AZ Interstate 17 Construction Update Phoenix AZ (October 5, 2012) – Arizona drivers traveling through the traffic interchange at Interstate 17 and State Route 69 in Cordes Junction need to be prepared for a major traffic shift beginning 7 PM on Sunday, October 7, 2012 according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The new alignments will be in place for the next three months as crews... 

Cordes Lakes AZ (September 20, 2012) – On September 16, 2012 just before 11:00 at night, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Chevron Station next to the McDonalds in Cordes Lakes, just off Arizona Interstate I-17 regarding the theft of a vehicle. The YCSO deputy arrived within five minutes and contacted a man and woman who explained that their rental car, a silver four-door... 

Coconino County AZ Cold Case Unit members Joe Sumner, Amy Kelly and Chuck Jones stand with the skull of an unidentified set of remains that bears the entrance wound from a single gunshot. The remains were originally found below Shoshone Point at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1933. (photo courtesy of Jake Bacon/AZ Daily Sun) Flagstaff AZ (September 18, 2012) – In 2005, the Coconino County... 

Sedona Arizona Sedona AZ (September 17, 2012) – The following is a SedonaEye.com Letter to the Editor from Sedona resident, Henry Twombly: I disagree with Jim Eaton’s advocacy for medians along 89A in West Sedona (Guest Perspective, SRRN, September 14). He lists many reasons/situations that would occur whether or not there is a center land, e.g., swerving rapidly across oncoming traffic,... 

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Area Commands Map Seligman AZ (September 16, 2012) – On September 15, 2012, at approximately 9:30 in the morning, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of two motorcycles involved in a collision on Crookton Road east of Seligman, Arizona. Preliminary investigation revealed that a group of four motorcycles were traveling west on Crookton... 

Arizona Interstate 17 Construction Update Sedona AZ (September 15, 2012) – The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising drivers will be required to follow a detour from Cordes Junction to northbound Interstate 17 on September 17, 2012 as crews work on a new bridge over the I-17 highway as ADOT continues to make progress on a $50 million traffic interchange reconstruction project. The... 

Sedona AZ (September 9, 2012) – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) crews will be cleaning debris from the shoulders on northbound Arizona Interstate 17 north of New River (mileposts 236-248) this week. According to ADOT, drivers can expect alternating I-17 lane restrictions from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September 11 through September 13, 2012. The... 

Dear Don Cassano (ADOT), Kyle Seisinger (ADOT) and the subcontractor cutting the brush back from the guardrails on Highway 260 are making great progress and their efforts will make our Folksville USA August 18, 2012 litter recovery event safer and more effective … thank you very much! If the subcontractor finishes the pruning of the brush in the same manner they started, it clearly demonstrates... 

Prescott AZ (June 15, 2012)– *UPDATE* READ THE COMMENTS SECTION FOR LATEST NEWS* The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin work to repave nine miles of Interstate 17 between Middle Verde Road in Camp Verde and State Route 179 (Sedona turnoff) on Sunday evening, July 1. The $4.2 million project on I-17 (mileposts 290-299) will include the removal of a layer of the existing pavement,... 

Dear Mr. Halikowski (ADOT),  As you know, it only takes a few bad apples to spoil the barrel.  ADOT Highway 89A reflectors While cleaning the Folksville USA one-mile section of Highway 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona (MP-356 to 357) today, I noticed the new reflectors that were recently installed.  I also noticed that the old reflectors were thrown in the grass and many ended up in the asphalt...