Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Editor: Sedona Arizona’s Village of Oak Creek in 2012. Yet again, we Village of Oak Creek residents have been told what is for our own good. The impetus for this new thrust for incorporation is because of the Hilton and Element hotels, and to that we say:  “barn door, meet late closer.” This time Mr. Krupa... 

Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor. At the request of its author and due to its continued relevancy, we are re-publishing this January 2019 letter again: The Jacks Canyon and SR 179 roundabout southeast corner property owners (Patel) are requesting a zoning map change and variances and multiple setback waivers in order to erect a Hilton Garden Inn 165 room and 3... 

J. Rick Normand, examines City of Sedona contract with the Sedona Chamber of Commerce in the second of his two-part Op-Ed series. Sedona AZ (August 10, 2018) – Thanks to the decade long influence peddling to the last several Sedona City Councils by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and the Sedona Lodging Council, the effective design and implementation of a successful and sustainable resort town... 

Sedona AZ (April 9, 2018) – On April 8, 2018 around 12:17 p.m., the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a fire in the Winona, Arizona area along North Copley Drive. Evacuation notifications were done through Code Red and door to door notifications and one arrest was made. On April 8 around 12:17 p.m., Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a fire... 

  SedonaEye.com Star Four Paws Up Pet Columnist Harley McGuire asks your help to find a missing Four Paws Up Village of Oak Creek pal, Suzy.  Read More →

Sedona AZ Sedona AZ (September 14, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Dear friends: We need your help NOW! Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15th, at 4:30 PM at the Sedona Verde Valley Red Rock National Monument Public meeting at Village of Oak Creek Community Association, 690 Bell Rock Blvd., Village of Oak Creek, Sedona AZ 86351. The meeting is open to... 

Photo Credit Yulamay Saphira of an Oak Creek Canyon SR 89A rock slide north of Sedona AZ after a 4.9 earthquake rocked the area. Sedona AZ (November 30, 2014) – In Breaking News tonight, at approximately 11:00 p.m. residents of Sedona, Arizona reported being startled by an apparent earthquake that shook the area. Susan Broude reported feeling the tremor in uptown Sedona while Dana De Luz... 

Sedona AZ (May 14, 2014) – It’s business as usual informs the Arizona Department of Transportation and the City of Sedona, Arizona. That will be a familiar phrase for the popular tourist destinations in Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon as the Arizona Department of Transportation is preparing for a full closure of the State Route 89A switchbacks north of Sedona following the Memorial Day holiday... 

J. Rick Normand, SedonaEye.com Financial Columnist Sedona AZ (July 26, 2013) – We all keep hearing the arguments from our City’s Council, with the exception of our Vice-Mayor, and from the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and City Staff, that we need additional bed and sales taxes to pay for the unexpected costs of additional destination traveler marketing and the implied possibility of redirection... 

Massive cell towers planned for Yavapai County residential communities Sedona AZ (April 2, 2013) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, a Village of Oak Creek, Arizona resident writes a letter to the public and the Director and Commissioners of Yavapai County, regarding a scheduled April 3, 2013 joint meeting of County Supervisiors and Planning and Zoning Commissioners to discuss and...