Budget extra time, slow down with snow and rain starting Monday nightFlagstaff AZ (December 23, 2019) – From snow in the high country to rain at lower elevations, a winter storm is forecast to create difficult driving conditions across Arizona starting Monday evening.Drivers should budget extra time, slow down and be ready to put off travel during the worst weather.According to the National Weather Service, areas above 6,500 feet from the Grand Canyon through the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains are expected to get between 3 and 7 inches of snow, with the heaviest snowfall expected on Tuesday. The highest…
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Sedona AZ (December 23, 2019) – The Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest will waive fees associated with several recreation sites and some amenities on New Year’s Day (Jan. 1), as well as many other days throughout 2020.As part of this nationwide event, fees will be waived for all Red Rock Pass Fee Program sites including Palatki, Honanki, V Bar V Cultural sites, and multiple trailheads, picnic areas and vistas.
Sedona AZ (December 21, 2019) – Beginning the first week of 2020, people wanting to obtain a permit for driving on Soldier Pass Road will be able to do so by using a national reservation and permit website.On Jan. 8, 2020, the Soldier Pass Motorized Use Permit system will be available through www.recreation.gov, providing users with greater access and ease in obtaining permits.Many of the rules and regulations of the current system will still apply. The daily permit allowance will still be 12 permits, and applications may still only be submitted no greater than 90 days in advance.
Prescott AZ (December 21, 2019) – Twelve Yavapai College students from across Yavapai County and representing a variety of academic disciplines have earned lucrative All-Arizona Academic Team scholarships based on their academic performance and volunteer service at school and in their communities. The scholarships provide tuition-waivers for degree programs at Arizona universities.In a congratulatory letter to the scholarship recipients, YC President Dr. Lisa Rhine commended the students’ achievements. “You have made Yavapai College very proud and I wish you the best success as you pursue your career and educational pathway,” she wrote.
Rimrock AZ (December 20, 2019) – UPDATE – On December 19 th , 2019 at approximately 4:45 PM, acting off anonymous information, detectives with Yavapai County’s Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) were able to locate wanted kidnapping suspect Dylon Horne. Horne was a passenger in a vehicle in the Sunset Point Rest Area off Interstate 17. Horne was taken into custody without incident.
Sedona AZ (December 20, 2019) – Come to the Sedona Heritage Museum to learn how to make everyone’s favorite traditional Mexican comfort food – tamales…but with a twist, let’s make them plant-based with filling that will satisfy even the staunchest carnivores.On December 30, Ken Beller will lead a plant-based tamale-making workshop for “Monday at the Museum” from 11:00am -1:30pm. Ken was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and believes he has red chile running through his veins. An avid cook who began eating a plant-based diet in 2001, Ken has made it his mission to create plant-based versions of traditional…
Prescott AZ (December 20, 2019) – Yavapai County Sheriff Mascher wishes to thank the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for providing grant funds awarded over the October 2019 to September 2020 time period. These funds have a direct impact in keeping Yavapai County roads safer for everyone. Although numerous special patrols have been scheduled thanks to this funding from GOHS, the Sheriff’s Office wants to remind everyone that DUI enforcement is a year-around focus. YCSO joins all local law enforcement agencies in encouraging Yavapai County motorists to drink responsibly utilizing a designated driver when appropriate, drive smart, and drive sober…
The Cactus Pad, LLC is now a Certified Sustainable Business at the Conservationist/Bronze levelCottonwood AZ (December 20, 2019) – There has been considerable controversy around short term rentals in Arizona, but this is one you can feel good about. The Cactus Pad, LLC exemplifies the intent of the Arizona law: A small accessory dwelling or room rented out to help the homeowner earn a little cash. The Cactus Pad, a destination dwelling just one block off Main Street in Old Town Cottonwood, is a standalone cottage built new in 2019 on the same historic site as the home of owners Tim…
By Virginia Volkman, DirectorSedona AZ (December 20, 2019) – Recent chilly mornings indicate that winter is just around the corner, which means it’s time for a new reading experience at the Library’s StoryWalk in Sunset Park. While walking along the half-mile, paved, accessible path you’ll enjoy a story that’s spread across 18 panels.A different children’s picture book goes up each season and the title that will delight young and old alike for the next couple of months is “Bear Can’t Sleep,” by Karma Wilson.
By Ted Grussing… sometimes you get lucky … you sense that the ducks are about to takeoff, raise the camera to your eye, nail a focus and maybe you get the initiation of the flight … whilst the shutter is depressed and you are capturing 14 frames per second you get this 1/1250th of a second when both subjects are finished with the first beat of the wings which are forced down into the water and have not yet begun the second beat … the drake has his feet tucking up into flying position and the hen is just lifting them…
By Robert AlbrechtSedona AZ (December 19, 2019) – The Humane Society of Sedona, in conjunction with a three month national “Home 4 the Holidays Adoption Event” by Blue Buffalo Products Company, is hosting a 4 day adoption event at our shelter at 2115 Shelby Rd. and Sedona PetSmart in the Safeway Shopping Center; both located in West Sedona. The times for the event will be 10am-4pm for 12/21-12/23, 10am-1pm on 12/24.The purpose of this national campaign is to find homes for all shelter pets for the holidays. Last year over 1.3 million animals found their forever homes. HSS has many…
Sedona AZ (December 19, 2019) – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley Voters Education Program, OLLI at Yavapai College – Sedona/Verde Valley, and Keep Sedona Beautiful present a stimulating discussion on fracking featuring Kevin Gibson on Monday, January 13, 2020, 12:30PM-2:00PM at Yavapai College, Room 34, 4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona.
Cottonwood AZ (December 19, 2019) – Verve Events & Tents is now a Certified Sustainable Business at the Conservationist/Bronze level from the Sustainability Alliance.You’re planning a big event and need tenting, tables, chairs, plates, etc. What do you do? In Northern Arizona, you likely call Verve Events & Tents. You’ll be glad to know they’re also a certified sustainable business.
By Ted Grussing… travel distances on her own, this is what I would be looking at whilst shooting at Filoli Gardens … she does not like me to leave her for any length of time and I guess that she has a little violence on her mind … at least she doesn’t look like she is just wanting to sit on my lap … mayhem? Probably.
The story behind the writing of “Cyrano de Bergerac” debuts at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (December 18, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new film “Cyrano, My Love” Dec. 27-Jan. 2 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.December 1897, Paris. He’s got three weeks to write a masterpiece.Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty, but he already has two children and a lot of anxieties. He hasn’t written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, written in verse for the…