PRESCOTT AREA

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality says an area of orange soil and water found near a former mine in the town of Walker is from naturally-occurring iron.

Thousands of rural residents in several central Arizona towns and cities have lost in-network access to Dignity Health’s Yavapai Regional Medical Center after negotiations between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and the medical provider broke down.

Officials say a teenager is dead and four others injured after a rollover collision in Yavapai County Tuesday.

Authorities say a small plane went down shortly after takeoff from Prescott Regional Airport, but the pilot escaped injury

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.

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.

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.

A community meeting will be held Thursday evening at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott at 6 p.m. and can also be streamed at the Prescott National Forest’s Facebook page.

The Crooks Fire burning south of Prescott is now 23% contained after burning more than 9,000 acres so far.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing boy. Authorities say 16 year old Nicholas Dominguez went missing…