Bradshaw Ranger District spans the Granite Mountain Wilderness area Prescott AZ (September 25, 2013) – The Doce Fire Temporary Closure will be lifted on Thursday, September 26, 2013, at 8:00 in the morning. Granite Mountain Wilderness, Granite Basin Lake and trails in the Granite Mountain Recreation Area will reopen to the public. The only remaining closure will be a section of the Box Culvert... 

Stuart Blacklaw, Ph.D. hired as Yavapai College vice president of instruction and student services Sedona AZ (September 24, 2013) – Yavapai College has hired Stuart Blacklaw, Ph.D. as its new vice president of instruction and student services. Blacklaw replaces Dr. Greg Gillespie who accepted a job as president of Ventura Community College in California this summer. Blacklaw is scheduled to start... 

Sedona AZ (September 7, 2013) –  The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a maintenance and paving project on northbound Arizona Interstate 17 starting at Coldwater Canyon Road to the Crown King exit (mileposts 245 to 250) Sunday, September 8, 2013, at 8:00 in the evening. The project consists of removal of rock and debris behind the concrete barrier along and the removal of a layer... 

Sedona AZ (August 9, 2013) – At the end of May 2013, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the 600 block of Hill Drive, Prescott, Arizona, to investigate the theft of numerous valuable items from a custom built pirate ship display. The victim indicated that unknown suspects forced entry into the ship’s interior where most of the property was stolen. The ship is used by... 

Peregrine Falcon in flight, California Prescott AZ (July 16, 2013) — Effective Tuesday, July 16, 2013, climbing and other activities on the cliff face of Thumb Butte will once again be open to the public after closing on February 1, 2013. Community Forest Trust monitoring volunteers identified peregrine falcons nesting sites at both Thumb Butte and Granite Mountain this season. The final results... 

Sedona AZ (July 3, 2013)  – The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme Court has ordered that attorney John R. Thornton of Prescott, Arizona, be suspended from the practice of law for two years. On March 11, 2013, the judge accepted an agreement for discipline by consent between John R. Thornton and the State Bar of Arizona and ordered he be suspended for two years, retroactive to November... 

Sedona AZ (June 30, 2013) – In Memory of Prescott Fire Fighters lost 6/30/2013 fighting the Yarnell wildfire, the deadliest in U.S. history involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years, when the Granite Mountain Hot Shots (pictured below in photo taken after an Oregon fire) were overtaken by the Arizona fire. It is being reported by authorities on the scene that 19 members of the... 

Sedona AZ (June 24, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation will improve a five-mile stretch of State Route 89 in fall 2013 between Road 4 South in Chino Valley and Deep Well Ranch Road in Prescott. In order to improve motorist travel times and safety, the project will upgrade the existing roadway from a two-lane to a four-lane divided highway, and construct roundabouts at Deep Well... 

Sedona AZ (June 14, 2013) – The following Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) highway project updates are as follows: SHOW LOW – A project to repave several sections of State Route 260 between Pintop and Hon Dah will start Sunday, June 16. Milling and paving operations will start 10 p.m. Sunday, June 16, and will continue 24 hours a day until Wednesday morning, June 19. Once paving... 

PRESCOTT AZ (June 1, 2013) – Professional advisers working in estate planning and nonprofits interested in building a planned giving program are invited to a full day of professional education in Prescott at the Prescott Lakes Clubhouse, Friday, June 7, 2013. The workshops are presented by the Yavapai County Community Foundation, in partnership with fellow Arizona Community Foundation affiliates...