Sedona AZ (December 14, 2015) – On December 10, 2015, at about 9:30 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office was called to help find a  Manuel Ortega, 19, after he got lost in the dark between the communities of Cottonwood and Sedona, Arizona. Ortega was scheduled to be picked up at his home on Bill Gray Road by a family member, inside the Coconino National Forest, to go to work. When the family members... 

Sedona AZ Cathedral Rock Sedona AZ (April 11, 2014) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Search and Rescue volunteers have been busy over the last few weeks helping lost and or injured hikers out of various predicaments. Many of the rescued increased risks and problems because they hiked alone, did not carry adequate supplies, were unfamiliar with trail locations and topography,...