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Juvenile Charged in 2018 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest fires
Sedona AZ – A 16 year old male from Glendale, Arizona, pled guilty to starting three fires on the Black Mesa Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest outside of Forest Lakes, AZ.
The 2018 fires were started on May 27 and 28, in the area of Forest Road 178: The first fire (May 27) was reported at approximately 7:30 in the morning and burned about eleven acres before fire crews could...
Two arrested in $16.1 million California recycling fraud case
Sedona AZ (December 12, 2018) – The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), along with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, arrested three suspects accused of using an Arizona trucking company as a front to defraud California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program out of $16.1 million. This program allows Californians...
Cordes Lakes Motel Drug Investigation Leads to Multiple Arrests
Sedona AZ (October 2, 2018) – On September 27, 2018, just before 11:30 a.m., Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a Cordes Lakes motel in the 19000 block of Hitching Post Way. Indications of drug use had been reported involving a specific room, a white pick-up truck, and a male observed ‘snorting’ something while seated in that truck. The first deputy on the scene...
ADOT Travel Alert for NFL Thursday Game
Sedona AZ (August 28, 2018) – Drivers using AZ Interstate 10 west of downtown Phoenix and the Loop 101 (Agua Fria Freeway) in the West Valley should plan for heavier afternoon traffic on Thursday, August 30, before the Arizona Cardinals host the Denver Broncos in a preseason game in Glendale.
With kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at University of Phoenix Stadium, drivers should allow extra travel...
Sedona’s Wesselhoff appointed to Tourism Advisory Council
Sedona AZ (September 13, 2017) – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has tapped Jennifer Wesselhoff, the president and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, as the newest member of the state’s Tourism Advisory Council.
The Tourism Advisory Council advises the director of the Arizona Office of Tourism on the establishment of policies and programs related to tourism promotion in the...
Arizona Department of Ed Kicks Off Summer Food Program
Sedona AZ (May 17, 2017) – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announced the launch of the Arizona Department of Education’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a summer meal reimbursement program for children ranging from newborns to 18 years old. The SFSP provides children in low income areas the opportunity to receive a nutritious meal while school is not in session during...
AZ Students Selected for 2017 United States Senate Youth Program
AZ School Superintendent Diane Douglas announces USSYP teens.
Sedona AZ (December 8, 2016) – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas today announced that two Arizona students have been selected as delegates to the 55th annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP), which will be held March 4-11, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Henry Rosas Ibarra of Glendale and Meena Venkataramanan...
Road test improvements for MVD customers
Sedona AZ (October 20, 2016) – The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division is making two significant improvements to ease the process for testing drivers before they get on the road.
The first change is eliminating random MVD road tests for people who get driver education at private driving schools. The second means better road testing options for customers in the northern...
Number of Skimmers Found this Month Surpasses 2015 Total
Sedona AZ (August 12, 2016) – Coming to gas pumps near you soon?
Criminals are upping the stakes when it comes to stealing your credit and debit card information at gas pumps. The state has found more skimmers so far this month than it found in all of last year.
Between August 1 and August 12, 2016, there were twelve skimmers found while last year’s total was eleven. Not only are more...
Jacob Lake Skeletal Remains Linked to 2013 Homicide
Sedona AZ (August 1, 2016) – On July 1, 2016, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona received a call from the Kane County (Utah) Sheriff’s Office advising that a rancher had located human skeletal remains between Fredonia and Jacob Lake, Arizona.
A local rancher was working his cattle range area south of State Highway 89A and located the remains, clothing, boots and a daypack...