A rugged section of brush-covered hills where 19 Arizona firefighters were killed in a 2013 wildfire will be dedicated as a new state memorial park Tuesday.

Comparing the state’s firefighting actions to “Keystone Cops,’’ the attorney for Yarnell residents who lost their homes in the 2013 blaze wants the Court of Appeals to let them sue the state.

An attorney for Yarnell residents who were burned out in the 2013 blaze contends Arizona must compensate them for their losses because it failed to confine the lightning-caused fire to the state trust lands where it started.

Anyone cited for violating restrictions on campfires or smoking in Arizona's national forests will have to show up in court.

Arizona's state forester is citing a growing threat from wildfires as he requests a doubling of his agency's budget.

After a historic blaze in Yarnell killed 19 firefighters and caused millions of dollars in property damage, House Speaker Andy Tobin, who represents the area, had to do something. That something, however, was never exactly clear.

Yarnell's water system is getting a $225,000 donation of pipe for restoration and repair work in the wake of the wildfire that devastated the Yavapai County community last summer.

WASHINGTON – For every dollar the government spends preventing wildfire damage, it could save cash-strapped agencies like the Forest Service another $5 on fighting increasingly large fires, a Senate committee was told Tuesday.

Lawmakers express exasperation as they grapple with “seasonal” firefighters’ benefits.

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