Sedona AZ (October 22, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation is replacing highway signs along Interstate 17 as part of a statewide sign rehabilitation project today and Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Crews will periodically restrict one lane of Interstate 17 from the State Route 260 and I-17 junction in Camp Verde to State Route 179, at the Sedona exit, as crews install new roadway signs. The... 

Sedona AZ (October 21, 2013) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies and Search and Rescue Volunteers assisted a group of eight Boy Scouts and three adult leaders out of the West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, after one of the Scout leaders sustained a leg injury. On Saturday, October 19, 2013, at about 11:00 at night, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a 30-year-old... 

J. Rick Normand, SedonaEye.com Financial Columnist Sedona AZ (October 20, 2013) – Education is intended to prepare students to function well in the real-world rather than to serve itself. Since the real-world requires its members to deliver results, be individually accountable, and be personally responsible for their own choices, the collectivist model for education runs orthogonal to the needs... 

William Hewitt sought in murder of Mayer woman Sedona AZ (October 18, 2013) – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives are on scene in a remote area south of Mayer where they have located the body of an adult female homicide victim. She was discovered around 1:30 this afternoon. Detectives have identified 29-year-old William Hewitt, a resident of Mayer, as the suspect. He has... 

One of the only two confirmed photos of Abraham Lincoln (circled) at Gettysburg, taken about noon, just after Lincoln arrived and some three hours before the speech. Sedona AZ (October 18, 2013) – In recognition of the 150 year anniversary (sesquicentennial) of the Gettysburg Address, Yavapai College will host a free symposium the week of November 12 through 17, 2013, at both its Prescott and... 

Four Mayer High School students arrested for marijuana processing operation on school grounds Sedona AZ (October 18, 2013) – On October 15, 2013, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer (SRO) arrested three juveniles, ages 14,15, and 16, for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana in a School Zone, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The SRO is assigned exclusively... 

West Fork canyon in Sedona, Arizona Sedona AZ (October 17, 2013) – Today, 80 year old Phyllis Lindberg of Sedona, Arizona, was hiking with four friends in West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon. The group stopped for lunch shortly after 11:00 in the morning and rested on a log near the trail. A large conifer tree fell striking Ms. Lindberg as she sat. She died from injuries resulting from the impact. Another... 

Sedona AZ (October 17, 2013) – The Arizona Supreme Court issued an order disbarring attorney Daniel T. McCarthy of Phoenix, Arizona. The three-member hearing panel led by the Disciplinary Judge (PDJ) of the Arizona Supreme Court ordered that Daniel T. McCarthy be disbarred from the practice of law, effective October 8, 2013. In count one, McCarthy was found to have kept over $12,000 in bodily... 

Sedona AZ (October 17, 2013) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor in support of the local school district overrides: Quality Jobs –Quality Education – Quality of Life – Support Our Schools Verde Valley Regional Economic Organization (VVREO) believes a vibrant and economically strong region begins with quality education for all children who live in the Verde Valley. We... 

Cowboy storyteller and Grammy award winner Mike Peach is a favorite for all ages Sedona AZ (October 17, 2013) – The Sedona Heritage Museum presents Michael Peach in a special and spooky performance of “Haunted Halloween” on Saturday, October 26, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in its historic Fruit Packing Shed. Come spend an autumn afternoon at the Sedona museum and hear ghostly tales – some of which...