Verde Valley News – 2023 was sadly coveted as “the year of the loneliness epidemic” by The Week as “fighting loneliness became a global health priority in 2023. In the past year, USA Today cites that “an alarming 77% of Americans have experienced feelings of loneliness.” While most of us think of loneliness as “just a bad feeling,” USA TODAY says that “loneliness has far greater implications for our health” Arizona wellness coaches, Noelle Creamer and Cassie Carpenter, once struggling with autoimmune diseases, decided to do something about it. “We saw the great cost of neglecting human connection in the healing process and identified an opportunity…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2024 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts Feb. 16-22 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. Now an annual film festival tradition, Sedona audiences will be able to see all of the short films nominated for Academy Awards before the Oscar telecast on March 10. A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. All of the Animated Short Film nominees will be featured in this program. The Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts Program…
Verde Valley News – They are forty-six people – all men – whose character, backgrounds and vision reflect the nation they served. A study of these remarkable individuals tells us much about who we are, and where we’re headed as a nation. A day after President’s Day, Yavapai College’s Verde Valley OLLI Program hosts distinguished historian Jim Molan, with fresh and intriguing insights on “The President’s Club,” Tuesday, February 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on YC’s Verde Valley Campus. The real “President’s Club” is the world’s most exclusive fraternity. It was established when President Harry Truman enlisted the knowledge and…
Arizona News -The Arizona Department of Transportation is using a new tool to battle winter storms: two high-capacity snowblowers that reduce the time needed to clear highways after heavy snowfall. These replacement snowblowers, which are deployed where snowfall is heaviest in the Flagstaff and Mogollon Rim areas, have quickly become an important part of ADOT’s snow removal efforts. This includes helping clear multiple highways in recent days and being ready for the next round of snow in Arizona’s high country. ADOT team members who use these snowblowers remark on their ability to clear roadways much faster than their predecessors. “It’s…
Sedona News – Don’t just make it a Valentine’s Day celebration at Sound Bites Grill in Sedona. Make it a Valentine’s Day “Weekend” with the legendary Esteban and his daughter Theresa Joy playing Saturday, February 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Sound Bits Grill Celebrity Showroom Stage. A beautiful stage, professional sound and lighting, a perfectly tuned NYC Night Club atmosphere and fine dining at its best make this venue the perfect place for romance and music, while immersed in the Valentine’s Day vibe. What better way or place to sit back and be serenaded by this international…
Camp Verde News – Camp Verde is not immune to the national drug epidemic, our location within the state presents an opportunity for narcotics to be moved through our area regularly. Over the past year we have seen a rise in fentanyl arrests including other dangerous drugs. We rely heavily upon our local narcotics team, our K9 drug program, well-educated officers and most of all citizens who report suspicious activity to us. If it looks suspicious, please report by calling 911. As you can see from the recent reports below, these drugs do not discriminate when it comes to changing…
… Lennox and three of his kindred spirits will be appearing live at the Mary D. Fisher Theater in West Sedona Wednesday at 4PM … will you be there to meet and become acquainted with them? Click on the link above to go to the event and buy tickets … presales indicate an early sold-out performance … more treats are on tap not mentioned in the promo materials … come find out what 🙂 The photo above is of Lennox perched on a post and the lower one is of him spreading his wings, thinking about flight … or maybe a kestrel’s…
Sedona, AZ — I support “Safe Place To Park” and commend the city staff and council for this forward-thinking social program. Sedona is a beautiful city but is not a real community because of the imbalance in housing caused by the state of Arizona SB-1350’s ban on local control of STRs and the loss of affordable housing. We should all support Sedona’s effort to start a pilot plan to help with worker housing, even if that housing is a car or van. There will likely be a learning curve, but the city staff can manage and make the necessary changes…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2024 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts Feb. 16-22 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. Now an annual film festival tradition, Sedona audiences will be able to see all of the short films nominated for Academy Awards before the Oscar telecast on March 10. A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. All of the Live Action Short Film nominees will be featured in this program. The Oscar-nominated Live…
Sedona News – Join the Sedona Camera Club for a presentation by professional-level fine art photographers Marie Tartar and Steve Eilenberg. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm on Monday, February 26, 2024, at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Road, Sedona. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Wonders of the Underwater World: Take a virtual dive into the ocean with Marie and Steve, who specialize in capturing the colors, behaviors and amazing life of the underwater world. Their subjects range from the giant (whale sharks, humpback whales and last month in Dominica, sperm whales) to the tiny (nudibranchs, crustaceans, cephalopods and…
Verde Valley News – Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) is pleased to announce expanded hours at the Verde Valley Medical Center’s Village of Oak Creek outpatient lab draw station. Starting Feb. 5, walk-in availability will be offered Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Patients need to have orders from their provider before they can be seen at the lab. The lab is located at 61 Bell Rock Plaza, Suite C in Sedona. Each of the NAH laboratories offer a comprehensive range of services, including routine and urgent clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology services. NAH’s board-certified pathologists, clinical laboratory scientists and phlebotomists deliver lab services with…
Verde Valley News – Yavapai County Recorder, Michelle Burchill, would like to notify voters of the following: All voters in Yavapai County have been mailed a new voter registration identification card due to a change in precinct numbers, names, and boundaries. Voters who have recently submitted changes to their voter registration such as political party, residential address or mailing address, will receive another voter registration identification with those reflected changes. Please retain your newest ID card and dispose of older versions. For further questions, please contact Yavapai County Voter Registration at 928-771-3248, opt 9.
Verde Valley News – Opioid deaths among older Arizonans have spiked dramatically in the past year. In the interest of building healthier communities and arming citizens with useful information, Yavapai College’s Verde Valley OLLI program will present a FREE discussion on opioids, reducing deaths and the over-the-counter overdose treatment NARCAN on Tuesday, February 13, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on the Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus. MATFORCE and researcher Bernard Plaskett will lead the one-hour discussion. MATFORCE is a local coalition of hundreds of individuals from multiple sectors of the community, working to reduce substance abuse in Yavapai County. Plaskett conducted…
Sedona News – Sealed proposals for curbside yard waste collection services, RFP No. 24-005, will be received by the City, located at 106 Roadrunner Drive, Sedona, Arizona 86336, until 2:00 p.m., local Arizona time, on February 26, 2024. Department Financial Services, Public Works Category RFPs – Public Works RFP Number 24-005 Start Date 02/05/2024 9:00 a.m. Close Date 02/26/2024 2:00 p.m. RFP Post Status Open PROJECT: CURBSIDE YARD WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES, RFP No. 24-005 DESCRIPTION: The City of Sedona, Arizona is inviting firms to submit proposals to provide curbside yard waste collection services to collect curbside yard waste from residents of the City. CONTRACT TERM: The…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ — We are being baited. Iran knows exactly what it is doing; they are luring us in. They want us committed so that they can deplete all of our military resources—what’s left of them, anyway. Once that’s done, they will call for the Arab world to rise up and throw out what they consider their occupiers. We’re not ready for this one. Not like we were for the war with Iraq and Afghanistan. We had time to prepare. We don’t have any time now. We have very few soldiers out there, and our army at…