WASHINGTON DC (January 24, 2013) — The Internal Revenue Service announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers may use to figure their deductions for the business use of their homes. In tax year 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 3.4 million taxpayers claimed deductions for business use of a home (commonly referred... 

Sedona AZ (January 24, 2013) – Crews will realign the northbound lanes back to the normal configuration on Arizona Interstate 17 at the Cordes Junction traffic interchange next week and as a result, the following restrictions and detours will be in place (weather permitting), according to the Arizona Department of Transportation: Sunday, January 27:  ▪ A left lane restriction on southbound... 

Afghanistan and region Sedona AZ (January 23, 2013) – Six days a week, her smartphone alarm – a soothing instrumental melody – goes off at 4:10 a.m. Air Force Capt. Lesley Lilly leads her class in stretching before a January 14, 2013, workout at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Lilly, deployed from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, coaches a 5 a.m. CrossFit class six days a week. She... 

Sedona AZ (January 23, 2013) – Teri Bays, liturgist and church musician, actor and artist, is hosting a party to celebrate the release of her new book, Through Stained Glass: The Priests of My Life. Teri will be autographing books available for purchase from 4:00 until 7:00 in the evening on Tuesday, February 5, at the Heartline Café, 1610 West SR 89A, Sedona. There is no charge for... 

Flagstaff AZ (January 23, 2013) – A Tempe, Arizona seventeen-year-old died after being injured during a snow play, sledding accident on Monday in the area of Mountainaire, south of Flagstaff off of Highway I-17. On January 21, 2013, at about 12:08 in the afternoon, the Highlands Fire Department received a report of a young man who was injured during a sledding accident in the Forest... 

Folksvillian Colonel Clint E. Wood hates litter Sedona AZ (January 22, 2013) – Folksvillian USA Colonel Clint E. Wood and Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man, filled 36 bright orange bags with trash lifted from the median of Arizona State Highway 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona on January 12, 13 and 14, 2013. “The Colonel and I would like to thank all of you that expressed... 

Eye on Sedona article written by Councilor Mike Ward and submitted by the City of Sedona. Sedona AZ (January 22, 2013) – This past year the City of Sedona initiated its first Pre-Monsoon storm drainage cleanup initiative. While the city had always monitored and cleaned up public right-of-way drainages, for the first time the city inspected storm drainages on private property and notified the... 

Sedona AZ (January 21, 2013) – Following the January 2013 tax law changes made by Congress under the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA), the Internal Revenue Service announced it plans to open the 2013 filing season and begin processing individual income tax returns on January 30, 2013. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns on that date after updating forms and completing programming and... 

Sedona Fire Chief Kris Kazian SEDONA AZ (January 21, 2013) – Shortly after 5:00 in the evening on Thursday, January 17, 2013, the Sedona Fire District responded to a report of a residential garage fire in the 100 block area of Chimney Rock Trail. Sedona Fire District emergency crews were able to control and limit the fire to the laundry room portion of a detached garage. Due to these efforts, no... 

Village of Oak Creek Photo by Bill Kusner Sedona AZ (January 21, 2013) – There are three things that will always come out eventually. The sun, the moon and the Truth. No one seems to want to have a straight discussion about VOCA, and its responsibility to its owners. Everyone seems to have a corner where they want to retreat or a hole in which to firmly place their head. VOCA has never been...