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Spring has arrived and in anticipation of a busy season, the city of Williams is asking for the community’s help during a Clean-up event May 13-14.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Grand Opry Night returns to Williams July 3.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — After having to cancel last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Moving Wall is now on track to be in Williams June 4-6.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — A transformation is occurring on a hillside on the east end of Williams, as heavy excavation is making way for an adventure park and tubing hill.

Today, a donation by Theodore Roosevelt’s great-granddaughter places the 300-acre ranch into the care of Northern Arizona University, adding yet another chapter to its history and creating unparalleled educational and research opportunities in ecology, conservation, astronomy and sustainability.

Thumb Flat fire is located approximately 18 miles southeast of the city of Williams near Colcord Canyon.

The Williams Police Department (WPD) answered the following calls for service (among others)

If you need to renew your Arizona driver license or CDL, the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) announced in a news release this week that it is now offering most Arizonans a way to renew their licenses online.

ASH FORK – Drivers traveling west of Flagstaff can expect restrictions through the summer as crews work on replacing the bridge decks of the Pineveta Draw bridge along Interstate 40 near Ash Fork.

As of April 26, there is one active case of COVID-19 in the city of Williams and three active cases in the 86046 zip code.

Community calendar: Week of April 28

The musical missionary group Christafari entertained a crowd in Williams April 21.

PRINEVILLE, Ore. — Cattle in Oregon are again showing up dead under strange circumstances.

The Williams Police Department (WPD) answered the following calls for service (among others) —

PARKS, Ariz. — On April 22, at 8:38 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a residence in the Forest Ranches neighborhood in Parks after a neighbor reported seeing a suspicious male subject and vehicle at a residence.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — School districts around the state are either keeping or abolishing their mask mandates in response to Governor Doug Ducey rescinding an executive order April 19 that required face masks to be worn inside K-12 schools.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. - With the passing of Prop 207 last November — which legalizes recreational marijuana use in Arizona — many questions have arisen, especially when it comes to the legal sale and use within Williams city limits.

The Williams Police Department (WPD) answered the following calls for service (among others) April 12-18— • Officers responded to shoplift at local business, female cited and released for shoplifting;

On the Prescott and Kaibab National Forests approximately 50,000 to 100,000 acres of junipers have been affected in the area between Paulden and Ash Fork along Highway 89 and I-40.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — A kick-off concert for two patriotic events taking place this summer — The Moving Wall and Remembering our Fallen, will take place April 30 from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Babbitt Polson Stage in Williams.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Williams Police Chief Herman Nixon joined American Legion Cordova Post 13 at the Williams Cemetery April 13 to place police markers at the gravesites of fallen officers.

PARKS, Ariz. - Ponderosa Fire District participated in the 2021 Spring Fling Craft Fair and Expo April 10 at the Parks Feed and Mercantile.

PARKS, Ariz. — A Kaibab National Forest thinning project in Parks concerned local residents when logging truck traffic was recently seen utilizing a past alignment of Route 66.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — A plane crash near H.A. Clark Airfield in Williams has claimed two lives.

While Seligman Fire personnel extinguished the flames, human remains were found in the burnt structure, which was destroyed.