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CCSO July Fourth Holiday Activity
Sedona AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 1239 total calls for service, including both citizen-initiated and officer-initiated events. While this number is similar to that of the previous non-holiday period, there was a significant increase in the number of activities stemming from outdoor recreation in northern Arizona.
The information below shows a comparison...
Juvenile Charged in 2018 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest fires
Sedona AZ – A 16 year old male from Glendale, Arizona, pled guilty to starting three fires on the Black Mesa Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest outside of Forest Lakes, AZ.
The 2018 fires were started on May 27 and 28, in the area of Forest Road 178: The first fire (May 27) was reported at approximately 7:30 in the morning and burned about eleven acres before fire crews could...
Prevention is key to wildfire risk reduction
Sedona AZ – The adage is true. One spark can start a wildfire – just like the Sawmill Fire in Southern Arizona. And every year, people continue to be the number one cause of wildfires in the state.
With the abundance of winter moisture across Arizona, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management wants to remind people not to get complacent.
Sunday kicks off Southwest Wildfire Awareness...
BLM plans prescribed burn near Cordes Junction
Sedona AZ — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Phoenix District will conduct a prescribed burn of cut and piled juniper within 120-acres of the Agua Fria National Monument, in the Sycamore Mesa area, approximately five miles northeast of Cordes Junction. The burn is planned for one to three days between April 6 and 13, 2019.
The BLM will ignite the piles when the weather conditions are favorable....
Mesa Teen Drowns in Lake Mary
Lake Mary Arizona
Sedona AZ (May 28, 2017) – On May 27, 2017, at approximately 3:30 in the afternoon, a Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Volunteer conducting a holiday patrol near the Lake Mary boat ramp was flagged down by citizens. They reported that a young man swimming near buoys located south of the boat ramp had difficulty making it back to the shore. Approximately a hundred feet...
15th Annual Sedona Cleanup Event
Sedona AZ (May 4, 2017) – The Sedona Fire District (SFD) and the U.S. Forest Service are joining together to offer Sedona area residents the opportunity to dispose of yard waste and combustible vegetation. SFD Fire Station #4 at 391 Forest Road in uptown Sedona will be accepting yard waste Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 19 – 21, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Participation is open...
The Ten Thousand’s Two Million Shadow
Sedona AZ (March 18, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Sedona Red Rock View, a 2015 SedonaEye.com photo exclusive
After reading the SRRN 3/10/17 article “City & Chamber talk contract,” I began to wonder if the Chamber has become a part of a shadow government, and if the Council has unwittingly ceded some of its powers to the Chamber. The City gives...
Sedona Oak Creek Flooding is Serious Business with Eddie Maddock
SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock
Sedona AZ (October 16, 2015) – Sedona Mayor and Members of the City Council, as you are probably aware, flooding in Sedona generally originates from two sources: (1) Summer monsoons; (2) Spring flooding resulting from El Nino conditions.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to view the two web links included here, time permitting you might find them of...
Damn All of You Who Want All the Facts!
SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand
Sedona AZ (August 25, 2015) – On October 18, 2012, Angela LeFevre, current City of Sedona Councilor and a very vocal supporter of KSB, had released in her behalf by Steve DeVol, owner and publisher of Sedonadotbiz and a former President of KSB, a campaign video of her failed 2012 run for Arizona Legislative District 6 House of Representatives....
Local Woods Watch Training and Orientation
Smokey the Bear says only you can prevent wildfires!
Sedona AZ (May 17, 2015) – Even with recent precipitation, concerns about drought conditions and the impending Wild Land Fire Season are on the minds of many community members living in cities and unincorporated areas throughout Coconino County in northern Arizona. In an effort to address these concerns, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office,...