Sedona AZ (August 13, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Subject: Democrats and Socialists Ref: Debbie Wasserman Shultz asked difference of Democrats and Socialists Editor; With Bernie Sanders a “Socialist” running on the Democrat ticket in the Primary against Hillary Clinton and whoever else may enter the race, the Head of the DCCC (or whatever they call the Democrat... 

Sedona AZ (August 12, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Dear Sedona, Solar panels Thank you for all your have done this year urging the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to stick to their word about solar rates. Together, solar advocates like you have sent in over 700 comments and letters. Next week, we have a chance to see whether justice will be served at the... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand addresses the National Monument designation pros and cons in the first of his two part series analysis Sedona AZ (August 12, 2015) – Is there a National Monument designation downside? You won’t find the answers at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website! This is what we’re told at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website: “Incredibly, no permanent protections... 

Sedona AZ (August 12, 2015) – Arizona Department of Education Chief of Staff Michael Bradley said today that the department does not want to disrupt schools anxious to submit plans for Move on When Reading funding. “Traditionally the Move on When Reading online portal opens as the new school year starts, so there has been no delay,” Bradley said. “It has never been our intent to delay this... 

Sedona AZ (August 11, 2015) – The body of missing five year old Jerold Joseph Williams was found on August 10, 2015, around 4:30 in the evening by a group of Colorado City volunteer searchers. Volunteers were driving along Forest Service Road 240 in the Jacobs Lake area when boys in the back of the pickup saw the body of Jerold on the ground 15-20 feet off the roadway. Young Jerold’s body was... 

Sedona AZ (August 9, 2015) – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley invites members of the community, especially women, to celebrate our democracy, our citizenship and our right to vote on August 18, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at Vino di Sedona, 2575 Ste Hwy 89A in west Sedona. The occasion for the celebration is the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. The... 

Jerold Joseph Williams Sedona AZ (August 8, 2015) – On Thursday, August 6, 2015, at approximately 5:30 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a missing 5 year-old boy at an unimproved campsite located approximately 12 miles south of Jacobs Lake, in the area of AZ State Highway 67 off of Forest Service Road 241. Throughout Thursday night and Friday, Coconino... 

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office returns money to an IRS tax fraud victim Sedona AZ (August 6, 2015) – In late June of this year, a 64-year-old Prescott, Arizona, resident reported the loss of $10,000 in an apparent IRS phone scam. She told deputies that she cares for her special needs brother and owes $9,000 in back taxes to the IRS on his behalf. She recently paid the IRS more than $5,000... 

Michael Torrez arrested Sedona AZ (August 5, 2015) – On August 3, 2015, at approximately 6:30 in the morning, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office K9 deputy stopped a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser for an equipment violation on a stretch of east AZ Interstate 40 between Seligman and Ash Fork, Arizona. Michael Torrez, 29, was driving with Miranda Baldonado, 19, and Sarah Valencia, 19, as passengers. Baldonado... 

Sedona AZ (August 3, 2015) – On August 2, 2015, around 9:00 in the evening, an armed robbery occurred at the Family Dollar store in the 34000 of South Old Black Canyon Highway, Black Canyon City, Arizona. A man, armed with a handgun, likely Caucasian, in his early 20s, weight 155-170 pounds, height approximately 5’08” to 5’ 10”, wearing a gray sweat shirt possibly inside out, black...