Sedona AZ (April 11, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation will close the Sunset Point rest area on AZ Interstate 17 for four days beginning Monday, April 15, 2013, from 6 p.m. until Friday, April 19, 2013, at 5 a.m. to allow crews to seal cracks in the pavement and restripe the parking lot. The work is part of a $2.5 million project that included a new water system and improvements... 

Prescott AZ (April 10, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises the Arizona traveling public of the following roadwork scheduled for April 11 and 12, 2013: Crews are scheduled to remove and replace pavement on AZ State Route 89A in Prescott Valley at the intersection of Coyote Springs Road (mileposts 324-325) this week. The pavement improvement work on Thursday and Friday, April... 

Sedona AZ (April 8, 2013) – The Town Manager of Camp Verde, Arizona, Russ Martin, shares a letter addressed to the City of Show Low, Arizona, about the Town of Camp Verde efforts to encourage local community awareness that litter has an adverse economic impact: For the best Sedona Arizona News and Views? Subscribe to www.SedonaEye.com today.  Read More →

Sedona AZ (March 12, 2013) – Sedona Scout Troop #48 Leaves No Trace! It was my pleasure to witness Sedona Boy Scout Troop #48 on Arizona State Highway 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona on February 2, 2013, restoring the beauty to “America the Beautiful” and Arizona Scenic Highway 89A. Being very experienced at litter abatement, I was more than impressed with how much trash Troop 48 packed... 

Public comments accepted until March 17, 2013 Sedona AZ (March 10, 2013) – It is the perfect storm that’s been brewing for the last few years as the effects of the economic downturn hit us all. The Arizona Department of Transportation has been forecasting dramatic funding challenges since 2009 that will affect projects across our state. Those economic predictions have now become a reality... 

AZ I-17 Overnight and Daytime construction for March 3 through 8, 2013 Sedona AZ (March 3, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has scheduled construction work for Interstate 17 at Exit 262 (Cordes Junction) northbound. The Exit 262 will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday night, March 4, 2013, and throughout the week until March 8, 2013, as follows:  Crews continue... 

Cottonwood Boys and Girls Club litter clean up Cottonwood AZ (March 1, 2013) – The Cottonwood Boys and Girls Club will be performing a fund raising event on March 14, 2014. Anyone wishing to donate $10 for each 33 gallon bag of trash picked up by the boys and girls may contact the Cottonwood Boys and Girls Club, Cottonwood, Arizona. The CBGC will be cleaning up litter and target shooting... 

Cononino National Forest and Prescott NF use prescribed burns for fire management Prescott AZ (March 1, 2013) – Prescott National Forest Fire managers are planning to begin the 169 East West Prescribed Fire Project, as early as today, Friday, March 1, 2013, pending favorable weather conditions. Fire managers plan to hand and aerial ignite approximately 2,000 acres beginning Friday and possibly... 

Arizona I-17 and SR 69 travel alerts through March 1, 2013 Sedona AZ (February 23, 2013) – The following late night lane restrictions and daytime shoulder closures will be in place at the junction of Arizona Interstate 17 and State Route 69 next week as the Arizona Department of Transportation nears completion on the Cordes Junction traffic interchange. Sunday, Feb. 24:  ▪ I-17 will be narrowed... 

Sedona AZ (February 13, 2013) – In a VOC community shared Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Heather Provencio of the U.S. Forest Service, also representing an ADOT joint decision, denies a local group request that a Village of Oak Creek gateway median on Arizona State Highway 179 be landscaped and cultivated with other than native vegetation: From: Provencio, Heather C -FS To: Gail Shaw Simpson Sent:...