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Lost Payson Boy Shares His Story
PHOENIX (AP) — A little Payson boy who spent a summer night lost in the woods is telling his story.
Four-year-old Travis Mitchell was missing for 18 hours from Sunday into Monday.
Searchers on horseback found the boy Monday and carried him to an awaiting helicopter where he was flown to a Payson hospital and later taken [...]
Missing Payson Boy Found Alive
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– 4-year-old Travis Mitchell has been reunited with his family after being found by rescuers.
The 18-hour search ended shortly after 11 am this morning when searchers on horseback found Travis in a canyon a few miles from where he disappeared Sunday night.
Mitchell was playing with friends and his older brother when he was [...]
URGENT: Search for Missing Payson Boy Underway
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– Rescuers and volunteers are looking for a missing 4-year-old Payson boy.
Travis Mitchell disappeared Sunday night while playing with some other children and his older brother into the woods in the northwest part of Payson. Payson police, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Public Safety, other agencies and numerous volunteers are [...]
Elderly Payson Man in Custody on Sexual Misconduct Charges
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– A 94-year-old Payson man is in jail on multiple sex-related charges.
Last week, Payson Police Department officers arrested Dale Warren Graham when he was caught in the garage of another home with a vacuum running on the front of his pants, according to Payson Police Chief Don Engler. A three-week investigation has so [...]
Two Men Connected With ‘High Country Bandits’ Caught
SHOW LOW (NAZ Today)– Two men have been arrested in connection to the recent string of bank robberies in Flagstaff and other parts of the southwest.
Joel Jay Glore and Ronald Michael Capito were arrested in the Show Low area after a week of surveillance by FBI and other officials.
Both men are in their 50s and [...]
Gila County Road Closure and Evacuation Information
GLOBE/PAYSON (Gila County Emergency Services Release)–
(January 21, 2010 – 7:10 p.m.) Heavy rainfall across Arizona this week has caused the following road closures due to significant runoff and flood conditions in many creeks and rivers of Gila County.
In Globe: Six Shooter Canyon Road; the bridge just past Pueblo Heights Trailer Park; Silver Hills; Orient Street: Hoopes Drive [...]
UPDATE: Blizzard Warning Issued for Flagstaff Has Expired
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– The Blizzard Warning for Flagstaff has been allowed to expire by the National Weather Service.
High winds and heavy snowfall caused dangerous traveling conditions on area roadways. The NWS and DPS say that travel should be limited due to icy and snow-packed road conditions.
A Winter Storm Warning was in affect for much of [...]
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Now Open 5 Days A Week
PHOENIX (AP) – Tonto Natural Bridge State Park near Payson will be open five days per week starting next month.
The park, located 10 miles north of Payson, was closed due to budget cuts until Payson on May 22 funded part-time positions necessary to keep it open at least on weekends throughout the summer and now [...]
Day 3 (Updated): Crews Make Substantial Progress on the Water Wheel Fire
UPDATE: Beaver Valley residents have been allowed to return to their homes, and Whispering Pines residents will be allowed to return to their homes at 5 pm. Fire behavior is minimal, with crews focusing on mop-up operations. Fire officials are saying that the focus will soon shift to localized flooding, with the remnants of Hurricane [...]
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