained.
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The Coconino National Forest established designated "Quiet Areas" — now known as "Seasonal Closures" — in the 1980s to provide recreational spaces free from motorized traffic at certain times of the year.
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Fire officials say the Pocket Fire’s heavy smoke that’s inundated Flagstaff has also helped moderate fire behavior as it drifts over the blaze.
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Officials say ozone levels in Flagstaff have spiked in recent days as the Pocket Fire creates hazardous air quality for vulnerable populations.
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Crews on the Pocket Fire have stopped northward progress as they continue to conduct burnout operations and strengthen lines on the blaze that's grown to more than 15,000 acres.
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A Coconino County jury found the polygamous sect leader at the center of the Netflix series, "Trust Me: The False Prophet," guilty of child abuse.
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A wildland firefighter for the Kaibab National Forest was among those killed Saturday while working to suppress a wildfire in western Colorado.
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Authorities said Nick Hutcherson, 27, of Glendale and two others were killed while responding to the Knowles Fire Saturday. Hutcherson was assigned to the U.S. Forest Service Kaibab National Forest.
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After the Pocket Fire exploded in size over the weekend, Kachina Village residents felt anxious as they prepared for a possible evacuation. KNAU caught up with a few of them.
NPR News
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The romance books Ryan read growing up rarely included characters who looked like her. Now she deliberately centers people the genre has left out, including Black, Indigenous and queer women.
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The Scottish-born comic became a U.S. citizen in 2008. He showcases his goofy sense of humor, and his appetite for the unpredictable, in a new five-part documentary series for CNN.
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Trump and his family earned over $1 billion last year through cryptocurrency ventures and other businesses. And, the Vatican declared that the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X has entered schism.
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President Trump and his family took in more than $1 billion last year through crypto businesses, a federal filing released Wednesday revealed.
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Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter says President Trump "stands alone" in having substantial financial conflicts of interest and that, "for every other executive branch official, it would be a violation."
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