Gila County

Work is wrapping up on the Horton Fire near Payson, with a Type 3 team from the Tonto National Forest set to take back command Monday.

The long-awaited Tonto Creek Bridge opened in Gila County Monday. It comes nearly five years after three children died when a family attempted to cross the flooded creek.

Gila County will delay the rollout of new regulations on short-term rentals as the board of supervisors work to address local owner's concerns.

Nearly five years after three young children died in northern Arizona's Tonto Creek, Gila County is using a $21 million federal grant to build a bridge over part of the stream.

Gila County supervisors adopted 16 pages of regulations for vacation rentals through services like Airbnb and VRBO. The restrictions go so far as to impose a limit of two guests per bedroom to dictating how frequently hosts must wash the sheets.

Crews are making progress on a bridge over Tonto Creek nearly four years after three children and a 69-year-old man died in separate incidents while trying to cross the flooded waterway.

An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for Yavapai County, northern Gila County and the Glen Canyon area through Friday.

Gila County is set to receive $341,000 in federal funding for evacuation planning, community education and fuel thinning.

Gila County officials say a mountain lion attacked a 64-year-old man while camping along the Salt River last week.

Patches of rain and high elevation snow move into the region Tuesday night, continuing through Thursday.