Sedona AZ (September 25, 2015) – The following is from the desk of Theresa Pierno, Chief Operating Officer National Parks Conservation Association, and submitted to the editor by a Sedona, Arizona SedonaEye.com subscriber: It’s hard to believe that just two years after the federal government shut down for 16 days, we could once again face the same fate as soon as next week. If Congress... 

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Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Complaint filed with Arizona Attorney General regarding ACC Commissioner Bob Burns Information and Opinion by Warren Woodward Sedona, Arizona ~ September 24, 2015 The ACC is tasked with the responsibility to protect AZ ratepayers by weighing the costs and benefits of all state utility requests. Since no... 

Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies and its Search and Rescue unit responded to over 36 search and rescue calls in the first 23 days of September. The calls covered an area from southern Utah to the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. Calls may require a search and rescue unit response or a Coconino County Sheriff’s Office patrol to locate lost or missing persons... 

Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) – In August, the Sedona Fire District took delivery from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey of an artifact from the ruins of the World Trade Center. The piece – a steel girder – is about 5′ long by about 15″ across, and weighs close to 3,000 pounds. SFD is proposing a 9/11 Memorial be built at Fire Station No. 6 in the Chapel area... 

Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) – The search for two missing persons, Ashley Darby, 23, and Jeriah Hildwine, 35, of Flagstaff, Arizona, came to a close the afternoon of September 23 after the couple was found deceased in a wooded area approximately a third mile from the parking lot of the Abineau Bear Jaw Trailhead, Flagstaff. Both appeared to have died from gunshot wounds several days prior. Ashley... 

Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office routinely employs inmates housed at the Camp Verde Detention for duties in and outside the Detention Center. Not only do the inmates benefit from positive use of time, but there is a cost savings benefit to county taxpayers. Over the last few months, Camp Verde Detention personnel have continued to seek out and arrange work... 

Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) –  In the past two weeks, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has received several calls regarding incidents of mail theft occurring primarily in remote areas of Senator Highway between Goldwater Lake and Groom Creek, south of the City of Prescott, and in the 2000 block of Thumb Butte Road, near National Forest Land west of the City of Prescott. Areas of... 

Sedona AZ (September 23, 2015) – The DRAFT Minutes from the September 16, 2015 Sedona Fire District Governing Board meeting are available below. Please remember these Minutes will not be officially approved by the Board until the October meeting and are subject to change. Click link below to view Minutes. September 16, 2015 Draft SFD Minutes Other documents from this meeting can be accessed under... 

Sedona AZ (September 23, 2015) – The Grand Canyon Association (GCA), the non-profit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, is pleased to name Ann Scheflen as its new Chief Philanthropy Officer. She joined the GCA on August 17, and is headquartered in Flagstaff, Arizona. Scheflen is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) with more than 15 years of development experience and a successful track...