The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office reported the death of Falcon Watahomigie, 43, of Supai, Arizona, on July 2.

The CDC reports that about 7 human cases of pneumonic plague are reported each year nationwide, but this case is the first known US death since 2007.

Death from pneumonic plague was confirmed in a resident of Coconino County, Arizona, on July 11, 2025, according to a press release from the county’s health and human services department.

In the last 24 hours, the fire jumped Highway 89A, a major corridor connecting the Grand Canyon’s North Rim to communities in southern Utah.

Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

A rapidly growing White Sage Fire, which started on July 9 approximately 15 miles southeast of Fredonia on Bureau of Land ...

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A woman is dead after being hit by a car near 32nd Street and Stanford Drive, between Camelback Road and Lincoln Drive.

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Highway closures and evacuations remain in effect as a wildfire burns more than 49,000 acres in far northern Coconino County.

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.