Sedona AZ – The Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced the Arizona finalists for the 2019-2020 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP). Victor Fernando Anaya of Douglas and Ashton Leigh Redd of Casa Grande will represent the state of Arizona during the program’s Washington Week in March 2020. The two finalists were selected among the state’s top student leaders to join... 

Arizona state trooper and his citizen observer were victimized in an attempt to help a man that escalated into an officer involved shooting. [Photo AZDPS]Sedona AZ – On December 19, 2019, at 11:50 in the evening, an Arizona State Trooper was on patrol in the area of Rural Road just south of the Loop 202 in Tempe. Accompanying the trooper was a citizen observer. While patrolling the area, the... 

Airport Travel ID program awareness begins at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport this holiday season. Sedona AZ – If you see Arizona Department of Transportation employees at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix beginning this holiday travel season, don’t be surprised. They’re raising awareness about the AZ Travel ID. The AZ Travel ID is the driver license or ID card that meets the new federal ID requirements... 

Sedona AZ – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a former tax preparer was sentenced to three years of probation and a fine of $11,000 for preparing false income tax returns while working at Tax Xpress. Seven Arizona taxpayers were unaware that Tax Preparer Karen Hernandez, 26, had included false information on their returns. The Arizona Department of Revenue’s Criminal Investigations Unit... 

AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman Sedona AZ – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman’s released the following statement on the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association (ASPAA) recent survey detailing the state’s severe teacher shortage: “Newly available survey data from the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association (ASPAA) shows... 

Sedona AZ – Eva Putzova, Candidate for Congress in District 1, will speak at the Democrats of the Red Rocks breakfast on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at the Olde Sedona Restaurant, 1405 West State Route 89A, Sedona. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. with tickets available at the door. Putzova recently served on the Flagstaff City Council and will face incumbent Tom O’Halleran and two other CD-1 Democratic... 

Coconino County Arizona Sedona AZ –  The body of a missing New Mexico man, Craig Cavanaugh, 44, of Farmington, was identified in Coconino County, Arizona. Cavanaugh was reported missing to the Farmington Police Department on July 5, 2019. He was last seen in Farmington on July 4, reportedly headed to Peoria, Arizona for a job, but he never arrived. Cavanaugh’s phone was last pinged in Payson,... 

Sedona AZ – The public is asked for comments on seven applicants for an opening on Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals created by the unexpected passing of Judge Jon W. Thompson. The applicants are: Bradley W. Carlyon Veronika Fabian Joseph P. Goldstein Benjamin D. Kreutzberg Matthew J. Mansfield William P. Ring D. Steven Williams Their applications can be viewed online at http://www.azcourts.gov/jnc. The... 

Sedona AZ – The Superintendent of Public Instruction announced the hiring of Erica Maxwell as the Arizona Department of Education’s first-ever Associate Superintendent of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Ms. Maxwell has over 25 years of experience as a certified educator. Her experience includes roles as an administrator in the Chandler Unified School District, instructional coach at Skyline Gila... 

Sedona AZ – The Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts Foundation will present the Camp Verde Jazz Festival on August 30 and 31, 2019. The Bresnan Unplugged Quartet will open the Festival on Friday, August 30, at 7:00 p.m. and present a fun filled evening of swing blues, originals and standards culled from the Great American Songbook. Dan Bresnan, vocals and guitar, is an international...