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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a grant program to help rural and tribal communities in Arizona repair water infrastructure damaged by fires and floods last year.

Federal officials say grants are now available to assist residents in Coconino and Yavapai counties repair their homes that were damaged by wildfires last summer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a grant program designed to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged by wildfires in Coconino and Yavapai counties last year.

A burned area emergency response team has completed a soil burn severity map for the Crooks Fire that burned about 9,400 acres south of Prescott.

A public safety closure area established during the Crooks Fire has been reduced as fire crews get closer to full containment of the blaze burning in the Bradshaw Mountains. Officials with the Prescott National Forest assumed command of the fire Tuesday night from a Type 1 Incident Management Team.

Watson Lake in Prescott reopened today after being closed to the public due to the Crooks Fire. The City of Prescott Recreation Services Department says recreational access was effective as of 6:00 a.m. Friday, May 13, 2022.,

All remaining evacuation orders will be lifted Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. for the Crooks Fire burning south of Prescott in the Bradshaw Mountains.

Nearly all evacuation orders have been lifted for the Crooks Fire burning in the Bradshaw Mountains south of Prescott. An Emergency Response Team has completed a Soil Burn Severity Map for the Tunnel Fire. Crews are conducting mop up operations on the Antelope Fire north of Sunset Crater near Flagstaff.

The Crooks Fire burning near Prescott is now 83% contained at just over 9,400 acres. Many evacuations have been lifted. Tunnel Fire is close to full containment.

Despite critical fire weather this weekend and winds in excess of 50 mph, firefighters gained more containment of wildfires burning in northern Arizona.