Fossil Springs trailhead to Fossil Creek along Trail 18, 3TV/CBS 5 file photo (3TV/CBS 5 file photo). PAYSON, AZ (ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV) --Not too far from the small town of Strawberry, up along the ...

STRAWBERRY, AZ — Fossil Creek has reopened for the first time since the Backbone Fire damaged the popular outdoor destination in 2021. The lightning-caused Backbone Fire burned 42,000 acres in ...

STRAWBERRY, AZ (AZFamily) — The bodies of two men from Tempe have been recovered a day after they went missing in Fossil Creek west of Strawberry, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

PHOENIX — Fossil Creek in central Arizona is reopening to the public after a wildfire forced a closure for nearly a year-and-a-half. All sites, including the Childs Dispersed Camping Area, will ...

Fossil Creek is located west of Strawberry in the Coconino National Forest. The men have been identified as 23-year-old Rakesh Reddy Lakkireddy and 25-year-old Rohith Manikata Repala. Both are ...

Two recent Arizona State University (ASU) graduates drowned while visiting a popular nature area known as Fossil Creek last week. The men were part of a group of 18 friends who hiked the four ...

Fossil Creek and Sycamore Canyon — closed since summer 2021 due to the impacts of the Backbone Fire and Rafael Fire — are reopening today to the public.

The Gila County Sheriff's Office says they received 911 calls at 6 p.m. on May 8 about one or two men who entered the water at lower Fossil Creek and never resurfaced.

On Thursday, search-and-rescue teams found the bodies of two men who drowned at Fossil Creek the day before, according to the Gila County Sheriff's Office. The bodies of Rakesh Reddy Lakkireddy ...