The scent of smoke still lingers in the air as a stem from a cactus falls to the ground. It joins a pile of others lying atop a bed of scorched earth. It's among the remains of plants and brush that ...

Authorities warned on Tuesday that the Black Fire, which has scorched nearly 9,000 acres of forest near Theodore Roosevelt Lake, threatens to destroy the Tonto National Monument. It’s an important ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Evacuation orders remain in place, and several forest areas are still blocked off as the Black Fire continues to burn thousands of acres in Tonto National Forest. According to the ...

This national monument is in the Superstition Mountains in Gila County near Roosevelt, Ariz. It includes two Salado-style cliff dwellings and artifacts of a culture that lived there about 700 years ...

On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon a national monument. The news didn't make the pages of the Arizona Daily Star until a couple of weeks later. From the Arizona ...