By Peter CutlerSedona News (July 17, 2021) I was talking with a guy working on a house at the top of Birch Blvd, my street, in West Sedona. He said it was for the new owners. I asked if they were going to live there or if it was another Air B&B? He was disturbed. “I don’t ask questions,” he said. “Don’t get me started on Air B&Bs. They’ve destroyed this town. I grew up here and I had to move away. They and greed have killed this town.” Most of us who have lived here before the Air B&B boom know this…
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Prescott AZ (July 17, 2021) – On Thursday, July 15, a Yavapai County Jury found Joel Frederick Deems, 51, of Cottonwood, guilty of 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 10 counts of Voyeurism, and 10 counts of Surreptitious Viewing. After Deems failed to appear for his trial, the case was tried in his absence.The case stems from a report by the victim’s parents to the Clarkdale Police Department on December 18, 2016, after they discovered hidden cameras in their children’s bathroom. Deems had been renting a room from the parents for six months. Upon examination, the officers found…
Camp Verde AZ (July 17, 2021) – Join instructor Stacey Lane at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, August 11th in Camp Verde Community Library’s Founders Room for a 6-week writing course for all levels and abilities.This is not only a class about writing, it is a class about people writing. It is about writing as a tool for intellectual, psychological, and spiritual growth. It is about our language and our being and their powerful interconnectedness. This class is about taking back the gift of our language as an instrument of creation. The guided writing explorations begin by asking you to go inside…
(July 17,2021) Congratulations to Sedona’s new deputy police chief, Stephanie Foley..Deputy Chief Foley has the distinction of coming up from the ranks to achieve the second highest position in the Sedona Police Department.Foley began her career with the city 16 years ago and in that time has received many honorable accolades including: 2008 Officer of the Year, 2009 Life Saving and Medal of Valor, 2016 City of Sedona Employee of the Year, and 2018 Leading the Way which celebrates the Women of Yavapai County Law Enforcement.Foley started at the Police Department as a Dispatcher, and soon became an Officer.After 10…
By Alan E. Freedman(July 16, 2021)“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics” – Author UnknownThe human mind, on the one hand, is capable of aligning us with and being the window to, the achievement of our highest, most worthwhile desires, literally those of inestimable value. That’s the good news. On the other hand however, it has the ever-present potential to keep us right where we are now, to…
Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart and Alec Baldwin star in festival flashback at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 16, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Still Alice” on Monday, July 26 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Still Alice” features an all-star ensemble cast, including Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish.Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Alice and her family find…
Sedona AZ (July 16, 2021) – Sedona Fire District (SFD) will lift all fire restrictions previously in effect for all portions of the fire district effective Friday, July 16, 2021 at 06:00 am. This move is in coordination with Coconino County, Coconino National Forest, and Kaibab National Forest. Areas outside of Sedona Fire District boundaries within Yavapai County are still subject to Staged Fire Restrictions per the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors. “The metrics that we use to determine fire restrictions and fire danger ratings are based on the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFRDS). Right now the NFRDS is showing that we…
Flagstaff AZ (July 16, 2021) – In response to the heavy rainfall resulting in severe flash floods, the Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff has activated the Flagstaff Flash Flood Disaster Relief Fund. ACF has seeded the fund with $10,000 to support recovery and rebuilding efforts.The fund will address post-flood recovery, repair, and community rebuilding efforts. These needs may include environmental and infrastructure projects, community clean-up, support for displaced families, animal, and/or rehabilitation and rebuilding of damaged buildings or homes resulting from the flash floods.
By Ted Grussing.. whether you are witnessing an elegant great egret lifting off from the water leaving a trail of water droplets behind him or bending over a flower bed at Filoli Gardens capturing the beauty of a red tulip emerging from a bed of greenery and blue, everywhere you look there is life and it is beautiful … even people.
The best in mountain biking featured in high action film at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 15, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the acclaimed new mountain biking adventure film “A Biker’s Ballad” showing July 23-29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Toyota presents Matchstick Productions’ latest creation, “A Biker’s Ballad”. The team at Matchstick has brought you the highest level ski movies for years. Now we are bringing that same stoke to mountain biking.
Flagstaff AZ (July 15, 2021) – Due to monsoonal activity and heavy rainfall across most of the forests, the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests will rescind all fire restrictions as of 6 a.m. Friday, July 16. The Kaibab NF will also lift the Bill Williams Mountain closure.Fire danger remains high across both forests. Visitors are still asked to remain vigilant and avoid activities that could accidentally cause wildfires – refrain from campfires on dry and windy days and remember that it is always illegal to leave a campfire unattended. In addition, fireworks are never allowed on any National Forest land.
Flagstaff/Sedona AZ (July 15, 2021) Monsoon rains Wednesday wreaked havoc in Flagstaff and some parts of Sedona yesterday, causing flash flooding in certain areas. While some streets were flooded in Sedona, the rain hit Flagstaff hard, causing flash flooding in some neighborhoods. A woman in Flagstaff filmed a flash flood carrying away a car in fromt of her house during the deluge. In the video the woman filming the flood could be heard screaming “Oh my God” as a white car is swept down the block.No injuries were reported, luckily. and more rain is expected today. Recent fires in Flagstaff forests have exacerbated…
By Ted Grussing… I took this shot of two Western Bluebirds just a few minutes before I took the shot of the cowboy on hi horse that went out last night. The bluebird shoot added up to thousands of exposures in an effort to get a shot like this. You have a small target to grab a fast focus on and you never really know what direction they will be going. The cattle pond we were in only had a few hundreds of gallons of water in it and that was more than enough to gather all wildlife in the…
A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno with all-star cast debuts at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 14, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning new documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It” showing July 23-29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Over a 70+ year career, Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become a celebrated and beloved actor, one of the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award Winners of our time. Born into poverty on a…
Clarkdale AZ (July 14, 2021) – Like that of many a community college student, the journey of an internationally renowned ceramic artist’s mural to the Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus was long, circuitous and triumphant.The 6 by 4-foot Don Reitz mural, created in early 2009 while the late sculptor and art professor was teaching a workshop at the University of Iowa, found a permanent home this spring – the east wall of YC’s teaching winery, the Southwest Wine Center on the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale.