Only Arizona Department of Health Services instruction meets requirementsPhoenix AZ (August 20, 2021) – Registration is now available for required Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) training for those seeking licenses to own and operate adult-use marijuana establishments under the voter-approved social equity program. This free virtual Social Equity Ownership Training will be held live on Sept. 20-21 and then offered as recorded sessions with live Q&A on Oct. 12-13. To offer additional flexibility for prospective applicants, ADHS also will offer computer-based training from mid-October through mid-December.
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Sedona AZ (August 20, 2021) – As part of its fall-term grand reopening, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Yavapai College in Sedona and the Verde Valley (OLLI), along with the League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley, invite everyone to OLLI’s first combination (in-person and online) program: “Renewing Democracy: Ranked-Choice Voting and More,” on Wednesday, September 1, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Yavapai College, Sedona Center, Room 34 and on Zoom.
Prescott AZ (August 20, 2021) – Yavapai College has named Ruth-Ellen Elinski as Program Director for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).A Verde Valley resident since 2004, Elinski has been a certified business analyst for the Yavapai College SBDC since 2018. An entrepreneur herself, Elinski has launched multiple businesses seeing one through its sale.
Sedona News (August 20, 2021) Another week of great live music is coming up at Steakhouse89 in West Sedona.On Friday, August 27 from 5 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, September 1 pianist/vocalist Lyndsay Cross sets the mood. A poised and talented musician with an angelic voice, her performance forms a perfect backdrop for an intimate dinner or a pleasant night out with friends. Come see her play. She emanates class and professionalism.
By Tommy AcostaSedona News (August 20, 2021) War is the most exciting chess game of them all.Hands down, war requires the finesse of thinking chess does but manifests in the real world with real consequences…life or death.Consider the chess game now being played between the U.S. and the Taliban.Start from the understanding that a deal was made between the U.S. and the Taliban, where we get the pipelines and they get their country back.Both sides are not technically at war anymore, yet the chess game is on.
By Ted Grussing… and she wanted you to see and admire the beauty of her hitting full stride as she heads back to our home … the hunt was over and time to come in for the meal that she missed out back … then to curl up on her very own Ekornes Stressless recliner chair in the living room whilst I have my dinner and relax. I’m sure she was dreaming of future hunts and bringing her own food home … she does that kind of thing too.
Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin star in film at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (August 19, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Pig” showing Aug. 27-Sept. 2 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Pig” stars Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin. We don’t get a lot of things to really care about. A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
Camp Verde AZ (August 19, 2021) – Johana Pena has been creating videos since she was gifted an IPOD Touch for Christmas at age 8. Her earliest creations were “of me rambling about some crazy stuff.” Later, with an updated IPAD, she ventured into editing videos starring her little brother and niece and into stop-motion films with a favorite toy. Later still she regularly “vlogged” with friends at school.It’s the video the Verde Valley native produced, at the close of her senior year at Camp Verde High School, that put her solidly on the path to film and media arts…
Clint’s Well AZ (August 19, 2021) – A recently signed agreement between the Forest Service and State of Arizona will allow important and strategic forest thinning to begin on a vital watershed that supplies water to the Town of Payson and parts of the Phoenix metropolitan area.Coconino National Forest and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (AZDFFM) signed a Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) agreement for the Baker project on July 27, which is an important step that moves the project to the next stage.This marks the first time in the region’s history that the State is able to…
Phoenix AZ (August 19, 2021) – The Arizona Community Foundation and its donors are pleased to announce grant and scholarship distributions for the first quarter of its fiscal year. Between April 1 and June 30, 2021, a total of $17,661,723 was awarded from funds of the Arizona Community Foundation and its six statewide affiliates in Cochise, Flagstaff, the Gila Valley, Sedona, Yavapai County, and Yuma.The $17.7 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.
Innovation creates savings in tire repair for ADOT maintenance vehicles Phoenix AZ (August 19, 2021) – As the Arizona Department of Transportation fosters an environment of continuous improvement and waste reduction, one idea has created savings in trips to equipment shops and the cost of tire repairs: the pokey picker upper. What is a “pokey picker upper?” Simply put, it’s a magnet that is attached to the front of an ADOT maintenance truck that hovers just above the ground collecting metal pieces and shards along the highway shoulders.
By Ted Grussing… whilst flying over Woods Canyon to the NE of the Village of Oak Creek I took this shot from 9725′ msl and about 5500′ above the village and it captures all the significant red rocks in the village as well as some in the chapel area and west Sedona. The larger rock on the right side at mid photo is Courthouse Butte; to the immediate left of it is Bell Rock and further left of mid photo the pointy rock is Castle Rock and from this vantage point it actually kinda looks like it. SR 179 cuts…
Sedona AZ (August 18, 2021) – “Voices from the Grave” pioneer cemetery walk is back this Fall in Sedona, and will once again provide a fascinating, outdoor theatrical program with costumed ‘spirits’, history and fun, along with some new ‘seraph’ surprises.On Friday and Saturday, October 29 and 30, a limited number of fortunate ticket holders will be going back in time to meet pioneers who lived and worked in Red Rock country, and who experienced triumph and tragedy trying to carve out a life and adventure in this place we call Sedona.
The Tour allows attendees to visit with artists in their studios, learn about the creative process and purchase one-of-a-kind works of art. Sedona AZ (August 18, 2021) – The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is pleased to announce the return of the Sedona Fall Open Studios Tour, taking place over the weekend of October 29-31, 2021. As part of this popular biannual event, approximately 45 working artists throughout the Verde Valley will open their private studios to the public, offering attendees a chance to gain firsthand insight into the creative process and purchase unique works of art while enjoying the…
By Ted Grussing… a sixteenth of a second after I took the photograph below I took the one at the top. Again the contrast is that in the first shot I have not cropped down to the primary subject in the photo and you have the Osprey in full context of the very shallow and small cove we were in.