PRESCOTT, AZ (January 25, 2013) – Folks have one weekend for climbing opportunities before Prescott National Forest officials implement restrictions on climbing and other activities on the cliff faces of both Granite Mountain and Thumb Butte beginning Friday, February 1, 2013. For Granite Mountain, the closure will be the same as it has been for the past eighteen years. It is prohibited to be... 

PRESCOTT AZ (January 25, 2013) –The Prescott National Forest is adding Lynx Lake Campground and Groom Creek Horse Camp to the National Recreation Reservation System (NRRS), in line with national policy. By offering reservations, campers will be able to plan ahead knowing they have a campsite ready for their arrival at these popular recreation areas. “I view this change as facilitating our service... 

Sedona wetlands on SR 89A are treated wastewater effluent ponds Sedona AZ (January 24, 2013) – You’ve surely noticed lovely new ponds along Rte 89A, just west of Sedona, on the road’s north side–with flocks of birds and lush plants nearby—sitting across the road from a network of white pipes spouting water. One is the new Sedona Wetlands Preserve; the other is a system for disposing... 

WASHINGTON DC (January 24, 2013) — The Internal Revenue Service announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers may use to figure their deductions for the business use of their homes. In tax year 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 3.4 million taxpayers claimed deductions for business use of a home (commonly referred... 

Sedona AZ (January 24, 2013) – Crews will realign the northbound lanes back to the normal configuration on Arizona Interstate 17 at the Cordes Junction traffic interchange next week and as a result, the following restrictions and detours will be in place (weather permitting), according to the Arizona Department of Transportation: Sunday, January 27:  ▪ A left lane restriction on southbound... 

Eye on Sedona Real Estate columnist, Sean Baguely Sedona AZ (January 23, 2013) – The market is finally off the bottom, despite the continuing weak economic recovery. As mortgage rates have remained enticing, Lenders have been able to sell inventory acquired from delinquent borrowers relatively quickly. This fluidity is one of the benefits of being in a non-judicial, or Deed of Trust, State. In... 

Afghanistan and region Sedona AZ (January 23, 2013) – Six days a week, her smartphone alarm – a soothing instrumental melody – goes off at 4:10 a.m. Air Force Capt. Lesley Lilly leads her class in stretching before a January 14, 2013, workout at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Lilly, deployed from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, coaches a 5 a.m. CrossFit class six days a week. She... 

Sedona AZ (January 23, 2013) – Teri Bays, liturgist and church musician, actor and artist, is hosting a party to celebrate the release of her new book, Through Stained Glass: The Priests of My Life. Teri will be autographing books available for purchase from 4:00 until 7:00 in the evening on Tuesday, February 5, at the Heartline Café, 1610 West SR 89A, Sedona. There is no charge for... 

Flagstaff AZ (January 23, 2013) – A Tempe, Arizona seventeen-year-old died after being injured during a snow play, sledding accident on Monday in the area of Mountainaire, south of Flagstaff off of Highway I-17. On January 21, 2013, at about 12:08 in the afternoon, the Highlands Fire Department received a report of a young man who was injured during a sledding accident in the Forest... 

Folksvillian Colonel Clint E. Wood hates litter Sedona AZ (January 22, 2013) – Folksvillian USA Colonel Clint E. Wood and Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man, filled 36 bright orange bags with trash lifted from the median of Arizona State Highway 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona on January 12, 13 and 14, 2013. “The Colonel and I would like to thank all of you that expressed...