Prescott News

A fire started Friday morning just off Interstate-17 and Bumble Bee. The Bumble Bee Fire is now up to at least 2,000 acres and is within a mile of Bumblebee and two-to-three miles of Cleater. A “Set” message has been sent to the residents in the areas of Bumblebee and Cleator, but was rescinded atFull Story

Prescott Valley Police are looking for a suspect in a burglary on Thursday. Officers responded to a call at around 11 p.m. at Bike Works on the 85-hundred block of State Route 69. An unknown suspect forcefully entered the business and stole a bicycle. In the process, the suspect caused over a thousand dollars worthFull Story

Gas prices are down slightly across Arizona this week. Triple-A Arizona says prices fell about a half-cent to $2.34 a gallon. In Flagstaff, gas was down almost two cents a gallon from last week to $2.40 a gallon this week. Some stations are selling gas for $2.33 and lower. In Prescott, gas was unchanged, sittingFull Story

State health officials have released a set of benchmarks they want to see before sending Arizona students back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The benchmarks will rely on county data. The plan says for a safe return, there should be “minimal community spread” that would be fewer than ten new cases per 100-thousand people,Full Story

A nine-month-old infant is recovering at Phoenix Children’s Hospital after he was bitten by the family dog Wednesday afternoon in Prescott Valley. Police were called to the 79-hundred block of Talking Iron Lane at around 4 p.m. When they arrived they found the little boy was seriously bitten by the dog. Authorities say the infantFull Story

A Red Flag Warning is in effect Thursday for portions of western Coconino and Yavapai counties. Affected areas include Prescott, Prescott Valley, Valle and Seligman. The warning covers portions the Coconino, Kaibab and Prescott national forests. The National Weather Service says winds are expected to be 15-to-25 miles per hour with gusts up to 35Full Story

A man who made a bomb threat to law enforcement in Yavapai County has been arrested in Colorado. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say in the mid-afternoon hours of July 26th, an unidentified man called the dispatch center and said “there is a bomb in the building” and hung up. Due to the broad, nondescript natureFull Story

Five Flagstaff residents were arrested Saturday in Cottonwood on drug charges. During the evening, police conducted a traffic stop on a white Chevy Impala in the area of Airpark Road. During the stop, the driver didn’t have his driver’s license and the name he provided officers ended up being false. Police were able to identifyFull Story

A registered sex offender was arrested in April for sexual assault and fraud in Prescott, based on stolen military valor. Police responded to a report from a woman, claiming she was sexually assaulted by 39-year-old John Hoyt Fullen at his Prescott home. During the investigation, police learned he was a Level 3 sex offender. AlsoFull Story

Sheila Polk was successful in her re-election bid for Yavapai County Attorney as she defeated former State Representative David Stringer in Tuesday’s primary. Polk knocked off Stringer 68-percent to 32-percent. Congressman Paul Gosar also had an easy night. He beat Anne Marie Ward 63-to-37-percent. Winners in the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors races include HarryFull Story