NEWS & EVENTS
One Hiker Deceased, Two Injured After Lightning Strike on Humphreys Peak
At approximately 12:50 pm on 7/20/16, 911 call came into Sheriff’s Office Dispatch from hikers near summit of Humphreys Peak reported they had been struck by lightning.
read moreElderly Women Missing Outside Ashfork, AZ
The Sheriff’s Office is currently conducting a search operation for the missing woman, 70-year-old Linda Schleizer.
read moreKinsey Elementary‘s Fifth Grade Overnight at NAU Centennial Forest
On May 11, Coconino County Search and Rescue conducted a two-hour PSAR event for 39 children with the fifth grade.
read morePreventative Search and Rescue at Lake View Elementary
On Friday, April 1, Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue conducted a Preventative Search and Rescue (PSAR) event at Lake View Elementary School in Page. One hundred eighty kindergarten children were taught how Search and Rescue is there to help them when needed.
read moreMulti-Agency Search for Missing ASU Professor Debra Schwartz
On Friday, May 6, 2016, 911 dispatchers received a call from the campground host for the Pine Flat Campground located in Oak Creek Canyon. According to the caller an adult female who was camping by herself failed to check out of her camping space as she was scheduled to do. The host identified the missing camper as fifty-nine year old Debra Ann Schwartz of Tempe, Arizona.
read moreCounty Presents New SAR All-Terrain Transport Vehicle / Snowcat
County presents new PistenBully Scout All-Terrain Transport Vehicle to replace Search and Rescue’s 30 year old snowcat that had reached the limits of its serviceability.
read moreBASE Jumper Recovery
The following are a series of media releases from the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office regarding the recovery of the body of a man who died while wingsuit flying in Paria Canyon.
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