Munds Park

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

There was an accident this morning that closed southbound Interstate-17 near Munds Park. ADOT officials say a vehicle hit a deer about two miles north of Munds Park at about 1:30 a.m. The accident didn’t affect the northbound lanes. Southbound I-17 was reopened by 2 a.m. There’s no word if there were injuries related toFull Story

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest will conduct more prescribed burns this week. A 100-acre prescribed burn is set for near Munds Park on Tuesday. Officials say the burn will take place just south of Munds Park, south of Odell Lake sometime after 8 a.m. Smoke from the burn is expected to move eastFull Story

Northbound Interstate-17 was a bit messy Wednesday morning after a hay truck overturned. DPS officials say a hay truck tipped over just south of Munds Park at milepost 312 at around 9 a.m. The spill brought northbound traffic down to one lane until crews cleaned up the mess. No one was reportedly injured in theFull Story

Flagstaff Police and State Troopers chased a Flagstaff man with a stolen van reported out of Cottonwood from Interstate-17 north of Camp Verde to a Munds Park house Tuesday. Authorities say troopers were alerted to the van near the Cornville/McGuireville Road Exit and tried to pull it over. DPS says the driver refused to pullFull Story

More prescribed burns are scheduled for this week in the Coconino National Forest. Fire managers plan on burning just south of Munds Park on the east side of Interstate-17 Tuesday evening. The burn is about 19-hundred acres total and it will start at around 5 p.m. Smoke is predicted to run down Munds Canyon andFull Story