Sedona AZ (February 19, 2016) – Yavapai County Arizona Supervisor Jack R. Smith will be conducting a Community Meeting on February 24, 2016, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Stepping Stones Conference Room, 6719 East 2nd St, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314. Chairman Smith wants to answer your questions and provide an update on current Yavapai County priorities. All are invited to attend. District 5 Supervisor... 

Sedona AZ (February 19, 2016) – UPDATE: YCSO detectives have confirmed they located the missing mother and her son at a home in the 500 block of North Broadway, Clarkdale, Arizona. The stolen Dodge Charger was found floating in the Verde River a few miles from the Broadway home. The car had been rented by the homeowner at the Village Drive location.  Evidence technicians are on scene now, and... 

AZ Education Superintendent Diane Douglas Sedona AZ (February 18, 2016) – Arizona Superintendent Diane Douglas today applauded the Senate Education Committee for voting to approve a strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill 1455 that would give parents the right to opt their child out of mandatory state testing. “I have always fought for the protection of parents’ rights, including what... 

Sedona AZ (February 9, 2016) – Coconino County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives are investigating the death of Michael Murphy, 54, of Page, Arizona, after he collapsed on the houseboat dock at Antelope Point on Lake Powell, Arizona. On February 8, at approximately 1:50 in the afternoon, personnel of the National Park Service at Glen Canyon received a report from Antelope Point of an unresponsive... 

Sedona AZ (February 6, 2016) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Phoenix District Office is announcing the scheduled times and locations for the public scoping meetings as it begins revision of a portion of the land use plan for the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDNM). Under a March 2015 federal court order, BLM is required to reanalyze the impacts of recreational target shooting on the... 

Brent Ball arrested Sedona AZ (February 5, 2016) –  On February 1, 2016, just before 10:00 in the evening, the driver and passenger of a car stopped for a traffic violation were arrested. Brent Ball, 21, was charged with Possession of a Dangerous Drug, Possession and Transportation of a Dangerous Drug for Sale, Possession of a Narcotic Drug, Possession and Transportation of a Narcotic Drug for... 

Sedona AZ (February 4, 2016) – The American Rehabilitation Ministry, a Missouri based non-profit organization, donated a new full immersion portable baptistery valued at $1,700 to the Coconino County Detention Facility, Flagstaff, AZ. The Coconino County jail staff will schedule the use of the baptistery on a regular and frequent basis to inmates. Inmates requesting a baptism will meet with... 

Sedona AZ (February 4, 2016) –  On February 3, 2016, Marla Davis, 45, was arrested again for felony charges, including two counts of inducing a witness to avoid testifying and three counts of threatening to cause physical injury. Davis was booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center and remains in custody. Bond has not been set as of this writing for the additional felony charges. In recent... 

Ruth Flynn accepts January 2016 Yavapai County Unsung Hero Award Sedona AZ (January 26, 2016) – For this special Unsung Hero of the Month, the Yavapai County volunteer near and dear to our hearts is Ruth Flynn, nominated by Nancy Hottinger and Jamie Galczynski with the Cottonwood AZ Police Department Citizens on Patrol. For the past five years, Ruth has put service to others first. She lends... 

Sedona AZ (January 26, 2016) – The Arizona Governor’s Office announced new regional public budget hearings around the state to brief the public on the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 executive budget. Next week, Lorenzo Romero, director of the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB), will present the budget and take questions in Prescott and Yuma. The meetings will be open...