Verde Valley News – MATFORCE, a primary prevention organization focused on stopping youth drug use before it starts, partnered with pizza restaurants across Yavapai County to promote the decision to #StayHealthy during Super Bowl weekend. Artwork from past winners in the annual Youth Poster Contest were used to create pizza box toppers. “We are grateful to the 11 pizza restaurants who partnered with MATFORCE in sharing substance use prevention messages created by youth. This partnership shows these businesses’ support of our coalition and work to create healthier communities,” said Executive Director Merilee Fowler. With gratitude, MATFORCE would like to recognize…
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Sedona News – The city invites the public to save the date for its next artist reception on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 from 4 to 6 PM in the Council Chambers and Vultee Conference Room at City Hall, where paintings created by Karen Taylor and paintings and ceramics created by Mariann Leahy are on display through May 2, 2024. Special music guest at the reception will be Nathan “Saith” Gangadean. Taylor, originally from San Francisco, majored in Anthropology at San Francisco State University, which cemented her fascination with the broad range of cultural splendor and diversity around the globe. She…
As mother nature – and art lovers! – start to stir after winter’s slumber, Rowe Fine Art Gallery is ready and waiting with doors wide open. On Friday, March 1, the gallery begins a month-long celebration of the season of rebirth during Spring Awakening. The show opens at 4 p.m. with a look at the fresh, colorful artwork the gallery’s family of fine artists has recently created. Enjoy sculptures by Shirley Eichten Albrecht, Kim Kori, Alvin Marshall, Erik Petersen, Joel Petersen, Ken Rowe and Joshua Tobey along with jewelry from Liam Herbert, Jennifer Inge and Lesley Aine McKeown. The show also…
… a couple of shots from up on the plateau tonight … the photo above iis a line up at the San Francisco Peaks with Humphreys Peak in the foreground topping out at 12,637 ft MSL and the highest point in the state of Arizona and running up the left side of the photo is Aubineau and then Rees Peek …. these form the north side of the caldera/inner basin and on the upper right side of the photo is Doyle Peak (on the maps as Shultz) and it is the lowest peak on the south side of the caldera/inner…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory wanna know why it’s beyond hard why you seem to bang your head on dead end after dead end trying to grok what is you weren’t taught to embrace the flow to freefall while standing tall to dance while wrapped in chains to see light in darkness to see darkness in light certainty is required the right answers the right way solutions come prepackaged with ways to get there end results built right in answers don’t account for unanswerable queries don’t … can’t consider the inconceivability of you don’t leave room for life’s wondrous mystery from…
Camp Verde News – To better inform the community regarding activity at the Marshals Office they are releasing the following information. Below is a statistical accounting comparing January 2023 vs. January 2024. Total calls for service are those calls resulting in Police activity. Traffic stops are in addition to regular calls for service. Traffic stops increased, especially along the SR260 corridor. Speeding and distracted driving directly result in increases in collisions and injury. Please slow down and allow enough time to get where you are going. Put your phones down and use hand free devices only! If you see reckless…
Arizona News – The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Foundation for Community & Health Advancement (the Foundation) announces its first Impact Grant cycle of the year for organizations addressing Arizona’s most critical health challenges: mental health, substance use disorder, chronic health conditions, and health equity. “Last year was a monumental year for our grantees, with 125 community partners receiving funding to improve lives across our state,” said Dr. Christine Bracamonte Wiggs, President and Board Chair of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Foundation for Community & Health Advancement. “We hope to help make an even greater impact this year…
Arizona News – Adopt a Highway volunteers continued making a big difference for Arizona during 2023. Representing 850 volunteer groups that have adopted state highway miles, nearly 9,000 of these dedicated individuals filled more than 15,000 bags with roadside litter, mainly outside of Arizona’s metropolitan areas. That works out to 103 tons – as much as 653 National Football League linemen. The dollar value of these volunteers’ work, $674,000, demonstrates the great impact and saves the Arizona Department of Transportation money that can be committed to other critical needs. “We are so grateful to the many Arizonans who help keep…
Verde Valley News – MATFORCE, a primary prevention organization focused on stopping youth drug use before it starts, has many events open to the community this February and March. MATFORCE Messages The next presentation in the MATFORCE Messages virtual learning series is titled, “The State of the Union of Illicit Substances in the US.” Doug Dolan, Chief Operating Officer for Recovery in the Pines, and nationally renowned speaker will offer a deep dive into the factors contributing to the prevalence of illicit substances in the US. Discover what is fueling this issue and gain insight into the complex nature of…
Sedona, AZ –Modern warfare has made killing so easy. Young, computer game savants man screens thousands of miles away from the people they kill with drones and other remote-operated weapons. Compact rockets, anti-tank shoulder-mounted missiles, sniper rifles that can kill from a mile away, precision explosives that can take out people riding in the driver’s side of a car while leaving those on the passenger side unscathed, are but a few of the inventive ways one can engage in long-distance killing. Of course, this makes killing much easier. One is not really killing flesh and bone humans from such distances,…
Sedona News – Members of the community are invited to join the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona to visit and learn about the important work of local nonprofits. To view the schedule and to register for any of the free, informational site visits, go to acf.cventevents.com/sedonasitevisits2024. The next site visit will take place at Camp Verde High School’s Jobs for Arizona Graduates (JAG), a statewide nonprofit that partners with local school districts and organizations to help young people stay in school and acquire necessary skills to be successful upon graduation. This site visit takes place Wednesday, February 14 from 1:20 to…
Arizona News – Three new names will soon be placed on some of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s snowplows after Arizonans submitted about 3,400 entries last month in ADOT’s second Name-A-Snowplow Contest. Starting today, the public can go to azdot.gov/NameAPlow to vote for their favorite names. The three names that receive the most votes will be crowned the winners and placed on the driver’s side of snowplow cabs. Voting is open through Thursday, Feb. 15. The 10 finalists are: Blizzard Buster Cinder Claus Fast and Flurryous Flake 48 Mogollon Monster Plower Express Scoopacabra Scooperstition Snowbi-Wan Kenobi Squall-E “Arizona drivers participating in this…
By Cadu Medina Marketing Specialist, Yavapai College Marketing & Communications Verde Valley News – We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Vincent Redgrave as the new Executive Director of the Regional Economic Development Center (REDC) at Yavapai College. With an extensive background in economic and workforce development, as well as 15 plus years of senior level leadership, Vincent brings a wealth of experience and a passion for fostering economic growth within our community. Vincent has been an invaluable member of our Yavapai College community, serving as the REDC Corporate Liaison. His exceptional skills in fostering partnerships and driving economic…
Arizona News – The Arizona Community Foundation and its donors are pleased to announce grant and scholarship distributions for the first quarter of its fiscal year. Between October 1 and December 31, 2023, a total of $27,378,166 was awarded from funds of the Arizona Community Foundation and its six statewide regional offices in: Cochise, Flagstaff, the Gila Valley, Sedona, Yavapai County, and Yuma. The $27.4 million in both discretionary and advised grants and scholarships were awarded in five strategic priority areas: Health Innovations, Community Improvement & Development, Environment & Sustainability, Arts & Culture, and Quality Education. Health Innovations: A total of…
… come Sunday when things clear up around here there will likely be some spectacular views to be seen and captured. The photo above is from the SW side of the San Francisco Peaks after a storm … in the foreground is the ridgeline between Agassiz and Humpherys Peak … to the right of Humphreys Peak is Aubineau and then Reese’s Peak. The inner basin is buried in clouds and the shadow from Agassiz is laid out on the clouds in the inner basin … in the distance the Painted Desert is showing through a thin cloud layer. The photograph…