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City of Sedona hosts 3 public forums on wastewater rates (click)

The Verde Valley can become the 'Solar Silicon Valley'

SEDONA, AZ - (March 16, 2010) - CARBON SOLAR, a Sedona based company with over 25 years of experience in solar, wind power solutions, and green developments is launching an ambitious program for the accelerated adoption of solar electricity in the Verde Valley. [more]

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Grand Canyon National Park to study environmental impacts of mule operations on canyon trails

SEDONA, AZ - (March 16, 2010) - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Mule Operations and Stock Use in Grand Canyon National Park. The EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 45 days, beginning March 16, 2010. [more]

Luncheon planned to honor Sedona's Rabbi Alicia Magal on April 25, 2010

SEDONA, AZ - (March 17, 2010) - Rabbi Alicia Magal will be honored at a festive luncheon hosted by the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley (JCSVV) on Sunday, April 25 at 12:30pm at Cucina Rustica restaurant in the Village of Oak Creek. Congregants of JCSVV and friends of the Rabbi from throughout the community are invited to attend. Musical ambience will be provided by the Amoretto Duo. [more]

Verde River rafter lost and found after aerial search

SEDONA, AZ - (March 16, 2010) - On March 12, 2010, at approximately 6:45 P.M., Yavapai County Sheriff�s Office Communications dispatchers received a report from one of four Phoenix residents who had been rafting the Verde River. The group of 4 was floating from Camp Verde to the Sheep Bridge in Bloody Basin. The caller advised that one of the members became separated when he went over the Verde Falls in his inflatable raft. This rafter had not been seen or heard from since 4:00 p.m. The remaining group searched the area and eventually called YCSO to request help. [more]

Sedona Fire District responds to injured hikers twice this weekend at Fay Canyon

SEDONA, AZ - (March 16, 2010) - The Sedona Fire District responded to 24 calls for service this weekend, March 13 and 14, 2010. Two of the calls were for reported injured hikers at the Fay Canyon Trailhead. The Fay Canyon Trailhead is located near the intersection of Boynton Canyon and Boynton Pass Roads. [more]

Jerome Art Walk Blossoms on April 3rd

SEDONA, AZ - (March 16, 2010) - The monthly tradition of Jerome First Saturday Art Walk has taken root and will blossom once again this spring with new artists and studios as well as Jerome�s exciting and well-known galleries. Stroll the mountain town on April 3rd from 5:00 to 8:00 PM or take the free shuttle for an evening of art, live music, food and delightful conversation. Spend the day, have a meal in town and maybe even stay the night at one of the town�s delightful accommodations. [more]

Oh, H2O! Water Awareness Month is filled to the brim with events

WaterWise Alliance collaborates for safe water resources; A month of information, action and celebration

SEDONA, AZ - (March 12, 2010) - It has been a rainy, El Ni�o winter in Arizona, and we need it. Even with all the rains this year, the Southwest is still suffering through years of lower water levels in reservoirs, rivers, streams and aquifers. That is why it is important to appreciate our water resources in the high desert and to take action to protect them. [more]

Sedona Arts Center 30th Annual Juried Members Awards

Bruce Horn and N.C. Mckinney win top awards

SEDONA, AZ - (March 12, 2010) - The 30th Annual Members� Juried Exhibition, showcasing Sedona Arts Center member artists' work in a variety of styles and media from exquisite jewelry to fine art paintings to sculptures, opened on First Friday March 5th. [more]

Businesses and volunteers bring Sedona Museum addition closer to completion

SEDONA, AZ - (March 15, 2010) - Historic artifacts will be repaired and exhibits built in a new workshop currently being constructed at the Sedona Heritage Museum. [more]

Home Grown Music, Words & Wit in Cottonwood on March 20, 2010 @7:30pm

Free admission; donations welcome to support Gardens for Humanity. Follows the Backyard Garden Expo held the same day from 9:30am - 4:30pm.

SEDONA, AZ - (March 13, 2010) - Old Town Center for the Arts is pleased to present �Home Grown Music, Words and Wit� on Saturday, March 20, at 7:30 pm. As part of the Spring Planting Festival, this gathering celebrates the diversity of �home grown� talent that includes musicians, poets, and a bit of comedy and wit, from performers in the Verde Valley � Sedona area. [more]

ADOT SR 179 construction update for week of March 15, 2010

Sedona, AZ - (March 13, 2010) - The contractor is working in various locations seven days a week during the day; lane closures are not anticipated. [more]

Boys to Men Mentoring Network hosts "Rite of Passage Adventure Weekend"

SEDONA, AZ - (March 12, 2010) - Boys to Men Mentoring Network is a 15 year old international accredited 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to building better men by initiating the boys of today. [more]

Yavapai Sheriff�s Office rescues two men stranded 2 nights in the Wet Beaver Wilderness area near Sedona

SEDONA, AZ - (March 11, 2010) - On March 7, 2010, just before 7 A.M., the Yavapai County Sheriff�s Office Communications Center was notified of two lost and stranded men in the Wet Beaver Wilderness near Forest Road 618. This area is located east of the I17 at the 179 turn off. [more]

Soul regression in Cottonwood on March 18, 2010

Best Selling Author, Linda Backman, talks about purpose and self discovery in Cottonwood

SEDONA, AZ - (March 11, 2010) - Dr. Linda Backman (psychologist and soul regression therapist) and best-selling author of Bringing Your Soul to Light: Healing Through Past Lives and the Time Between, will be speaking and signing books at the Old Town Center for the Arts on Thursday evening, March 18 from 7-9 PM. [more]

Sedona Visual Artists' Coalition meeting on March 18, 2010

Sedona gallery owners to host panel discussion: 'How to Get Your Art into a Gallery"

SEDONA, AZ - (March 11, 2010) - The Sedona Visual Artists� Coalition announces that three prominent local gallery owners will be the featured panelists for this month�s membership meeting. Their topic will be one of vital interest to many artists: �How to Get Your Art into A Gallery.� The public is cordially invited, and there is no charge to attend. [more]

Barbara Vickers wins Keep Sedona Beautiful and Sedona Arts Center photo contests

SEDONA, AZ - (March 11, 2010) - Both the Keep Sedona Beautiful "Capture the Wonder" and the Sedona Arts Center Members Show annual photography contests were won this year by Sedona resident Barbara Vickers. [more]

V Bar V Archaeology Discovery Days and Agave Roast April 16, 17& 18

SEDONA, AZ - (March 11, 2010) - In celebration of Archaeology Month, the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest and volunteer partners are hosting V Bar V Archaeology Discovery Days and Agave Roast, Friday April 16 through Sunday April 18, 2010, 9:30 am - 3pm. [more]

It�s a clean sweep

Scagnelli, Surber and Siet defeated

Story by Tommy Acosta

Photos by Tommy Acosta and Joey Best

SEDONA, AZ - (March 10, 2010) - Call it a landslide. Call it a mandate. Call it a clean sweep. Call it what you want but there is no denying the citizens of this community wanted change and they let the world know big time at the ballot. [more]

Has the political pendulum swung too far?

Checks and balances are needed for any true democracy

By Carl Jackson

SEDONA, AZ - (March 10, 2010) For two years now, some in the media along with Sedona Mayor Rob Adams have said that there was a voting block on the council. [more]

New Kids on the Block

Power shift on Sedona City Council; residents vote overwhelmingly to keep mayoral election

By Carl Jackson

SEDONA, AZ - (March 9, 2010) � Unofficial Sedona election results released by Yavapai County show a clean sweep victory for the candidates supported by the Responsive Sedona Leadership 2010 PAC who chose its slate from those committed to follow the "Will of the People." [more]

Arizona's Oak Creek Ranch School Now Accepting Applications for Summer School 2010

Co-Ed Boarding School's Summer Program Offers ADHD Teens Opportunity to Earn Credits

SEDONA, AZ - (March 9, 2010)- Summer is just around the corner, and Oak Creek Ranch School (OCRS) is now accepting applications for its summer boarding school program. [more]

Leprechauns rule the day at Sedona�s 40th Annual St. Patrick�s Day Parade

Photo Gallery

Story and Photos by Tommy Acosta

Video by Steve DeVol

SEDONA, AZ - (March 7, 2010) - It could not have been a more perfect day for a parade in Sedona. Warm weather, a shining sun, a neat breeze to keep the flags waving and an enthusiastic crowd combined to make this year�s 40^th Annual St. Patrick�s Day parade and celebration one of the best ones yet. [more]

St. Patrick's Day - Legends, Myths, and a Touch of Whimsy

by Pat Whitfield, Sedona Public Library Board of Trustees

SEDONA, AZ (March 10, 2010) - Sedona has just held its annual St. Patrick�s Day parade a bit early this year so that area students could participate in the event, which often falls during Spring Break. But, who is this much beloved patron saint of Ireland? [more]

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