Sedona AZ (April 24, 2014) – On December 16, 2013, the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors approved funding for the Title III Forest Fee program at the maximum amount of 7% of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This funding, authorized by Public Law 106-393, was received on April 14 and resulted in $178,044 being available for this program. Public Law 106-393... 

Sedona AZ (April 24, 2014) – The McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University announced today that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will participate in a conversation with U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at the McCain Institute’s annual Sedona Forum on Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Sedona, Arizona. “I am very pleased to have my friend Secretary... 

Collins Rhōg Sedona AZ (April 23, 2014) –  Welcome SedonaEye.com’s new weekly feature column authored by Canadian writer, Collins Rhōg. 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,... 

Sedona AZ (April 21, 2014) – Yesterday, April 20, 2014, around 11:30 AM, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were contacted regarding a missing married couple last seen the prior evening (April 19) in the town of Crown King,  Arizona. The couple, John Mendoza, 44, and Lisa Gutierrez, 42, from El Mirage, Arizona, left Crown King around 10:00 in the evening on Saturday in their 1969... 

Sedona AZ (April 18, 2014) – On April 13, 2014, around 3:30 in the morning, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a family fight underway in the 2600 block of Seybert Drive, Cornville, Arizona. The caller, Jeremy Slaughter, 36, reported that his girlfriend, Josie Owens, 34, was “drunk and out of control.” Slaughter left the home pending arrival of deputies. While... 

Sedona AZ (April 18, 2014) – Campfire and smoking restrictions will be implemented at 8:00 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2014, on the Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott and Tonto National Forests in order to protect public health and reduce preventable human-caused fires. On the Kaibab National Forest, restrictions will apply only to the Williams and Tusayan Ranger Districts. Fire restrictions will not yet... 

Sedona AZ (April 15, 2014) – Just after 1:30 in the afternoon of April 14, 2014, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in the 11900 Block of East Mingus View Drive, Cornville, Arizona. Deputies were told that the live-in girlfriend of Joshua Myers, 35, and her daughter had been held hostage at gunpoint for two hours following a domestic argument. Myers eventually released... 

Sedona AZ (April 15, 2014) – Coconino County Arizona Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives arrested a 44-year-old man of Valle, Arizona, on one count of child molestation involving a seven year-old child. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, a Sheriff’s Sergeant assigned to the Williams Grand Canyon Patrol Division was dispatched to a Coconino County school. Upon arrival, the Sergeant spoke with a student’s... 

Sedona AZ (April 14, 2014) – On Friday, April 11, 2014, at 6:00 in the evening, more than 60 community members gathered at the Law Enforcement Administration Facility, Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, for the 2014 Woods Watch Training. Obvious in the distance to the people walking from the parking lot to the training building was the ominous massive black column of smoke being produced by the Fisher... 

Arizona hot air balloon in flight Sedona AZ (April 14, 2014) – This morning, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a hot air balloon accident in an area of Old Cordes, eight miles east of Mayer, Arizona. The call came in around 8:00 in the morning but YCSO deputies were cancelled after the balloon’s crew indicated help was unnecessary. A second call came in soon after 9:00...