Sedona AZ  – The adage is true. One spark can start a wildfire – just like the Sawmill Fire in Southern Arizona. And every year, people continue to be the number one cause of wildfires in the state. With the abundance of winter moisture across Arizona, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management wants to remind people not to get complacent. Sunday kicks off Southwest Wildfire Awareness... 

Sedona AZ – Although Northern Arizona enjoyed a wet winter, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office would like people to be prepared for the spring, a time when the forest and grass lands dry out and are more vulnerable to wild fire. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office wants you to be prepared. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be posting information on the Coconino Sheriff Facebook page... 

Sedona AZ – The Arizona Supreme Court will hear oral arguments at Prescott High School on April 16 as part of the Court’s oral arguments on the road community outreach program. The Court hears arguments at Arizona’s two state law schools each year and at other local venues around the state, including in Arizona high schools and community centers. Prescott High School Principal Mark Goligoski... 

Sedona AZ – On Saturday, March 30, 2019 around 3:30 in the afternoon, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a dead body at Bly Pit in the Blue Ridge area. Investigators responded to the scene and discovered the body of a female. The body had undergone some decomposition. There was no identification on the deceased and CCSO detectives and the Medical Examiner’s Office are... 

Sedona AZ – The recent winter moisture across Arizona provided some much needed relief to the state after struggling with a lack of moisture and severe drought conditions over the last couple of years. Even with all of our rain and snowfall, wildland fire forecasters still predict some higher fire activity in parts of the state. On Monday, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management Officer... 

Sedona AZ – The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) will wrap up Arizona Youth Arts Month this weekend, bringing to a close a month of celebrating excellence in arts education inside and outside of schools throughout Arizona. March, which is also known as Dance in Our Schools Month, Music in our Schools Month, Theatre in Our Schools Month and Youth Arts Month, is when arts educators throughout... 

AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman Sedona AZ – The following is Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman’s statement on the federal lawsuit that challenges Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law as released today by the Arizona Department of Education: “Since the beginning of my career in teaching and politics, I have always been opposed to this anti-LGBTQ... 

Sedona AZ – Tyson Foods, Inc., a Rogers, Arkansas, establishment, is recalling approximately 69,093 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip items were produced on... 

Sedona AZ –  Doney Park Homicide 4:53 p.m. UPDATE: The following is additional information about the Doney Park homicide that occurred earlier today, March 21, 2019: As Coconino County Sheriff’s Office deputies were enroute, a reporting party advised that the male suspect had fled the scene. Upon arrival, deputies located a female victim with several stab wounds and requested medics. The... 

Sedona AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted a search and rescue operation over a five day period for two lost persons east of the Hutch Mountain area. One person was found alive (a 35-year-old female of Winslow, AZ) and the other deceased (38-year-old Ryan Long of Leupp, AZ). On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a female who was...