Sedona Fire District 2013 yard waste clean-up event scheduled for May 17-19 SEDONA AZ (April 24, 2013) – The Sedona Fire District (SFD), U.S. Forest Service and BSE Rents are joining together to offer Sedona area residents an opportunity to dispose of yard waste and combustible vegetation prior to fire season. SFD Fire Station #4, located at 391 Forest Road in uptown Sedona, will be accepting yard... 

Sedona AZ (April 23, 2013) – Sedona resident, Warren Woodward, submitted the following copy of a letter addressed to the Arizona Corporation Commission commissioners, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne for public information. His letter is as follows: “What the record sadly lacks is a discussion of competing considerations regarding the program or the necessity... 

Prescott AZ (April 23, 2013) – Crazy weather; hot today, chilly tomorrow, not sure if you need a sweatshirt, t-shirt or a raincoat? This is typical spring weather for central Arizona. The same uncertain weather can cause a variety of fire danger conditions in our central Arizona wild lands and forests. Lower elevation areas such as the Verde Valley, Skull Valley and Bumble Bee are turning... 

  SedonaEye.com columnist, Eddie S. Maddock, questions the decision-making process to spend on wish lists and not address the “broken” in the city Sedona AZ (April 22, 2013) – A curious idiom it is: “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” As are many things, determination of whether something is “broke” or not is subjective. In the case of Sedona and the ongoing tug of... 

PRESCOTT AZ (April 22, 2013) – The Whiskey Off-Road Mountain Bike event will take place on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Prescott. In the interest of public safety and high use of Forest Road 373 during the event, the Prescott National Forest will close a portion of Forest Service Road 373 on both days. Closure: Beginning at the junction of Copper Basin Road and FS Road 373... 

Sedona AZ (April 20, 2013) – The City of Sedona is soliciting bids to provide power washing and steam cleaning services in designated areas throughout the City: •Power Wash/Steam Cleaning of City Hardscapes RFB •Posted Date: 4/19/2013 8:00 AM The City of Sedona is soliciting bids to provide power washing and steam cleaning services in designated areas throughout the City. Specifications are... 

Flagstaff AZ (April 19, 2013) – Today shortly after 11:00 in the morning, an Arizona Department of Public Service Air Rescue Helicopter and crew flew over Paria Canyon looking for two reportedly missing hikers. The pilot made the decision that he could safely fly into the canyon and after locating the two men, the helicopter landed close to the victim’s location. Once on the Canyon floor, a... 

Flagstaff AZ (April 17, 2013) – On April 15, 2013, around noon, employees with the U.S. Forest Service were conducting a survey for an upcoming project in the area of Forest Service Road 237, north of Arizona State Highway 260, in the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, west of the community of Forest Lakes. While in this area, the Forest Service employees found a suspicious object near some trees... 

J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (April 17, 2013) –  On January 7, 2010, the SedonaEye.com published an article entitled “Citizen Group Advocating ‘Will of the People’” which recited, amongst other things, the campaign promises of three current sitting Councilors and the Mayor. Any of these now seated Councilors and Mayor who would vote for a proposal to impose new Chamber-funneled... 

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