Sedona AZ (October 8, 2015) –Due to current weather conditions, fire managers were unable to complete any prescribed burning this week. Fire managers are planning to continue treatment on the Bradshaw Ranger District on Wednesday, October 14, through Sunday, October 18, in the Prescott Basin pending favorable weather conditions. Specific days to burn will be determined by the weather over the weekend... 

Sedona AZ (October 6, 2015) – On October 5, 2015 at 4:30 in the afternoon, approximately sixteen Coconino County Sheriff’s deputies, Search and Rescue team members, and U.S. Forest Service responders were forced to higher ground during a flash flood in Oak Creek Canyon, north of the Sedona city limits. The responders were conducting a body recovery after a jumper committed suicide off the... 

Sedona AZ (October 6, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Dear friends, SedonaEye.com article on SR Hwy 179 medians weed abatement issues brought about changes to the management of the VOC special improvement district – Photo by Brent Geer Maupin c2010 You may be aware of my recent efforts with the Red Rock Road Enhancement Maintenance District (RRREMD) Board... 

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Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – On Sunday, October 4, at 2:50 in the afternoon, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a plane crash near the Cliff Dwellers Airport in Marble Canyon, Arizona. A resident in the Cliff Dwellers area reported hearing a plane engine then a loud thud. She looked towards the airport and saw dust. A 65 year old man and a 62 year old woman from North... 

Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – Sedona Fire Marshal Gary Johnson reminds the community that it’s Fire Prevention Week and this year’s message is “Every bedroom needs a smoke alarm!” Smoke alarms save lives. If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out. In fact, having a working smoke alarm cuts the chances of dying... 

Ken Zoll, Director of the Camp Verde Arizona Archaeology Center Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – America is rich with history, and many exciting artifacts have been discovered over the years that have helped to illuminate that history. However, archaeology is about so much more than one country. Every archaeological discovery opens a door into the past that can reveal important details about how... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – Is it true that, given the opportunity, the State of Arizona, promiscuously and wantonly would sell-off our precious public lands to greedy private developers in order to close the state’s deficit operating budget? No, that’s simply not legally possible or fiscally prudent. Since his election, President Obama... 

Sedona AZ (October 3, 2015) – The following National Monument contact information is offered for those seeking information about the proposed 160,000 acres of Sedona and the Verde Valley, Coconino National Forest, mountains, waterways, private and state properties and the now-designated Wilderness Areas, to be removed and re-designated as federal National Monument lands. Use the options below... 

Sedona AZ (October 2, 2015) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jim Driscoll and Coconino County Supervisor Liz Archuleta would like to invite residents of the Timberline and Fernwood Flagstaff, Arizona communities to the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Summit Fire Station 33, 6050 Firehouse...