Sedona AZ (January 14, 2020) – On New Year’s Eve day, Sedona Fire District crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 49 Eagle Ln. in the Chapel area. The first units were on scene 00:06:07 (six minutes and seven seconds) after being dispatched and found a fully engulfed structure under construction with fire threatening other nearby buildings. Firefighters took a defensive posture due to the amount of fire involvement of the target structure and directed resources to protect the nearby exposed buildings. “Our firefighters did a great job keeping the fire confined to the building of origin. Our first…
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Phoenix AZ (January 14, 2020) – This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, all Arizona residents will get free admission to more than 30 beautiful state parks.Entrance fees at state parks will be waived for all Arizona residents on Monday, January 20, 2020. Visitors must show an Arizona ID for free entrance. Fees will still apply at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, for cave tours at Kartchner Caverns State Park, tours, camping, special events and concessions.
Prescott AZ (January 14, 2020) – Seventy-five years ago, an American soldier shot the lock off a shed in a German labor camp, saving seventeen-year-old Esther Roth and hundreds of others from certain death. Esther’s remarkable story – ranging from the vineyards of Czechoslovakia to the barracks of Auschwitz to the icy presence of Dr. Josef Mengele – is shared by Esther herself in “Memories of a Holocaust Survivor,” a four-part class at Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, beginning Friday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m., in Building 3 on the Prescott Campus. The class is open to the public…
Camp Verde AZ (January 14, 2020) – Come to Camp Verde Community Library’s Founders Room from 4:00-7:00 pm on Tuesdays starting on February 4th through April 14th for no-cost tax preparation and e-filing services for taxpayers of all ages by AARP Tax-Aide IRS-certified volunteers.
By Ted Grussing… in nature, creatures do not always get a warning before having walls of water rained down on them and the proof of that is on display in this photo of a hen ringneck duck coming in for a landing by this pair of mallards in a pond down at Bubbling Ponds Hatchery in Page Springs. She came in pretty hot and it looks like she is enjoying throwing this wall of water up on the unlucky couple as she rapidly de accelerates. I had a little fun with this one too and used a brush and some…
Prescott AZ (January 13, 2020) – It’s day 13 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ Catch 22 Program. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating 25-year-old Ladarrian Dunyell Acy.On October 24, 2016, the vehicle Acy was the rear seat passenger in was pulled over for a traffic infraction by a Yavapai County Sheriff’s K-9 Deputy on eastbound Interstate 40 at milepost 137 in Ashfork Arizona. The deputy observed 3 additional occupants in the vehicle. The deputy also observed several indicators of criminal activity to include the behavior of the occupants, their answers to questions and an overwhelming…
Prescott AZ (January 12, 2020) – It’s day 12 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ Catch 22 Program. Today Yavapai County Law Enforcement is asking for your help in locating Sean Michael Crowley. November 2, 2018, Crowley forcibly entered an address in the 100 block of Dineh Drive in Prescott doing considerable damage to a door. Crowley opened a safe inside the home to steal cash. Crowley then fled the scene. Crowley later sent threatening texts to the victim in retaliation because the victim called the police.
Sedona AZ (January 11, 2020) – UPDATE – On January 11, 2020 at approximately 12:52 AM, Deputies with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office located Austin Allen Fiser and took him into custody on multiple Yavapai County Warrants. He will be awaiting extradition to the Yavapai County Jail. Great job by our neighboring county’s law enforcement professionals getting a dangerous criminal off the streets.No further details are available at this time.###Sedona AZ (January 2, 2020) – It’s day 2 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ Catch 22 program.The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating 24-year-old Austin Allen Fiser.…
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of art series at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (January 11, 2020) – Sedona International Film Festival presents “Gauguin from the National Gallery, London”. The event will show in Sedona on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Gauguin from the National Gallery, London” is a new 60-minute documentary about the life and work of Paul Gauguin narrated by actor Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair, Colette). The film will be followed by a 30-minute private view of the National Gallery exhibition The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin…
Sedona AZ (January 11, 2020) – Professional photographer Larry Cowles and his wife Susan will present at the meeting of the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2020, at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd, Sedona. Doors open at 5:30.Pet lovers, have you ever wanted to capture a picture of your pets that showed the world just how adorable they were to you? Then come to the next Sedona Camera Club meeting! Professional photographer Larry Fowles and his wife Susan will be discussing techniques to entice your pet to pose plus lighting hints, controlling their behavior and items to make the…
Cottonwood AZ (January 11, 2020) – Mark your calendars for Blazin’ for Books, the first Celebration and Fundraiser for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in the Verde Valley, to be held Feb. 23, 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Blazin’ M Ranch, 1875 Mabery Ranch Rd, Cottonwood, AZ 86326.Tickets are $50 per person and include a Chuckwagon dinner, special entertainment, raffle, silent and live auctions, and more. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Verde Valley Imagination Library (VVIL), the local affiliate that funds Dolly Parton’s program. Each month, 2000 Verde Valley children ages 0 to 5 receive a free age-appropriate…
Cottonwood AZ (January 10, 2020) – Warm up your toes at the Cottonwood Contra Dance, January 18th in the Clemenceau gymnasium, 1 N. Willard St. in Cottonwood. Easy Squeezy, a trio from Prescott headed up by Steve Elliot will play the tunes while Kari Usher calls the dances.The half hour lesson is at 6:30 PM with dancing until 10 PM. You don’t need a partner OR experience—all dances are taught and called. If you can walk, you can contra!
Cottonwood AZ (January 11, 2020) – Friends of the Verde River is pleased to announce that Kegn Moorcroft has been hired as the Stewardship & Development Manager on January 6, 2020.Moorcroft is a Sedona, AZ native and comes to the Friends of the River after 8-years with the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau as their Director of Communications.“We had a very talented pool of applicants and Kegn rose to the top. I’m so pleased she has joined our team,” said Nancy Steele, Friends’ Executive Director.
Join photographer George Andrejko and AZGFD biologists at Whitewater DrawMcNeal AZ (January 11, 2020) – The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Watchable Wildlife Program will conduct a wildlife watching and photography tour on Saturday, Feb. 8, 6 a.m. to noon, at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, 8469 N. Coffman Road in McNeal, Arizona.This Arizona Game and Fish Commission-owned property in the southeastern part of the state is a roosting and loafing place for more than 20,000 sandhill cranes each year.
Prescott AZ (January 11, 2020) – It’s day 11 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ Catch 22 Program. Today Yavapai County Law Enforcement needs your help finding Tyrell Edison Manakaja. On January 5, 2015, Arizona Department of Public Safety received reports that a vehicle was brake checking other vehicles, driving erratically and actually ran another vehicle off the road. An officer contacted Manakaja who was operating the vehicle in the area of Milepost 118 on Interstate 40 near Seligman.