Marie Saiz arrested on drug charges Sedona AZ (September 9, 2016) –  On September 7, 2016, at approximately 11:00 in the morning, detectives from Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) assisted with a probationary search at a home in the 700 block of Flora Street, Prescott. The investigation resulted in the arrest of probationer and resident Marie Saiz, 28, on multiple charges. In... 

Sedona AZ (August 31, 2016) – On August 29, 2016, at approximately 9:30 in the morning, Mina Gooldy, 58, was arrested at her 1000 block of Dixon Drive, Prescott, Arizona home. Recently, detectives from the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) task force developed information involving heroin sales by Gooldy from her home. Based on this evidence, detectives obtained a search... 

Sedona AZ (August 8, 2016) – Yavapai County Development Services will be hosting two informational meetings for the public to explain regulations of sober living homes currently in effect in the unincorporated areas of Yavapai County. The meetings will be held on Monday, August 15, 2016, and Thursday, August 25, 2016, at 6:00 in the evening at the Fair Street Administrative building, 1015 Fair... 

Forest prescribed burn method Sedona AZ (July 27, 2016) – Prescott National Forest fire managers plan to continue fuels treatment in the Prescott Basin.  Benefits from these treatment help to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wild land urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience. The burning will start on Thursday, July 28, 2016, and could continue through Friday, August... 

Prescott, AZ (July 4, 2016) – The Prescott National Forest is planning to conduct the Gray Wolf prescribed fire in the area south of AZ Highway 169 and west of AZ Interstate 17 the week of July 5 – July 11  (T13,  R3,  S17). This project will only be implemented if anticipated and needed conditions exist as well as if adequate resources remain available. The Forest recognizes that there... 

New Hell Canyon Bridge on right depicts a wider, stronger structure which replaced the original 62-year-old SR 89 bridge on its left. Sedona AZ (June 27, 2016) – The new State Route 89 bridge at Hell Canyon is longer, wider and better able to accommodate commercial traffic between Prescott and Interstate 40 than the 62-year-old span it replaces. The Arizona Department of Transportation opened... 

Sedona AZ (June 20, 2016) – The Prescott Police Department is seeking the help of the public to locate and check the welfare of an elderly female with dementia. GERLEAN MAE LANGFORD, an 86 year old white female with an advanced Alzheimer’s diagnosis. She was last seen at approximately 6:00 P.M. this evening at the Mountain View Manor Care facility, located at 1045 Sandretto Drive in Prescott.... 

Sedona AZ (May 3, 2016) – Arizona State Route 89 will close for four hours approximately 13 miles north of Chino Valley starting at 9:00 p.m. on May 6, so crews can pour a concrete bridge deck at Hell Canyon (milepost 346). It’s one of the final steps in readying a $14.4 million bridge scheduled to open to traffic in mid-June 2016. Motorists planning to use SR 89 between I-40 and Prescott between... 

Sedona AZ (April 15, 2016) – Yavapai County Arizona District 4 Supervisor Craig L. Brown announced today that the fire fuel mitigation in the Prescott areas of Granite Oaks, Chipmunk and Blackjack Subdivisions is nearing completion. It has taken a few months, but the end product has provided a safer environment for the residents for the upcoming fire season and into the future. The project contractor... 

Sedona AZ (April 14, 2016) – Yavapai County Facilities has offices in Prescott and Camp Verde, Arizona, with Capital Projects also under the umbrella of Facilities. Approximately ninety six Facilities employees provide services throughout Yavapai County’s 8,128 square mile area and maintain over fifty county buildings, eleven parks, five cemeteries, and numerous other county owned facilities....