Armijo homestead house Sedona AZ (September 13, 2017) – The Sedona Heritage Museum’s popular local history tour series will follow the Red Rock Loop Road on September 27, 28, 29, and 30, visiting historic sites, homesteads, buildings and the area’s oldest cemetery circa 1893. Tour guide Paul Thompson, grandson of Oak Creek Canyon’s first permanent white settler J.J. Thompson, spent his... 

Sedona AZ (June 5, 2017) – Shortly before 2:30 p.m. on June 4, 2017, Sedona Fire District (SFD) emergency crews from Fire Station #1 in west Sedona and Fire Station #4 in uptown Sedona responded to a Secret Canyon Trail, off Dry Creek Road, injured hiker report. Once at the trailhead, SFD Battalion Chief Jayson Coil determined that the hiker had suffered a ground level fall approximately five hours... 

Sedona AZ (March 18, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Sedona Red Rock View, a 2015 SedonaEye.com photo exclusive After reading the SRRN 3/10/17 article “City & Chamber talk contract,” I began to wonder if the Chamber has become a part of a shadow government, and if the Council has unwittingly ceded some of its powers to the Chamber. The City gives... 

Harry Danilevics Sedona AZ (August 25, 2016) – On last Thursday, August 18, 2016, the Democrats of the Red Rocks hosted this 2016 City of Sedona campaign season’s last candidate forum at Olde Sedona Family Restaurant from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Gerhard Mayer, John Currivan, Joe Vernier, Tom Lamkin, Jessica Williamson and Sandy Moriarty were present, and, once again, John Martinez selected... 

Sedona AZ (July 27, 2016) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor from Arizona Liberty which also sent the letter to the editor of Arizona Highways Magazine. This letter was written at the request of, and with the knowledge of, the Governor of Arizona as well as the leadership of the Arizona State Legislature: [Note to AZ Highways Editor: This letter is written as a result... 

Sedona AZ (May 9, 2016) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: After a nice “vacation” from last year’s environmental absurdity… it looks like the National Monument advocates are STILL planning to turn this area into a Federal prison. At the end of this email is a link to the Verde Independent article (5/7/2016) about how the local national monument mental... 

Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1) will not support the Sedona Verde Valley National Monument designation which falls in her Congressional district, a bi-partisan position shared by a majority in the state. Sedona AZ (November 6, 2015) – Today, U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-4) introduced H.R. 3946, the Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act, legislation that empowers local... 

SedonaEye.com J. Rick Normand, Investigative and Financial Columnist Sedona AZ (October 29, 2015) – It is becoming increasingly clear that the Verde Valley has become weary of hearing the incessant drumbeat of “They’re lying, they’re not telling you the facts!” At this point, the undecided on the issue of the National Monument designation proposal most likely can’t decide who to believe…either... 

Sedona AZ (October 9, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor with an opinion by Sedona AZ area resident, Peggy Pavlich: Note to Sedona City Council: Tell KSB Coalition to Cease and Desist. The Pro-Monument/KSB Coalition needs to understand something: NO MEANS NO! The Sedona City Council will be voting on the National Monument designation at its meeting this Tuesday, October... 

Sedona AZ (October 8, 2015) – “The State of Arizona has commenced an official investigation into the public activities of both the proponents of and opposition to, the proposed Sedona-Verde Valley Red Rock National Monument. The State’s investigation will consider the possibility of unsubstantiated claims made by some or all stakeholder parties, the evasion by some activist players of disclosure...