SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock Sedona AZ (June 4, 2014) – June in Sedona represents the countdown to the beginning of 2014-15 fiscal year commencing July 1, 2014. Hot topics such as finalizing the Chamber of Commerce destination marketing campaign, refinancing of the City’s existing 2004 Excise Tax Revenue Refunding Obligations, new monthly wastewater rates and wastewater capacity fees,... 

Collins RhōgSedona AZ (June 4, 2014) – The following has been randomly taken from Collins Rhōg’s private journal, and reproduced exactly as it was written, by his own hand. The date has been omitted, at his request, but Collins view is always captivatingly honest, full of depth and color, heart, love, and perseverance in times of struggle. Collins spills his soul and captures his feelings... 

Veteran Administration Acting Secretary Sloan GibsonSedona AZ (June 4, 2014) – At his first meeting with the leadership of Veterans Service Organizations VA’s Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson today announced that VA has reached out to all Phoenix Veterans identified in the recent VA Office of Inspector General interim report. During a breakfast discussion with the American Legion, AMVETS, Disabled... 

Tom O’Halleran, Independent candidate for LD6 State Senate seat Sedona AZ (June 3, 2014) – Former Arizona elected official Tom O’Halleran has declared his candidacy for the State Senate seat for Legislative District 6 as an Independent. Only changing his Republican party affiliation in May 2014, O’Halleran served in the Arizona legislature representing District 1 for 8 years, from 2001... 

Kennewick Man’s skull, front view.Credit: Courtesy of Smithsonian/Chip ClarkSedona AZ (June 3, 2014) – Kennewick Man is the name for the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, on July 28, 1996. It is one of the most complete ancient skeletons ever found; bone tests have shown it to date from 7300 to 7600 B.C. A stone... 

Be Fire Wise! All burn permits are cancelled.Sedona AZ (June 3, 2014) – The link below will access the Sedona Fire District May 28, 2014 Public Budget Workshop and Business Meeting DRAFT Minutes. The public is encouraged to attend SFD meetings: The DRAFT Minutes from the May 28, 2014 Sedona Fire District Public Budget Workshop and Business meeting are available below. Please remember these Minutes... 

Sedona AZ (June 2, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor about the United States Forest Service (USFS) Forest Management and fire control programs: To: Nicole Branton, District Ranger and Bryan Martyn, Arizona State Parks Director I intend no disrespect to the employees of the United States Forest Service (USFS) by writing this opinion. I highly commend the agency’s... 

Joseph R. Walker photo by Matthew Brady circa 1860 led a well-known gold-hunting expedition of 34 men into the mountains of central Arizona, near what is now the city of Prescott. The company struck gold along the Hassayampa River and Lynx Creek bringing subsequent white settlement in the area. The village of Walker, Arizona is named for him. He died at his home in Walnut Creek, California, and is... 

Donald TorgesonSedona AZ (June 2, 2014) – At approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 29, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies went to a Congress, Arizona restaurant on Highway 89 after a victim called saying she had been assaulted and threatened. The female victim said Yarnell, Arizona resident Donald Torgeson, 51, had accused her of taking cash before physically assaulting her in a Stanton... 

Sedona AZ (June 1, 2014) – On May 26, 2014, just before noon, YCSO deputies were dispatched to a property on Ghost Town Road in Congress, Arizona, about a robbery that had just occurred. The 60-year-old male victim explained to deputies that a man named Russell Weimorts, 43, robbed him at gunpoint inside his motor home. The victim had befriended Weimorts a few days earlier...