SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – Is it true that, given the opportunity, the State of Arizona, promiscuously and wantonly would sell-off our precious public lands to greedy private developers in order to close the state’s deficit operating budget? No, that’s simply not legally possible or fiscally prudent. Since his election, President Obama... 

Sedona AZ (September 30, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Following is a letter I sent to the Sedona City Council, Chamber of Commerce and also the Cottonwood Mayor regarding the Verde Valley/Sedona National Monument. Dear Sedona City Council and Sedona Chamber members, Sedona Red Rock View exclusive SedonaEye.com photo by Eric Williams c2015 I am writing you because... 

Sedona AZ (September 25, 2015) – The following is from the desk of Theresa Pierno, Chief Operating Officer National Parks Conservation Association, and submitted to the editor by a Sedona, Arizona SedonaEye.com subscriber: It’s hard to believe that just two years after the federal government shut down for 16 days, we could once again face the same fate as soon as next week. If Congress... 

Sedona AZ (September 24, 2015) – The search for two missing persons, Ashley Darby, 23, and Jeriah Hildwine, 35, of Flagstaff, Arizona, came to a close the afternoon of September 23 after the couple was found deceased in a wooded area approximately a third mile from the parking lot of the Abineau Bear Jaw Trailhead, Flagstaff. Both appeared to have died from gunshot wounds several days prior. Ashley... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand notes in his latest National Monument designation expose’ that the RESCUE OUR ARIZONA RED ROCKS (ROARR) Movement Gains Momentum as KSB Falters! Sedona AZ (September 14, 2015) – Sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled program, but the ROARR movement is gaining inmmense momentum against KSB, the Sierra Club and the City of Sedona activist... 

Sedona AZ (August 19, 2015) – The lightning caused Rattlesnake Fire is 4000 acres burning approximately 5 miles west of Bumble Bee in the Castle Creek Wilderness (T10N, R1E, S24). There are no immediate structures, private property or critical infrastructure threatened by the Rattlesnake Fire. The fire is burning concurrently on both Forest Service lands and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand addresses the National Monument designation pros and cons in the second of his two part series analysis Sedona AZ (August 15, 2015) – This is the second of my two part series “Is there a National Monument designation downside?” You won’t find the answers at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website! We left off in Part I with an investigation... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand addresses the National Monument designation pros and cons in the first of his two part series analysis Sedona AZ (August 12, 2015) – Is there a National Monument designation downside? You won’t find the answers at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website! This is what we’re told at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website: “Incredibly, no permanent protections... 

Sedona AZ (July 17, 2015) – On Thursday, July 16, 2015, at approximately 2:30 in the afternoon, Coconino County Sheriff and Police Emergency dispatchers received a report that a man and his dog had fallen off a cliff. The location of the accident was off the north end of Forest Service Road 237 in the area of Chevelon Canyon, north of Forest Lakes, Flagstaff. Coconino County Sheriff’s... 

Forest prescribed burn method Sedona AZ (July 6, 2015) – Fire managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District are planning to burn piles Tuesday, July 7 through Sunday, July 12 pending favorable weather conditions. Specific days to burn will be determined by current and expected weather patterns which allows fire managers to make every effort to minimize smoke impacts to nearby communities. Ponderosa Park...