The Tonto Creek Bridge in Gila County officially opened Monday, June 17, after two years of construction and decades of support. The $25 million bridge opened to traffic at 9 a.m. Monday, Gila County ...

GILA COUNTY, Ariz. - We typically see most of our water rescues during monsoon season when the skies open up and the Arizona ground simply can't soak it up immediately. However, the Gila County ...

For nearly four decades, Gila County residents have been asking for a bridge that would allow them to cross the Tonto Basin Creek safely during times of high flooding. Next month, their wishes will be ...

Nearly five years after three young children died in northern Arizona’s Tonto Creek, Gila County is using a $21 million federal grant to build a bridge over part of the stream. County officials ...

PHOENIX — A driver was cited after he maneuvered around barricades and had to be rescued from a flooded wash, authorities in an Arizona county said. An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter ...

TONTO CREEK, AZ (AZFamily) — For the very first time Monday, people living and traveling in the Tonto Basin, about an hour and a half northeast of Phoenix, are able to drive across the Tonto Creek ...

A helicopter crew last week rescued a driver whose vehicle was trapped in a flooded Arizona creek, dramatic video shows. The Gila County Sheriff’s Office said the driver found himself in a "precarious ...

PHOENIX – Thanks to tiny foreign invaders, wildlife lovers won’t be able to visit the Tonto Creek Hatchery any time soon. Non-native New Zealand mudsnails are in Tonto Creek, the Arizona Game and Fish ...

NORTHEAST OF PAYSON, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - An invasive snail known as the New Zealand mudsnail has been found for the first time in Tonto Creek. The tiny snails are getting close to the Tonto Creek ...

GILA COUNTY, AZ — Fire crews are battling the Horton Fire about 18 miles northeast of Payson. The fire has currently burned more than 1,100 acres as of January 2. The fire is at 17% containment. Fire ...

TONTO BASIN, Arizona -- The bodies of two children were found Saturday, but searchers were still looking for a third child who went missing after a truck they were in was swept away while attempting ...