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19th Amendment Anniversary Celebration
Sedona AZ (August 9, 2015) – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley invites members of the community, especially women, to celebrate our democracy, our citizenship and our right to vote on August 18, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at Vino di Sedona, 2575 Ste Hwy 89A in west Sedona. The occasion for the celebration is the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. The...
Five Year Old Missing Arizona Boy
Jerold Joseph Williams
Sedona AZ (August 8, 2015) – On Thursday, August 6, 2015, at approximately 5:30 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a missing 5 year-old boy at an unimproved campsite located approximately 12 miles south of Jacobs Lake, in the area of AZ State Highway 67 off of Forest Service Road 241.
Throughout Thursday night and Friday, Coconino...
YCSO Detectives Return Stolen $10,000 to Fraud Victim
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office returns money to an IRS tax fraud victim
Sedona AZ (August 6, 2015) – In late June of this year, a 64-year-old Prescott, Arizona, resident reported the loss of $10,000 in an apparent IRS phone scam. She told deputies that she cares for her special needs brother and owes $9,000 in back taxes to the IRS on his behalf. She recently paid the IRS more than $5,000...
Heroin Seized During Routine Traffic Stop
Michael Torrez arrested
Sedona AZ (August 5, 2015) – On August 3, 2015, at approximately 6:30 in the morning, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office K9 deputy stopped a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser for an equipment violation on a stretch of east AZ Interstate 40 between Seligman and Ash Fork, Arizona. Michael Torrez, 29, was driving with Miranda Baldonado, 19, and Sarah Valencia, 19, as passengers.
Baldonado...
Reward Offered for Family Dollar Robbery Suspect
Sedona AZ (August 3, 2015) – On August 2, 2015, around 9:00 in the evening, an armed robbery occurred at the Family Dollar store in the 34000 of South Old Black Canyon Highway, Black Canyon City, Arizona.
A man, armed with a handgun, likely Caucasian, in his early 20s, weight 155-170 pounds, height approximately 5’08” to 5’ 10”, wearing a gray sweat shirt possibly inside out, black...
Suspicious Man Sought in Flagstaff Area
Sedona AZ (July 31, 2015) – On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at approximately 7:00 in the morning, a 15-year-old girl was walking on Ancient Trail, a paved road in Kachina Village, Flagstaff, Arizona. She was aware that a male wearing a colored hooded sweat shirt, with its hood pulled over his head, was walking approximately twenty-five yards behind her. The man was walking two small to medium sized...
Yavapai County Supervisor Davis to Run for AZ State House Office
Yavapai County Supervisor Chip Davis announces candidacy for State House of Representatives LD-1 office
Sedona AZ (July 30, 2015) – A.G. “Chip” Davis, Yavapai County Supervisor for District 3, announced his candidacy for the Arizona House of Representatives, Legislative District 1, today. Davis is seeking the seat currently held by Karen Fann (R-Prescott), who has announced that she...
Distraught Suicidal Veteran Rescued
Sedona AZ (July 29, 2015) – On July 25, 2015, at 4:35 in the afternoon, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Flagstaff, Arizona, received a call from a concerned third party that a Kachina Village resident was making suicidal statements. While deputies were responding to the home, information was obtained that the presence of CCSO deputies could further aggravate the distraught man who was...
Six Arrested in Illegal Marijuana Growing Operation
Sedona AZ (July 29, 2015) – Over the last several months, detectives from the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force (PANT) have been investigating a marijuana growing operation in a remote area west of Anvil Rock Road, Seligman, Arizona. After developing information regarding apparent illicit activities on this specific property, a search warrant was obtained and served July 13,...
AZ Governor Congratulates Anti Litter Movement
Sedona AZ Verde School students joined Folksville USA
Sedona AZ (July 28, 2015) – Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s office issued a thank you to the many individuals and youth organizations cleaning up Arizona highways and byways through the Folksville USA and its BagReadyJobs volunteer, school, sport and business partnership umbrella program spearheaded by Gary Chamberlain of Cornville, Arizona.
Congratulations...

