Sedona AZ (April 30, 2018) – Come Tuesday, May 1, 2018, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will implement Stage II Fire Restrictions across all Southern Arizona state owned and managed lands. Restrictions will impact Cochise, Greenlee, Graham, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. On Friday, May 4, 2018, DFFM will place Coconino County, south of the Grand Canyon, in Stage... 

Sedona AZ (April 29, 2018) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office has ordered an evacuation for all Blue Ridge Tinder Fire affected communities north, east, and west of Highway 87, including Moquis Ranchettes, all Starlight Pines, all Clear Creek, all Timber Ranch, all Tamarron, Pine Canyon, Blue Ridge Estates, Ponderosa Pines and Mogollon Ranches. A reception for evacuated residents at the Winslow... 

Sedona AZ (March 28, 2018) – Spring is here, summer is not far away, and Arizona is preparing for a challenging fire season because of a winter with very little rain. State and national fire experts say winds, prolonged drought and high temperatures have combined to make Arizona’s forests and desert areas extremely dry this year. Long term drought, changing fuel conditions and the resulting... 

Sedona AZ (January 2, 2018) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check request and discovered four family members deceased inside a cabin. On January 1, 2018 at 12:26 p.m., the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a telephone call from a friend of a family staying at a Parks, Arizona residence. The caller explained family members had been trying to contact... 

Sedona AZ (December 31, 2017) – Happy Holiday greetings from your Northern AZ Law Enforcement Agencies. We are wishing everyone a happy and safe Holiday Season and reminding everyone that officers will be patrolling 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep our communities safe. As New Year’s Eve festivities approach, we know there will be many parties and festivities and have increased... 

Sedona AZ (September 13, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: As my last “Perspective and Opinion” generated so much interest, I believe a follow-up (rather than a mere response) is in order. TO: Michael Schroeder – You stated, “Personally I was not involved in the prior recall, so all the noise about that is past noise and really has little to do with what has... 

Sedona AZ (September 13, 2017) – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has tapped Jennifer Wesselhoff, the president and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, as the newest member of the state’s Tourism Advisory Council. The Tourism Advisory Council advises the director of the Arizona Office of Tourism on the establishment of policies and programs related to tourism promotion in the... 

Sedona AZ (August 15, 2017) – Beginning September 1, 2017, the fall burn season will begin in all areas covered by the Sedona Fire District. A burn permit is required for all residential open burning. Permits may be obtained in person at Fire Station #1, 2860 Southwest Drive in west Sedona. Residential open burning is defined as the burning of dry, readily combustible organic yard waste. There is... 

Havasupai Trail is the main trail to Supai AZ and Havasu Falls. (Wikipedia) Sedona AZ (July 3, 2017) – On Saturday, July 1, 2017, about a quarter hour after 1:00 p.m., Coconino County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on the Havasu Canyon Trail, near Hilltop in Havasupai. A thirty-two year old Utah man had collapsed while hiking out of the canyon with several others. As Williams (AZ) District... 

Coconino County SAR respond to calls reporting severely injured hikers in the Pomeroy Tanks and Walnut Canyon areas Sedona AZ (June 13, 2017) – On June 10, 2017 at approximately 9:30 in the morning, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, Ponderosa Fire District, Lifeline Ambulance, AZ Department of Public Safety Northern Air Rescue Unit, and Guardian...