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Arizona highways honor veterans all year long
Sedona AZ (November 22, 2016) – As you prepare to mark the December 7 anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, look to signs along our highways for tributes to our veterans.
ADOT employees join all Americans in their deep gratitude to veterans and their families, and we hope you’ll be inspired by highway designations, including these:
Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway (I-10)
Interstate 10...
City of Sedona to Host Wastewater Master Plan Public Meeting
Article submitted by City of Sedona AZ
Sedona AZ (November 21, 2016) – The city of Sedona invites residents and property owners to a public meeting on Monday, December 5, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Sedona’s City Hall to hear about the initial steps in the planning process for the city’s Wastewater Master Plan (WWMP). This meeting will also provide an opportunity for attendees...
Drivers are key to reducing I-17 crashes north of Phoenix
Sedona AZ (November 21, 2016) – As the Arizona Department of Transportation seeks to identify and fund projects that will increase capacity on Interstate 17 north of Phoenix, drivers need to do their part by avoiding the poor decisions and inattention behind so many of the crashes that result in closures and backups – and worse, injuries and fatalities.
The steep, winding stretch of I-17 between...
Two Deaths Being Investigated as Murder Suicide
Sedona AZ (November 18, 2016) – On November 16, 2016 around 11:00 in the morning, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a request for a welfare check at a residence south of Twin Arrows. The reporting party advised dispatch that her co-worker had not shown up for work and was not answering the door.
CCSO Deputies responded and made a forced entry. They located 55-year-old Mary...
Eddie Maddock: Is now the time for answers?
SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock
Sedona AZ (November 15, 2016) – At the City Council meeting scheduled for November 22, 2016, once again there will be a discussion regarding the marketing contract the City of Sedona has with the Chamber of Commerce, generated by a bed tax increase of .5%. Of course the notice included here from the Sedona Lodging Council is legitimate and there’s nothing...
Police Department, Fire District and School District Come Together to Support Special Olympics
Sedona AZ (November 16, 2016) – City of Sedona Police Officer Jackie McQuaid is on a mission: to fundraise with her colleagues, Sedona Fire District Chief Kris Kazian and Sedona Oak Creek School District Superintendent David Lykins, to help support the Special Olympics Arizona. The catch? By each fundraising a minimum of $1,000, McQuaid, Kazian and Lykins will step “Over the Edge” and rappel...
Thanks for your support
Sedona AZ (November 14, 2016) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Friends,
AZ Representative Brenda Barton
We did it!!! I am honored by your overwhelming support and the trust you have placed in me. The entire LD 6 team including myself, Representative Bob Thorpe, and Senator Sylvia Allen, will be returning to the legislature to continue the fight for small government, a...
AZ I-17 Rest Area to close for emergency drill
Sedona AZ (November 6, 2016) – The northbound McGuireville Rest Area along Interstate 17 will be closed to travelers the morning of Tuesday, November 8, to allow Copper Canyon Fire and Medical Authority to conduct a mass-casualty incident drill, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The northbound facility, located at milepost 297, will close at 8:30 a.m. for approximately an hour...
Federally Required Annual Testing of Nuclear Plant Emergency Siren System
Palo Verde Generating Station nuclear plant
Sedona AZ (November 4, 2016) – On Wednesday, November 9, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, in cooperation with local and State agencies, will test the 58 outdoor warning sirens located within the 10-mile emergency planning zone of the nuclear generating station.
The annual testing will activate the sirens twice, once at noon and again at 12:30...
ADOT South Mountain Freeway to open in 2019
Sedona AZ (October 30, 2016) – Work on the Arizona Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway remains on track with the U.S. District Court in Phoenix denying a third bid by opponents to halt construction.
An order released Wednesday, Oct. 26, denied the plaintiffs’ motion for an injunction, saying, in part, that they are unlikely to prevail on appeal.
“I believe that the completed South Mountain Freeway...

