Kings Canyon News

Kings Canyon National Park's first cell tower would rise on a 7,500-foot ridge at Grant Grove under a proposal that many neighbors welcome as a way to improve emergency services.

Starting on Friday, fire crews plan to conduct a prescribed fire on over 1,000 acres in the Cedar Grove of Kings Canyon National Park, park officials announced late Wednesday. The fire, which which will help rid the forest floor of accumulated brush, will be completed within two to three days and will only result in one trail closure, officials said.

A wilderness fire approaching 300 acres in size is still burning in a remote area of Kings Canyon National Park, officials reported today. Old growth and underbrush are being burned away in the slow-moving fire that was started by lightning. So far, 288 acres have been consumed, and no structures are threatened, National Park Service officials reported.