One of my favorite small towns to visit in Arizona is Payson. Just 90 minutes from my house brings me from the Sonoran Desert ...

Ponderosa campground, according to a news release. Visitors have left the campground. “First of all, we want to express our concern and convey our positive thoughts for the victim and his loved ones ...

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PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Gila County Sheriff’s office is evacuating a subdivision and campground near a wildfire burning Sunday in the Tonto National Forest north of Payson. Authorities say the ...

Just before sunrise at a campground near Payson, Carly Stoltenberg and her husband, Steve, woke to their friends screaming, “Bear! Bear!” from a nearby tent. “My initial reaction was just disbelief,” ...