Flagstaff AZ (April 5, 2013) – UPDATE April 5, 2013 at 4:48 PM – The Technical Rescue Team has raised Ms. Heon up to the rim of the canyon using a mechanical type rope system. She will then be helicopter transported to the Slide Rock area. Currently she is refusing further medical treatment. UPDATE April 5, 2013 at 3:30 PM – At 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, a team of rescuers (technical... 

Seligman AZ (February 13, 2013) – Missing Seligman, Arizona boy, two-year old Ryan Garibay, has been reunited with his very grateful family following an over four hour search and rescue effort involving numerous YCSO personnel and community volunteers, along with a DPS Ranger and Guidance helicopter crew flying “Rescue 1.” The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office very much appreciated the... 

Sedona AZ (January 19, 2013) – This year’s flu season is off to a fast start. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting it is seeing many more cases of flu earlier this year than it has in the past 10 years. The best protection against the flu is to get vaccinated and the good news is it’s not too late, since the flu season typically extends into March. What’s more... 

Sedona AZ (January 11, 2013) – Late this afternoon, Department of Public Safety officials notified Sheriff Scott Mascher that YCSO Lt. Wayne Loughrige, 51, and his son, Joseph Arter, 17, were both killed in single vehicle collision. The accident occurred on southbound Highway 69, milepost 277, in Humboldt, Arizona. DPS officers indicate a 2005 Dodge Durango, driven by Wayne, drifted into the... 

Seligman AZ (January 5, 2013) – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with numerous search and rescue personnel, are engaged in the search of a missing 7-year-old boy outside of Seligman, Arizona. *UPDATE  COLE FOUND ALIVE AND SAFE BY VOLUNTEERS WHO JOINED THE SEARCH – READ COMMENTS BELOW THIS ARTICLE FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORT. At 9:30 PM, YCSO deputies... 

Flagstaff AZ (December 5, 2012) – Thirty seven-year old Eiliv Ruud of Foss Fallskjeriy, Norway died yesterday while base jumping at the Salt Trail Canyon which is a tributary of the Little Colorado River. Investigators believe the victim began his base jump from a height of approximately 1000’ to the canyon floor. According to witnesses it appeared the victim had traveled approximately 500’... 

Manuel Cruz, candidate for Glendale Mayor GLENDALE, AZ (October 22, 2012) – Manuel Cruz, candidate for Glendale mayor and longtime Glendale resident, will release footage from a State Capitol Police security video that captured Arizona State Representative Jerry Weiers in what appears as intentional damage of State property in a fit of anger in March 2012. In August 2011, the State of... 

Eye on Sedona with Sedona Police Chief Ray Cota was submitted by the City of Sedona Sedona AZ (October 10, 2012) – This City of Sedona Arizona column, Eye on Sedona, is written by Ray Cota, Sedona Chief of Police: As the many improvements along State Route 89A are coming to a completion, I thought this would be an opportune time to highlight some of the activities that the police department... 

Phoenix AZ (September 24, 2012 – On September 22, 2012 at approximately 7:15 in the evening, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of an attempted child abduction in the area of Mud Springs Road and Squaw Valley Road, Black Canyon City, Arizona. The 13-year male victim told deputies that around 7:00 PM he was walking home east on Squaw Valley Road when he realized... 

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,...