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Arizona National Guard sends truck unit to fire area
An Arizona National Guard cargo truck unit is shifting its summer training site to an armory in eastern Arizona so it can be readily available if needed for missions related with the Wallow fire.
Brewer in eastern Arizona for fire tour, meetings
Gov. Jan Brewer is in eastern Arizona for a second visit to the area of the Wallow fire.
Obama calls Brewer over eastern Arizona fires
President Barack Obama called Gov. Jan Brewer Thursday to express his concern for residents affected by Arizona wildfires.
Crews protect resort town from massive Wallow Fire
Fire crews working feverishly overnight managed to protect most of a mountain resort town threatened by a massive wildfire in eastern Arizona, but some structures were lost.
Wallow Fire threatens power transmission lines
A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona that has forced thousands from their homes headed Wednesday for a pair of transmission lines that supply electricity to hundreds of thousands of people as far east as Texas.
Judges get emergency powers due to Ariz. wildfire
Court officials in two eastern Arizona counties are being given emergency powers because of a major wildfire burning in that part of the state.
Republicans take aim at feds over Wallow Fire
Two Arizona Republicans are angrily questioning whether the United States Forest Service is to blame for the wildfires raging out of control in the eastern part of the state that have charred more than 230,000 acres.
Brewer declares state of emergency for Wallow Fire
Gov. Jan Brewer has declared a state of emergency retroactive to May 29 in Apache and Greenlee Counties in response to the Wallow Fire.
Arizona forest fire triggers new evacuation orders
More than 2,000 firefighters from several states battled a 287-square-mile wildfire in eastern Arizona that forced the evacuation of mountain communities and the closure of roads and a key highway as it burned its way through dry timber and brush.
Fort Defiance
Fort Defiance, established in 1851, was the first military post established in what would become the Arizona Territory, and its post office, established in 1856, provided the future territory’s first postal service.
Ariz. National Guard head to Afghanistan
Members of an Arizona National Guard air ambulance unit are deploying to Afghanistan.
Southwest sees copper boom thanks to high prices
With prices high and backing in place from some of the world's largest mining companies, the hunt for copper in the American Southwest is experiencing a revival.
