Munds Park

Coconino County has issued a proclamation requires residents to wear a face covering when not able to physical distance themselves from other people. The proclamation was approved on Friday and it applies to all private lands in the unincorporated areas of the county, which includes Doney Park, Kachina Village and Munds Park. It does notFull Story

Southbound Interstate-17 was closed for some time Friday morning south of Flagstaff after an early morning accident. The accident happened at around 2:42 a.m. at milepost 326 near Munds Park. DPS says a vehicle suffered a blown tire that caused it to be hit by a second vehicle. There were no injuries reported. The southboundFull Story

The Arizona Department of Transportation has reopened two rest areas, one on Interstate-17 and the other on Interstate-40, to support the trucking industry. ADOT has reopened the Parks Rest Area along Interstate-40 west of Flagstaff at milepost 182 and the Christensen Rest Area on Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff at milepost 324. Both rest areasFull Story

A Munds Park man was killed and another person was injured after a single-vehicle accident Wednesday night near Black Canyon City. DPS officials say the vehicle driven by 32-year-old Jonathon Barton left southbound Interstate-17 and rolled multiple times, coming to a rest against a stone wall. Barton and his passenger, 24-year-old Alanna Martinez also ofFull Story

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office continues to look for a man, who was last seen at a relative’s home in the Munds Park area nearly a month ago. Officials say 56-year-old William Morrison didn’t tell anyone where he was going, or told them about his plans. His truck hasn’t been seen and his cell phoneFull Story

A wildfire started Tuesday afternoon near Munds Park. Pinewood Fire officials say the Munds Fire was one mile northwest of Munds Park behind Munds Ranch Road and right off of Interstate-17. Crews from Pinewood and Highlands fire departments, along with Coconino National Forest crews, responded to the fire and it was contained by 8 p.m.Full Story

A man who was in a standoff with police in a Munds Park home back in January was sentenced Monday. Thirty-four-year-old Daniel Lykins pleaded guilty to two counts of fleeing from police and using a stolen vehicle in October. Lykins stole a van from Cottonwood and authorities chased him from Interstate-17 north of Camp VerdeFull Story

A tree fell into a major power line in Northern Arizona Thursday morning, causing power to go out for around four-thousand people between Munds Park and Kachina Village. APS says around a-thousand people lost power in Munds Park and around three-thousand were without power this morning between in Kachina Village. Crews were able to fixFull Story

Another bear had to be euthanized in Arizona after it was seen trying to break into several homes in Munds Park recently. Wildlife officials say the bear had grown accustomed to eating human food and breaking into occupied houses. It was the fourth bear that had to be put down in the past ten days.Full Story

A dead body was found early Friday morning along Interstate-17 south of Munds Park. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials joined DPS at around 12:29 a.m. at the bridge where the body was found. A state trooper stopped to check on a vehicle that appeared to be broken down. It was then he saw the body 70Full Story