Sedona AZ (January 29, 2010) – A very special evening is planned for all current and future National Scenic Area (NSA) designation supporters from throughout the Greater Sedona and the Verde Valley area. Award-winning TV journalist, articulate reporter of the west, photographer, filmmaker and author, Larry Warren, will speak at a special NSA event being held at the Sedona Hilton Resort &... 

Sedona AZ (December 31, 2009) – Keep Sedona Beautiful, Sierra Club-Verde Valley, Democrats of the Red Rocks, Big Park Regional Coordinating Council, and Sedona Village Business Association have announced their alliance as a coalition to advance legislation to designate 160,000 acres of the Coconino National Forest a National Scenic Area (NSA). The Coalition represents over 7,000 citizens in the... 

This article submitted by the city of Sedona AZ. Sedona AZ (July 7, 2009) – City of Sedona Mayor, Rob Adams, writes about the city of Sedona finances in his article entitled, The City Finances – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: After months of research, negotiating, wrangling and sleepless nights, the Sedona City Council approved the City budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 on Tuesday, June... 

Tommy Acosta Sedona AZ (April 26, 2009) – Well, Mark Sterling has resigned leaving a vacuum on the city council that needs to be filled. The factions will try to put their person in and as always, the ruling element will win.  Yeah…Yeah…Yeah…There will be interviews, a selection process and all that jive but unless councilor John Bradshaw joins Mayor Adams and Councilor Hamilton in... 

Sedona Times and SedonaTimes.com editor Tommy Acosta examines the Feb. 17 Sedona city council special meeting and its emergency suspension of voting rules to disband the Mayor’s Advisory Committees in a 4-3 vote. Sedona, AZ – Editorial by Tommy Acosta. Might as well warn the reading public right now — this is going to be one heck of long editorial. The mayor’s advisory committees are... 

Sedona AZ (February 7, 2009) – An Opinion by Sedona resident Cynthia Tierra: In the SVVT (Sedona Verde Valley Times) February 5th issue, Charles Hinkley presented a history behind the development of roundabouts on Hwy 179 and on Hwy 89A and he claims roundabouts are an asset to the community. Public input helped determine the choices that were made, but that doesn’t mean the roundabouts... 

Tommy Acosta Sedona AZ (December 26, 2008) – What a nightmare. Santa comes knocking on the door on Christmas Eve, whips out a gun, shoots the eight-year old girl who answered in the face, walks into a family Christmas party, blows away a bunch of other innocent people, sprays them and the house with a flammable liquid, sets the place on fire, escapes and kills himself later with a single shot... 

Article written by Tommy Acosta. Sedona AZ (November 27, 2008) – This Thanksgiving is a true test of gratitude for so many of us. No need to ask how many have suffered the plunge of the economy; the devaluation of our holdings; the loss of business in our community and the decimation of our bank accounts. The instability in the world, the uncertainty of the future, the looming economic depression... 

Sedona, AZ — By Tommy Acosta… All right you political chess buffs out there, here’s another one for you to ponder and masticate. Last night, Nov. 25, at the Sedona City Council meeting, members discussed allegations filed with the Attorney General’s office that four council members violated the Open Meeting Law shortly before the council voted to put lights on 89A. Needless to say,... 

Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona Arizona is a national landmark Sedona AZ (November 12, 2008) – In a letter to the Sedona Times Publishing and its online SedonaTimes.com, a Sedona resident writes a viewpoint of the Real Seven Deadly Sins: 1. Regret… “Wishing I had done something else. Regret for what I did not do. Why did I do that? I should have, could have and made the wrong decision...