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 15, 2016) – The Agenda for the next Sedona Fire District Fire Board meeting link is below: This is a Regular Business meeting with Budget Workshop to be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, beginning at 3:00 PM at Station #1, 2860 Southwest Drive in West Sedona. The Board will vote to go into Executive Session (not open to the public) at 3:00 PM. The Public Session will immediately... 

Sedona AZ (April 14, 2016) – Drivers along Phoenix-area freeways can expect to see an additional reminder about the cost of being caught cheating in high occupancy vehicle lanes during weekday rush hours. Over the next year, the Arizona Department of Transportation will add more than 250 signs that say “HOV Violation $400 Minimum” along Valley freeways with HOV lanes. The new signs will join... 

Sedona AZ (April 14, 2016) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: The human race is in serious trouble. We are destroying the life support systems of the planet that allow us to live, flourish and prosper. Unless and until we develop the political will and institutional infrastructure to manage our planet, we will most likely perish as a species. The International Jewish Rothschild... 

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.... 

Sedona AZ (April 12, 2016) – On March 1, 2016, the Prescott Police Department began an investigation into suspicious activity occurring at a home in the 2100 block of Chickadee Creek Place, Prescott, Arizona. Officers and Detectives learned that two subjects, later identified as Randall Skates, 37, and Jennifer Skates, 45, had been occupying a home foreclosed upon in late 2015. The bank... 

Sedona AZ (April 12, 2016) – The Verde Valley Archaeology Center will host a talk by Dr. Sharon Moses who will present “Ritual Deposits and Resistance in a South Carolina Rice Plantation Slave Quarter.” The presentation will be in the Cliff Castle Casino Hotel meeting room on Tuesday, April 19, starting at 6:30 pm. Excavations on a former rice plantation located in South Carolina Low Country... 

Sedona AZ (April 11, 2016) – Designing and planning that new dream home or garage is a fun and exciting process. However, actually making that dream project a reality can be a daunting and intimidating challenge. They say the devil is in the details, and there are many details to think about when it comes to building projects. What kind of septic system is required? How many stories can the house... 

Sedona AZ (April 8, 2017) – A project to reduce the potential for rockfall in a quarter-mile section of northbound Interstate 17 between Camp Verde and Flagstaff will require closures of up to 30 minutes overnight starting Sunday, April 17, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Drivers using this route between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. should plan ahead and budget extra time on... 

Rescue 1 helicopter on scene at Mingus Mountain search Sedona AZ (April 8, 2016) –  On April 3, 2016, at approximately 3:00 in the afternoon, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Forest Patrol deputy received a report of two missing children, a 9-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl, last seen off-trail on Mingus Mountain. Another 14-year-old girl had returned to camp and reported the two missing,...