Arizona state capitol building in Phoenix Sedona AZ – The Arizona State Legislature announced that Senate Bill (SB) 1554 is assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee and is waiting to be placed on an agenda for discussion at an upcoming committee meeting. SB 1554 is pending legislation that considers additional short term rental management tools for cities and towns and it will affect local governments. Read... 

Mount Elden is located in central Coconino County northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona, and has an elevation of 9,298′ (2,834 m) Sedona AZ – On February 6, 2020, at approximately 7:30 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit responded to a report of a stranded hiker off trail on Mount Elden, Flagstaff. The 31-year-old male hiker and his dog were in the boulders... 

Sedona AZ – After twenty three years as the Yavapai County Treasurer, Ross Jacobs, in a letter to Board of Supervisor Chairman Craig Brown has asked the board to consider his notice of resignation, effective February 3, 2020. On February 5, 2020, the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors formally accepted Treasurer Jacob’s resignation and it is now seeking applications for appointment to the... 

Sedona AZ – The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), in association with the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), is issuing a fish consumption advisory for largemouth bass caught from Horsethief Basin Lake in Yavapai County, and south of the community of Crown King. This advisory is based on recent analysis of fish tissue data that indicate elevated levels of mercury. ADEQ recommends... 

Sedona AZ – The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) treats detecting and stopping fraud with paramount importance and reminds taxpayers that tax filing season is a time to be aware of identity thieves looking for ways to commit tax fraud. ADOR points to phishing schemes, card-skimming devices, unsecure Wi-Fi networks, data breaches, computer viruses, unsafe smartphone apps, and hacking email... 

Sedona AZ – On January 30, 2020, at approximately 4:00 in the morning, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Deputies from the Flagstaff and Williams Districts were dispatched to an accidental shooting call in the Seligman area. A Lifeline Ambulance crew responded with the deputies to an address off Pipeline Road in the Westwood Ranches area north of Seligman. In route, CCSO deputies were advised by... 

Sedona AZ – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Phoenix District has published a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Decision Record approving the Recreational Shooting Sports Project, clearing the way for the construction and operation of five recreational shooting sites to be built on public lands near the Phoenix metro area. The sites will provide active management, enhanced access and... 

Sedona AZ – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released in January 2020 an updated Department of Defense (DoD) list of locations outside of Vietnam where tactical herbicides were used, tested, or stored by the United States military. ”DoD will continue to be responsive to the needs of our interagency partners in all matters related to taking care of both current and former service... 

Jason Gonnie named by CCSO as suspect in Kachina Village barricade situation was taken into custody on January 25, 2020 and is being held on bond at the Flagstaff Detention Center. Sedona AZ – CCSO update on Kachina Village barricade situation and sexual assault suspect apprehension:  On January 25, 2020, at approximately 4:30 in the morning, suspect Jason Gonnie was taken into custody during a... 

Sedona AZ – The Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced the Arizona finalists for the 2019-2020 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP). Victor Fernando Anaya of Douglas and Ashton Leigh Redd of Casa Grande will represent the state of Arizona during the program’s Washington Week in March 2020. The two finalists were selected among the state’s top student leaders to join...