Sedona AZ – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting a special hour long Living History presentation on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the museum. Come and pay tribute to one of Sedona’s own Greatest Generation, Sedona native Fred L. Piper as he shares experiences as a WWII ball turret gunner on a B-17 airplane named “Flak Eater.” Fred was born in 1925 to Sedona homesteaders,... 

Sedona AZ – Arizona state Senator Sylvia Tenney Allen in her February 6, 2020, Lightning Bolt update shared circumstances surrounding a recent hearing of SCR 1007: AZ Sonoran Desert National Monument is but one border area overwhelmed with garbage and human fecal waste from illegal U.S. / Mexico border crossings. “My bill SCR1007: restrictions prohibited; immigration laws, would outlaw... 

Sedona AZ – The Democrats of the Red Rocks will host a breakfast discussion on the state of the independent judiciary Thursday, February 20, at 8:00 a.m. at 1405 West Highway 89A, west Sedona. The featured speaker will be legal scholar and author Judge Charles B. Schudson. Judge Schudson is a Wisconsin Reserve Judge Emeritus, served as a state and federal prosecutor, a trial and appellate judge,... 

The city of Sedona implements a crosswalk and tourist traffic management plan during Presidents Day weekend. Sedona AZ – The city of Sedona will have Traffic Control Assistants (TCAs) managing traffic at the Uptown crosswalks on State Route (SR) 89A and the crosswalk near Tlaquepaque on SR 179 beginning February 15, 2020. Deployments are scheduled to occur during peak congestion between 10:00 a.m.... 

Sedona AZ – Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman today delivered the first ever State of Special Education speech to the Arizona State Senate Education Committee. Superintendent Hoffman praised the proposal to increase special education funding by $50 million (AZ SB 1060), but recognized that more would be needed to fully address the challenges faced by an underfunded public education... 

Sedona AZ – PFLAG Sedona/Verde Valley 2020 scholarship program is now open for applications. Up to three $500 scholarships are available for students residing in the Sedona Verde Valley area with applications and supporting material are due by February 28, 2020. Award recipients will be announced on April 14, 2020. Eligible applicants are LGBTQ or straight ally identified receiving the award.... 

Arizona state capitol building in Phoenix Sedona AZ – The Arizona State Legislature announced that Senate Bill (SB) 1554 is assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee and is waiting to be placed on an agenda for discussion at an upcoming committee meeting. SB 1554 is pending legislation that considers additional short term rental management tools for cities and towns and it will affect local governments. Read... 

Mount Elden is located in central Coconino County northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona, and has an elevation of 9,298′ (2,834 m) Sedona AZ – On February 6, 2020, at approximately 7:30 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit responded to a report of a stranded hiker off trail on Mount Elden, Flagstaff. The 31-year-old male hiker and his dog were in the boulders... 

Sedona AZ – After twenty three years as the Yavapai County Treasurer, Ross Jacobs, in a letter to Board of Supervisor Chairman Craig Brown has asked the board to consider his notice of resignation, effective February 3, 2020. On February 5, 2020, the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors formally accepted Treasurer Jacob’s resignation and it is now seeking applications for appointment to the... 

Eddie Maddock finds humor in Sedona 2020. Sedona AZ – With the constant turnover of creative minds comin’ and goin’ in Sedona, and that includes tourists and residents, has anyone ever come up with the suggestion of a Sedona City Anthem i.e. our national anthem? There are many possibilities, but, as an example, how about a similarity to Dorothy Shay’s 1948 lyrics to Feudin’...