Sedona AZ (February 3, 2017) – Overnight improvement work will close sections of US 60 (Superstition Freeway) and Loop 101 (Price Freeway) in the Tempe area, February 5 through February 8, 2017, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Drivers should allow extra travel time and consider alternate routes while the following freeway closures are in place: ·         Westbound... 

Sedona AZ (January 11, 2017) – In November of 2016, after a tip-off to a trailhead burglary suspect’s identity, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detective began following case leads and obtained information from an electronics store about a cell phone purchased using the victim’s stolen credit card. He traced the cell phone serial number to a Prescott Valley man, Robert Abbott, 26,... 

Jack Levine Sedona AZ (January 7, 2017) – Is it “Sui Generis” or a National Pattern? Over a number of years, two of Arizona’s largest law firms have gradually taken over control of the state’s two largest public utilities by placing their firm members, former firm members and relatives on their governing boards and executive offices, while at the same time each serving as their... 

Sedona AZ (January 5, 2017) – With Valley drivers benefiting from several freeway improvement projects completed during 2016, including the widening of Loop 101 between Shea Boulevard and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) in the Scottsdale area, the Arizona Department of Transportation is poised to start or complete several Phoenix-area projects in the coming year. ADOT’s highlights for the regional... 

Sedona AZ (January 5, 2017) – Arizona driver licenses and state identification cards are valid for air travel until October 1, 2020. Period. The Arizona Department of Transportation is sharing that message with travelers who may be confused by new Transportation Security Administration placards posted at airports. These notices say that beginning on January 28, 2018, travelers using a driver... 

Suspect Ferrero on the right has been arrested. YCSO detectives are seeking to identify and arrest Ferrero’s accomplice (pictured on the left) wearing tee shirt with graphic. Sedona AZ (January 3, 2017) – On December 27, 2016, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives located Nick Ferrero, 43, at a home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, and arrested him for involvement in a Mayer (AZ)... 

Sedona AZ (December 16, 2016) – Staying focused is a primary defense against car crashes and staving off intergalactic doom. That’s right: We’re bringing together vehicle safety and Star Wars. Again. In the past year, the Arizona Department of Transportation has placed unconventional safety messages on overhead signs. This is by design. We want to grab people’s attention and make them engage... 

Sedona AZ (December 16, 2016) – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas today announced five staff appointments to leadership positions in the Arizona Department of Education’s (ADE’s) Health and Nutrition and Government Relations divisions along with its Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program. Superintendent Douglas first shared the promotion of Melissa Conner as ADE’s... 

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... 

Marty Macurak will join city of Sedona staff Sedona AZ (December 7, 2016) – In July 2016, the city of Sedona advertised for a Communications and Public Relations Manager. Upon receiving almost two hundred resumes, the candidates were reduced to the top eight. After completing a lengthy and intensive interview process spanning several weeks, Marty Macurak emerged as the successful candidate. Macurak...