Sedona AZ (August 19, 2015) – The lightning caused Rattlesnake Fire is 4000 acres burning approximately 5 miles west of Bumble Bee in the Castle Creek Wilderness (T10N, R1E, S24). There are no immediate structures, private property or critical infrastructure threatened by the Rattlesnake Fire. The fire is burning concurrently on both Forest Service lands and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.... 

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Sedona AZ (August 17, 2015) – Today the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has revised its regulation regarding the presence of animals on VA property. The updated regulation will ensure VA practices remain consistent with applicable federal law. It will also assist individuals entering VA facilities in developing a clear and consistent understanding of the criteria governing... 

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Sedona AZ (August 12, 2015) – Arizona Department of Education Chief of Staff Michael Bradley said today that the department does not want to disrupt schools anxious to submit plans for Move on When Reading funding. “Traditionally the Move on When Reading online portal opens as the new school year starts, so there has been no delay,” Bradley said. “It has never been our intent to delay this... 

Sedona AZ (August 11, 2015) – The body of missing five year old Jerold Joseph Williams was found on August 10, 2015, around 4:30 in the evening by a group of Colorado City volunteer searchers. Volunteers were driving along Forest Service Road 240 in the Jacobs Lake area when boys in the back of the pickup saw the body of Jerold on the ground 15-20 feet off the roadway. Young Jerold’s body was... 

Jerold Joseph Williams Sedona AZ (August 8, 2015) – On Thursday, August 6, 2015, at approximately 5:30 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a missing 5 year-old boy at an unimproved campsite located approximately 12 miles south of Jacobs Lake, in the area of AZ State Highway 67 off of Forest Service Road 241. Throughout Thursday night and Friday, Coconino... 

Michael Torrez arrested Sedona AZ (August 5, 2015) – On August 3, 2015, at approximately 6:30 in the morning, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office K9 deputy stopped a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser for an equipment violation on a stretch of east AZ Interstate 40 between Seligman and Ash Fork, Arizona. Michael Torrez, 29, was driving with Miranda Baldonado, 19, and Sarah Valencia, 19, as passengers. Baldonado... 

Sedona AZ (August 3, 2015) – On August 2, 2015, around 9:00 in the evening, an armed robbery occurred at the Family Dollar store in the 34000 of South Old Black Canyon Highway, Black Canyon City, Arizona. A man, armed with a handgun, likely Caucasian, in his early 20s, weight 155-170 pounds, height approximately 5’08” to 5’ 10”, wearing a gray sweat shirt possibly inside out, black... 

Sedona AZ (July 31, 2015) – On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at approximately 7:00 in the morning, a 15-year-old girl was walking on Ancient Trail, a paved road in Kachina Village, Flagstaff, Arizona. She was aware that a male wearing a colored hooded sweat shirt, with its hood pulled over his head, was walking approximately twenty-five yards behind her. The man was walking two small to medium sized...