Sedona AZ (October 9, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor with an opinion by Sedona AZ area resident, Peggy Pavlich: Note to Sedona City Council: Tell KSB Coalition to Cease and Desist. The Pro-Monument/KSB Coalition needs to understand something: NO MEANS NO! The Sedona City Council will be voting on the National Monument designation at its meeting this Tuesday, October... 

Sedona AZ (August 9, 2015) – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley invites members of the community, especially women, to celebrate our democracy, our citizenship and our right to vote on August 18, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at Vino di Sedona, 2575 Ste Hwy 89A in west Sedona. The occasion for the celebration is the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. The... 

Sedona AZ (April 28, 2015) – Bringing new awareness, hope and sensitivity to Sedona and the Verde Valley, the area’s first Mental Health Awareness Week will be May 11-16 announced Barbara Litrell, facilitator of the Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley (MHCVV) and Lori Morrison, Coordinator of the Education Committee of the Coalition. Dedicated to all who seek to lift the stigma associated... 

Sedona AZ (December 11, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:   Determining that Smart Meters are “not likely to harm” public health does not fulfill the mission of ADHS to protect the health of Arizona’s children and adults. For years the tobacco industry covered up its knowledge that smoking was harmful to health until, in 1964, the Surgeon General, based... 

Sedona AZ (August 13, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor from the Keep Sedona Beautiful organization: Editor: Sedona’s Designation as International Dark-Sky Community Raised Bar for Other Communities Seeking the Designation. Keep Sedona Beautiful is very excited that Sedona has been named the 6th International Dark-Sky Community in the US and the 8th in the world!... 

Sedona AZ (February 19, 2014) – In September 2013, the Arizona Humanities Council sponsored a statewide conversation on Mental Health issues. Thirty five interested people from Sedona and surrounding communities gathered at Yavapai College Sedona to participate in the live streamed broadcast and local conversation. At the end of the evening, several residents and health professionals decided... 

Barbara Litrell shares SCOP PeaceMaker Award with Elaine Hanson Sedona AZ (February 3, 2014) – As the first World Peace Dance Celebration Week begins, the Sedona International Cities of Peace (SCOP) Team (12 Partners in Peace) announced they are awarding Barbara Litrell and Elaine Hanson with the first Sedona International Cities of Peace PeaceMaker Award. This award will be presented on Friday,... 

SedonaEye.com columnist, Eddie S. Maddock, with an opinion of  an October 8, 2013, Sedona City Council decision Sedona AZ (October 9, 2013) – Coming as no big surprise, at the regular meeting October 8, 2013, Sedona City Council voted 4-2 to support increasing the bed tax “kickback” to the Chamber of Commerce from 50% to 55%, representing what appears to be considerably more than... 

Alberto Olivas, Director of the Center for Civic Participation at Maricopa Community College Sedona AZ (October 2, 2013) – The SpeakOut AZ Sedona Verde Valley team invites the public to attend a special free workshop Civic Engagement Leadership Capacities on October 22, 2013, at the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, 100 Meadowlark Drive, Sedona. Alberto Olivas, Director of the... 

SedonaEye.com columnist, Eddie S. Maddock, examines the Sedona all is well but negative mindset Sedona AZ (August 20, 2013) – At the Sedona City Council Meeting on August 14, 2013, among the public speakers was Peter Fagan, Chair of the Budget Oversight Commission. Mr. Fagan specifically included Sedona Eye as a source that provides “all negative articles.” Well, suppose we take a look at...