Logan Spude charged with racially motivated assault Sedona AZ (December 28, 2012) – On December 25, 2011, at about 2:00 a.m., 61-year-old Marvel Warren, from the Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona, was assaulted in the parking lot of the Full Moon Saloon in the VOC.  Throughout the investigation, witnesses were generally uncooperative requiring multiple interviews to develop leads. Eventually,... 

Massive cell towers planned for Sedona and Cottonwood residential communities Sedona AZ (November 27, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com Editor, Village of Oak Creek resident Elaine Brown writes that the communities of Sedona Pines Resort, Sedona Arizona and Verde Village, Cottonwood, Arizona are now slated for massive AT&T cell towers after a majority vote by Yavapai County Planning... 

  No injuries reported after Sedona driver smashes into Circle K Sedona AZ (August 23, 2012) – On August 22, 2012 at approximately 6:30 PM, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a car that had driven through the front of a Circle K convenience store in the Village of Oak Creek. The Circle K is located at 6051 Highway 79, Sedona Arizona 86351. The 73-year... 

Sedona AZ (June 17, 2012) – On June 16, 2012, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were notified of three vehicle burglaries occurring at trail heads in the Village of Oak Creek area. Locations include the Long Canyon trail head, Devil’s Bridge trail head, and Fossil Creek trail head access area. In the case of the Long Canyon vehicle burglary, suspect(s) busted a rear passenger window... 

Dear Sedona Eye Editor,   The SFD Governing Board has adjourned into Executive Session many times during the last few months.  Yet even the Board, with all its secret stuff going on behind closed doors — stuff to which the public is not so privileged to witness — manages Executive Sessions in the ever-available meeting room at Station #1, bearing no public expense.   Not so,... 

Sedona City Council   Sedona AZ (November 10, 2011) – On November 9, 2011, the Sedona City Council reaffirmed their stated values for the City of Sedona in the statewide Legislative and Congressional Redistricting process.     The Mayor and Councilmembers first discussed redistricting at their September 13, 2011 Council meeting and have communicated the City’s values to... 

Joe Demme Dear Sedona Eye Editor,   At the September 6, 2011, meeting of the Sedona Fire Chief Selection Committee, no agenda item for public forum was provided. Apparently the Chairman does not think the public should have any input into the selection process.   He did, however, selectively and by name, choose particular attendees to speak and/or ask questions.  And though supposedly conducting... 

Though I don’t know him personally, I am sure the owner of the Red Rock News is an honorable, well-intentioned man and a highly respected member of the community. But I find many of his editorials to be patronizing, and many of his arguments to be specious. There seems to be a Father-Knows-Best theme that runs through the series of his editorials; nobly and consistently he appeals for the healing... 

Former State Senator Tom O’Halleran will be the Master of Ceremonies at a special “Support the NSA” free public event.  February 17th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Hilton Sedona Resort and Spa in the Village of Oak Creek with Special Guest Speaker, acclaimed TV journalist and western lands advocate, Larry Warren.     Warren will address the economics of preservation and focus... 

Sedona AZ (June 15, 2009)-Big Park Council, the council which represents twenty-seven home owner associations in the Village of Oak Creek (VOC) met Thursday, June 11 2009, at the Village of Oak Creek fire station meeting hall. The business meeting began at 9:00 in the morning but due to a debate on the NSA Designation, dozens of interested folk from the general public began streaming into the...