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Collins RhōgSedona AZ (June 4, 2014) – The following has been randomly taken from Collins Rhōg’s private journal, and reproduced exactly as it was written, by his own hand. The date has been omitted, at his request, but Collins view is always captivatingly honest, full of depth and color, heart, love, and perseverance in times of struggle. Collins spills his soul and captures his feelings... 

Veteran Administration Acting Secretary Sloan GibsonSedona AZ (June 4, 2014) – At his first meeting with the leadership of Veterans Service Organizations VA’s Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson today announced that VA has reached out to all Phoenix Veterans identified in the recent VA Office of Inspector General interim report. During a breakfast discussion with the American Legion, AMVETS, Disabled... 

Tom O’Halleran, Independent candidate for LD6 State Senate seat Sedona AZ (June 3, 2014) – Former Arizona elected official Tom O’Halleran has declared his candidacy for the State Senate seat for Legislative District 6 as an Independent. Only changing his Republican party affiliation in May 2014, O’Halleran served in the Arizona legislature representing District 1 for 8 years, from 2001... 

Kennewick Man’s skull, front view.Credit: Courtesy of Smithsonian/Chip ClarkSedona AZ (June 3, 2014) – Kennewick Man is the name for the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, on July 28, 1996. It is one of the most complete ancient skeletons ever found; bone tests have shown it to date from 7300 to 7600 B.C. A stone... 

Donald TorgesonSedona AZ (June 2, 2014) – At approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 29, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies went to a Congress, Arizona restaurant on Highway 89 after a victim called saying she had been assaulted and threatened. The female victim said Yarnell, Arizona resident Donald Torgeson, 51, had accused her of taking cash before physically assaulting her in a Stanton... 

Sedona AZ (June 1, 2014) – On May 26, 2014, just before noon, YCSO deputies were dispatched to a property on Ghost Town Road in Congress, Arizona, about a robbery that had just occurred. The 60-year-old male victim explained to deputies that a man named Russell Weimorts, 43, robbed him at gunpoint inside his motor home. The victim had befriended Weimorts a few days earlier... 

Arizona Department of Education Superintendent of Public Instruction, John HuppenthalSedona AZ (May 30, 2014) – The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has announced three Associate Superintendents will assume positions with the ADE. Dr. Cecilia Johnson was named Associate Superintendent of Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders, replacing Interim Associate Superintendent Warren Jacobson. Robert... 

Sedona AZ (May 30, 2014) – The following news issued by Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain’s office: 2014 Sierra Vista Memorial Day celebrationThis month brought Memorial Day, a sacred observance in America’s democracy on which the nation honors and thanks those who have worn the uniform of the United States and have served and sacrificed in its defense. It is therefore the height of... 

Army Air Corps Veteran Robert RoyceSedona AZ (May 29, 2014) – The Normandy landings, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, launched the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe and began the Allied victory in the war. Robert Royce was one of the 160,000 troops who were there. “One of the Lucky Ones” What may seem like a bunch of random numbers to some, 15354258 rolls off the tongue of Army Air Corps...