6/13/2022 10:00 am – Frontier has continued to locate and make repairs to the damaged lines. No ETA has been provided for completion at this time.

Navajo County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation in regards to a damaged fiber line off Old Woodruff Road near Old Woodruff Bridge. If anyone has information regarding this incident, please contacts them at (928)524-4050.

**UPDATE: 6/12/2022 @4:09 – 9-1-1 lines have been restored. Other updates will continue to be posted as we receive them regarding Verizon and internet services.

Due to the repairs that Frontier will need to make, there will be an outage of 9-1-1 services throughout the region. Repairs will being at 1:00pm and last for approximately 3 hours. Frontier has not provided the start time for this repair work. Both NCSO and ACSO text to 9-1-1 feature will still work! A Ready Navajo County alert was sent to provide this information to our citizens.

Alternate numbers for emergency services are as follows:

NCSO 928-241-4109:

SLPD 928-205-2742 or 928-205-2722:

ACSO 928-321-8042

WMAT 928-594-6851.

**Please do not call or text 9-1-1 to ‘test’ or updates, dispatchers need to keep lines clear for emergencies.**

Updates will be posted as they are received here.

5/21/2022 at 2:43 – SHOW LOW Navajo County has issued a “Set” alert for the following areas: Cheney Ranch, Full House Lane subdivision, Indian Mission, Hog Wash, Smith Ranch. Make sure you follow vetted sources of information. Updates will be posted here or on our social media.

All of the areas are south of Hwy 260 that are on SET. Only the locations within the evacuation area should have received the alert.  If you have not received an alert, make sure you register for future alerts by going to our website: www.navajocountyaz.gov/ready.

At the moment there resources working to suppress the fire including air assets and the fire is estimated at 5 acres.

Springerville, AZ, April 15, 2022 — The Clifton Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is planning to proceed with the Mesa Re-Entry prescribed burn project beginning as soon as Monday, April 18th and activity could extend through the end of the month as conditions allow.

The Mesa Re-Entry prescribed burn project is spread across approximately 8,000 acres, and smoke will be expected to be seen through the month of April, depending on weather conditions. The project area is bounded to the north and west by Pine Flat Road (FR 515), to the south by Upper Eagle Creek Road (FR 217), and to the east by sections of Corral Creek and Sheep Wash Canyon.

Public safety notices will be posted in the vicinity of the project, and travelers should use caution when in the area. Fire planners expect to take advantage of forecasted cool temperatures and lower winds in the coming days, and the project area will include a comprehensive safety strategy including control features and pretreating vulnerable areas.

Prescribed fires like the Mesa Re-Entry project are part of the Forest Service’s comprehensive 10-year strategy for protecting communities and improving resilience in America’s forests. The intent of the Wildfire Management Strategy is to increase fuels treatments that help firefighters respond safely to incidents, restore and maintain resilient landscapes, and create fire-adapted communities. The plan calls for treating up to an additional 20 million acres of National Forest System lands, and up to an additional 30 million acres of other federal, state, tribal and private lands.

Smoke is expected to be visible along Highway 191, Morenci and the community of Eagle Creek but is not expected to impact travel. Smoke-sensitive individuals and people with respiratory or heart disease are encouraged to take precautionary measures. Information on air quality and active prescribed burns can be found on Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s webpage: https://azdeq.gov/.

The public can obtain additional information by calling the Clifton Ranger District at (928) 687-8600.

Stay up to date on news from the A – S at our website https://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf, on Twitter @A_SNFs and on facebook.com/apachesitgreavesnfs.

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