SedonaEye.com J. Rick Normand, Investigative and Financial Columnist Sedona AZ – I grew up on the north side of Lincoln Drive at about 40th Street in Phoenix and, just on the south side of Lincoln Drive at the same longitude, was Senator Barry Goldwater’s house. My sister in the mid-1970s was, and still is to this day, a corporate ranch manager who then managed Senator Goldwater’s horses.... 

Sedona AZ – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Trump administration has published a decision record approving the noncompetitive sale of two public land parcels totaling 3,380.69 acres to the Gila River Indian Community (Community). The Community, composed of members of the Pima Tribe and the Maricopa Tribe, has historical ties to these lands and the parcels include cultural resources... 

Sedona Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center in Uptown. Sedona AZ – On November 10, the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau hosted its annual volunteer appreciation event at the Poco Diablo Resort in Sedona. Honored volunteers were treated to brunch, gifts donated from Chamber partners, and awards of recognition. 2019 Volunteers of the Year: Carole and Wade Bell Highly trained and knowledgeable,... 

Sedona AZ –  The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Yavapai County Arizona Adoption Day is scheduled for November 22, 2019 in Prescott Arizona when children will be reunited with their forever families. Good afternoon! Please be notified that Adoption Day is scheduled for this Friday, November 22, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, located at 1100 Prescott Lakes... 

Sedona Police Department is located on Roadrunner Drive in west Sedona. Sedona AZ – The Sedona Police Department is reporting a pedestrian fatality, the city’s first in thirteen years. The accident happened November 15, 2019 just before 6:00 p.m. at Jordan and Capitol Butte roads in Uptown. The pedestrian was reported to be walking down the middle of Jordan Road. “The pedestrian was wearing... 

Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor. At the request of its author and due to its continued relevancy, we are re-publishing this January 2019 letter again: The Jacks Canyon and SR 179 roundabout southeast corner property owners (Patel) are requesting a zoning map change and variances and multiple setback waivers in order to erect a Hilton Garden Inn 165 room and 3... 

Airport Travel ID program awareness begins at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport this holiday season. Sedona AZ – If you see Arizona Department of Transportation employees at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix beginning this holiday travel season, don’t be surprised. They’re raising awareness about the AZ Travel ID. The AZ Travel ID is the driver license or ID card that meets the new federal ID requirements... 

Sedona AZ – An MS-13 gang member was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a brutal machete attack at a park just outside Dallas, Texas, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas. Manuel Amaya-Alvarez, 22, pleaded guilty in May to four counts... 

Sedona AZ – High school students or any interested qualifying student of Sedona are invited by Cornville American Legion Post 135 to compete in the 2020 Annual American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program. The invitation to enter the competition was extended today by Post Oratorical Chairman, Jim Strande, and is open to 9-12th grade students. The subject in the prepared oration... 

Secret Santa will start his Christmas gift donation drive on December 1, 2019, with drop off locations at the Cornville Mercantile and the Old Corral Bar in Cornville, Arizona. Donations of firewood for seniors are needed now. Sedona AZ – As in past years, the Cornville Secret Santa sought to not only bring a merrier Christmas to less fortunate children in Cornville, Arizona, but also to help...