Sedona AZ – PFLAG Sedona/Verde Valley 2020 scholarship program is now open for applications. Up to three $500 scholarships are available for students residing in the Sedona Verde Valley area with applications and supporting material are due by February 28, 2020. Award recipients will be announced on April 14, 2020. Eligible applicants are LGBTQ or straight ally identified receiving the award.... 

Arizona state capitol building in Phoenix Sedona AZ – The Arizona State Legislature announced that Senate Bill (SB) 1554 is assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee and is waiting to be placed on an agenda for discussion at an upcoming committee meeting. SB 1554 is pending legislation that considers additional short term rental management tools for cities and towns and it will affect local governments. Read... 

Mount Elden is located in central Coconino County northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona, and has an elevation of 9,298′ (2,834 m) Sedona AZ – On February 6, 2020, at approximately 7:30 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit responded to a report of a stranded hiker off trail on Mount Elden, Flagstaff. The 31-year-old male hiker and his dog were in the boulders... 

Sedona AZ – After twenty three years as the Yavapai County Treasurer, Ross Jacobs, in a letter to Board of Supervisor Chairman Craig Brown has asked the board to consider his notice of resignation, effective February 3, 2020. On February 5, 2020, the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors formally accepted Treasurer Jacob’s resignation and it is now seeking applications for appointment to the... 

Eddie Maddock finds humor in Sedona 2020. Sedona AZ – With the constant turnover of creative minds comin’ and goin’ in Sedona, and that includes tourists and residents, has anyone ever come up with the suggestion of a Sedona City Anthem i.e. our national anthem? There are many possibilities, but, as an example, how about a similarity to Dorothy Shay’s 1948 lyrics to Feudin’... 

Deadline for Sedona St. Patrick’s parade entrants is February 24, 2020. Limited participation space so it’s first come, first served say organizers. Don’t delay, register online today. Sedona AZ – Mark your calendars for the wearing of the green! On Saturday, March 14, 2020, the annual city of Sedona St. Patrick’s Parade is back for its 50th anniversary. As in the past, the... 

Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: U.S. Capitol As far as the U.S. Senate is concerned, the impeachment protocol – as in code of behavior – is very simple. The U.S. House of Representatives [like a District Attorney] investigates and prefers charges against the individual they have chosen to impeach; then, the Senate [like a jury] determines the guilt... 

Sedona artist Mary Lois Brown oil painting exhibition is at Sedona City Hall through the end of March 2020. After a year of studies with Patricia Cochran in the 1970s, Brown learned the approach of the Old Masters which opened an exciting new world of light and color that she pursues within her own work to this day. Sedona AZ – Winsome oil paintings by Mary Lois Brown are on viewing display at... 

Sedona AZ – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley (LWVGVV) Women Power the Vote Luncheon will feature Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. This event will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 20, at Poco Diablo Resort, 1752 Route 179, Sedona. Secretary Hobbs will discuss the importance of fair elections and election security. The Secretary is the second highest ranking elected... 

Sedona AZ – The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), in association with the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), is issuing a fish consumption advisory for largemouth bass caught from Horsethief Basin Lake in Yavapai County, and south of the community of Crown King. This advisory is based on recent analysis of fish tissue data that indicate elevated levels of mercury. ADEQ recommends...