Sedona AZ (January 13, 2010) – Clifford Ochser, President of the International Dark Sky Association Sedona Section has resigned as its leader. Ochser founded the Sedona Section and served as its president since its 2008 inception. Explaining his resignation, Ochser said, “The purpose of starting the Section for Sedona and the Verde Valley was to highlight the opportunity we have to... 

Sedona Verde Valley Times Guest Editorial by Tommy Acosta Sedona AZ (December 9, 2008) – On November 24, Judge C. Kenneth Ray II of the Sedona Magistrate Court issued an order that the case against Sedona citizen Clifford Ochser filed by Sedona City Attorney Michael Goimarac, in the matter of former mayoral candidate Matthew Turner receiving an alleged-threatening letter, must go to jury trial 9...