Sedona AZ (May 20, 2011)–The Sedona Heritage Museum is proud to announce that it will once again participate in the Blue Star Museums program that offers free admission to museums for all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 30, 2011 through Labor Day, September 5, 2011. This free admission program is available to active military members and their immediate... 

Pinewood Blvd. closure extended at I-17 in Munds Park for bridge demolition: Detour required to cross I-17. The Arizona Department of Transportation is reconstructing the bridges and ramps on Interstate 17 at Munds Park , 20 miles south of Flagstaff .  Weather and equipment issues have delayed the demolition of the northbound bridge. The closure of Pinewood Boulevard, which crosses under I-17, has... 

Beaver Creek Trash Beaver Creek trash (mattresses used by homeless) I was recently invited by Pam Welch of the Verde Valley Roverett’s to survey illegally dumped litter on Beaver Creek, off of Cornville Road. The photographs attached clearly show another example of why someone may decide or regret moving to our area, or visiting tourists will take their dollars elsewhere.  Residents... 

The world will end on May 21, 2011. So said full page ads in newspapers this week. People may choose Apocalypse now or later, or opt for prophecies like the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. Some of us chose earlier, meeting spaceships in California, drinking Kool-Aid in Guyana, and planet trekking for prophesied Second Comings, Portal Openings, Awakenings... 

Flagstaff AZ June 2010 Wildfire by Sedona Times photographer, Brian Goodwin Sedona AZ (May 17, 2011) –As fire danger increases, fire restrictions go into effect throughout the Sedona Fire District, Monday, May 23 2011, at 8 a.m. These restrictions include all open fires and campfires on private and public lands which are prohibited until such time as the extreme fire danger has subsided. Since... 

Author and keynote speaker Margaret Starbird Sedona AZ (May 17, 2011)–Margaret Starbird, internationally renowned author and Magdalene scholar, will be the keynote speaker at the 8th annual Mary Magdala Celebration sponsored by the Celebrating Women Witnesses Ministry of Sedona on Saturday, July 23 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Sedona Creative Life Center, 333 Schnebly Hill Road, Sedona. The... 

Sedona AZ (May 18, 2011) – The Teen Author Program (TAP) announces twelve scholarships for a June Retreat after an anonymous contributor purchased and donated the scholarships for interested teens to attend author Tom Bird’s Write Your Book in 5 Days retreat in Sedona, June 23-28, 2011. Each potential scholarship winner is being asked to submit a one page letter on why and how their attendance... 

by Ann Zimmerman and Miguel Bustillo Friday, May 13, 2011 to the Wall Street Journal An unknown number of shoppers at Michaels stores in 20 states whose bank accounts were looted after they had used their bank debit cards at the retailer. Thieves tampered with the retailer’s debit-card processing equipment at about 80 stores from Massachusetts to Washington, according to the chain’s... 

Sedona AZ (May 4 2011)–In a letter dated April 28, 2011 to City Manager Tim Ernster, John Halikowski, Director for ADOT provided clarification as to why ADOT could not accept any of the alternatives that the City proposed for salvaging the Route Transfer Agreement. The City first proposed that ADOT provide the City with the $10.6 million in funding now, and that the City would hold these funds... 

Sedona AZ (May 14, 2011)-In a Letter to the Editor, Liz Smith of Save Sedona Now, an organization backing the 89A Route Transfer Referendum initiative, sent the following and the Sedona Eye welcomes article comments and rebuttals: Dear Editor: At the urging of a few city council members, Angela LeFevre, president of DORR (Democrats of the Red Rocks) sent an email to members stating that...