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Arizona DPS to Hire Officers and Volunteers
Sedona AZ (July 8, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Public Safety will begin accepting applications for Cadet Officer, Officer (AZ Post certified), and Reserve Officer (Volunteer) beginning Monday, July 8, 2013, at 9:00 a.m.
Applications will be accepted online at azdps.gov until Monday, July 15, 2013, at 5:00 p.m.
At this time, positions are available statewide with the exception of the Phoenix...
Sedona Fire District Public Notice of Possible Quorum
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Sedona Eye on Disbanding City Commissions
Article written by Mayor Rob Adams and submitted by City of Sedona staff.
Sedona AZ (July 8, 2013) – Originally, I had no intention of writing a guest perspective regarding the recent Council decision to disband our City Commissions by a vote of 4 to 3. As one of the three members of Council that opposed the motion to disband the commissions, I felt that I should honor the majority decision....
Lotteries and Sweepstakes Scams
Sedona AZ (July 8, 2013) – The following is a good crime prevention reminder about lotteries and sweepstakes received from the Attorney General of Texas, writes Anthony Palermo of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office:
Sidney, living outside Tyler, Texas, found his dream letter waiting for him in the mail. It was an announcement that he had won the El Gordo lottery in Spain. All $817,000...
Phoenix Attorney Takes Money and is Disbarred
Phoenix AZ (July 5, 2013) – The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme Court issued an order disbarring Raya Tahan of Phoenix, Arizona, on April 9, 2013.
During the State Bar of Arizona’s investigation, Tahan was found to have failed to abide by three clients’ decisions concerning the objectives of the representation. She also failed to reasonably communicate with her clients...
ACC Accepts Smart Meter Industry Propaganda
Sedona AZ (July 5, 2013) – Steven Olea, Director of the Arizona Corporation Commission Utilities Division, recently submitted industry propaganda to the ACC’s “smart” meter docket, writes Warren Woodward, Sedona resident and Arizona ratepayer to the SedonaEye.com editor.
Woodward adds, “Below is my response. I am left wondering if the ACC’s name should be changed...
Evacuation Lifted for Yarnell Fire Peeples Valley Residents
Sedona AZ (July 4, 2013) – Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher and his Command team, along with Clay Templin’s Yarnell Hill Fire Incident Management Team, are pleased to announce the evacuation order has been lifted for Peeples Valley at 6:30 PM today, July 4, 2013.
The community of Yarnell still remains under mandatory evacuation. This order pertains to Peeples Valley RESIDENTS ONLY.
The...
Eye on Sedona Taxation and Representation
SedonaEye.com columnist, Eddie S. Maddock asks the powers that be to answer whether the Chamber of Commerce advertising is solely responsible for Sedona tourists
Sedona AZ (July 4, 2013) – In an appropriate column for the celebration of Independence Day, SedonaEye.com columnist, Eddie S. Maddock, asks “Where is the balance, Sedona?” in her Eye on Sedona column:
Question? Does anyone...
Hundred Twenty Nine Homes and Structures Lost in Yarnell Fire
Andrew Ashcraft texted this photo to wife Juliann of the Yarnell Fire in Arizona as the Granite Mountain Hot Shots set out to help – photo courtesy of Juliann Ashcraft via FB posting
Sedona AZ (July 3, 2013) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has compiled a list of homes and structures in the Peeples Valley and Yarnell communities lost as a result of the Yarnell Hill Fire. The 129...
American Prisoner of War Remembers Stalag 17
WWII Veteran Benjamin Clark Jr.
Sedona AZ (July 4, 2013) – He was there.
On this Independence Day consider the experiences of Benjamin Clarke Jr. who paid a very high price to help assure our freedom and independence.
Clarke Jr. spent three years of his life in the infamous Stalag 17-B prison camp in World War II.
His career started with flight training in 1943 in Walla Walla, Washington. Overseas...

