The Sedona Police Department has experienced some significant changes since the retirement of Chief Joe Vernier in January 2010.  Prior to my appointment as Chief of Police in July 2010, Chief Deputy Jim Driscoll of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department served as the interim police chief.  The members of this community have benefited greatly from the contributions of these fine public safety... 

Sedona AZ (December 7, 2010) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com, you can pick out a thank you card. Xerox will print it, and it will be sent to a soldier who is currently serving in Iraq. You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone... 

Sedona AZ (December 7, 2010) – Thanks to all who have already provided input on the working draft language for the Coconino National Forest Revised Forest plan. This is just a friendly reminder for those who have not yet provided feedback on the draft language that we will appreciate input on those drafts by Friday, December 10, 2010, so we can consider and incorporate that input into the next... 

Sedona AZ–A planning team comprised of representatives from the Cities, Towns, and Tribes of Yavapai County will be meeting regularly to participate in a hazard mitigation planning process. The team will develop a Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for Yavapai County, according to The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2K). The DMA2K requires all local, county, tribal and state governments... 

Sedona AZ (December 6, 2010) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Much has been said about the latest Sedona Fire District Board election. But the voting results are extremely clear. In Yavapai County, with 10 out of 10 precincts reporting and 16,516 voters, the winners with the most votes  in descending order were Ty Montgomery with 2,775 votes(16.80%), Douglas Fitzpatrick... 

Black Friday was dark and windy and for Whitney Allred and Jordan Rhode, it was a terrible yet miraculous morning. After a Thanksgiving dinner with Jordan’s family in the Phoenix area, the young couple set out to the mall for midnight shopping. After several stores and gifts for loved ones, the two started heading back up to Sedona around 4 a.m. with Jordan at the wheel, completely sober and blissfully... 

Weeds in Hwy 179 Medians – North view – Exclusive SedonaEye.com Photo c2010 Sedona AZ (December 4, 2010) – In a SedonaEye.com Letter to the Editor, a reader writes: I would like to reply to the comments of Mr. Kusner in his letter to the editor of November 23, 2010 “Response to Use of Herbicides on Red Rock Scenic Byway.” First, pesticide is a general term referring to any substance... 

Humane Society Harly needs a home! Sedona AZ (December 4, 2010) – The following is a letter to SedonaEye.com Harley McGuire, star pet columnist, from a new pal at the Sedona Humane Society: Hi Harley, Guess what? My name is Harly and I am a Staffordshire Terrier Mix. My fellow canines here at the Sedona Humane Society have asked me to write to you and let your readers know that we are all here... 

Washington DC–The House of Representatives voted 234 to 188 Thursday, December 2 2010, to permanently extend the Bush tax cuts on incomes up to $250,000. Also included in the bill were a two-year delay of the Alternative Minimum Tax, an elimination of the marriage penalty tax, and permanent increases to the child tax credit and the earned-income tax credit. Twenty Democrats voted against the... 

A Homeland Security exercise tested Local Emergency Management (LEM) coordinated response reactions to domestic terrorism scenarios in Pinal County’s Florence, Arizona  this week. Scenarios began with and escalated to include the following: A report of ammonia leaking out of a rail tanker quickly followed by another report of several derailed rail cars leaking sulfuric acid. Soon, a report...