Verde Valley News – Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) is pleased to announce that Nancey Payne, LPC, has joined the behavioral health department in Cottonwood. Payne is a licensed, professional counselor who will be providing outpatient therapy services. She offers holistic, compassionate care to children as young as two and adults of all ages. She supports clients facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and/or ADHD through evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and trauma-focused therapy. Sessions are available both in person and via telehealth. Her services also include therapy at the…
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… wow, another week in the history books for each of us … where were we, what did we do? Help someone? Smile? Find the humor in life? I hope so, because it is truly such a special place and the privilege of being here to enjoy all that is and to dream on what has been and what yet may come … each day we get to choose what kind of day it will be for us! I love the series of shots (several hundred} that I captured of the Crows as they frolicked in the backyard (11th tee box) that…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Moon Manor” — the second film in a four-week ‘Heartful Living, Gentle Dying’ film series — on Thursday, May 15 at 4:00 at the Mary Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd6DpM5ex-g Join us for this thought-provoking journey and discover what it means to be alive and connected to humanity, and how we might die with grace and dignity on our own terms. This profound glimpse into life and death explores how we view our purpose, our relationships, and the possibilities inherent in the gentle dying process. Sometimes learning how to live,…
Arizona News – With Arizona Highways magazine celebrating its centennial, subscribers now can peruse every issue, photograph and article thanks to a new digital archive with robust search features. “Some of the original issues are treasures, and you’ll see people selling those copies for shocking amounts,” Editor Robert Stieve said. “Now that we have the digital archives, that gives people access to see all of that historical content.” Whether you’re exploring the original Arizona Highways edition from April 1925 or something more recent, the digital archive’s dynamic search function will pull issues, images and more according to your interests. Launching the digital archive is…
Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Medical Center (VVMC) earned an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit patient safety steward that sets standards for hospitals. Leapfrog assigns a letter grade to hospitals across the country based on over 30 performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them. VVMC joins well-known hospitals in receiving an ‘A’ grade from Leapfrog, such as Mayo Clinic- Phoenix, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. NAH’s other hospital, Flagstaff Medical Center, was also recognized with an…
Flagstaff News – On Saturday and Sunday June 7th and 8th the sixteenth annual Flagstaff Hullabaloo returns to Wheeler Park in downtown Flagstaff, AZ. Hullabaloo is a community festival and a celebration of summertime. Hullabaloo has been voted “Best Annual Event or Festival” ten times by Arizona Daily Sun and Flagstaff Live readers. Flagstaff Hullabaloo has raised over $175,000 for local non-profits since 2010. This year Hullabaloo will raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff and Boys and Girls Club of Flagstaff. The Hullabaloo will kick off with the Flagstaff Athletic Club Bike Parade…
Sedona News – On April 30, 2025, at approximately 9:49 p.m., Sedona Police officers, supported by deputies from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, arrested 50-year-old Adam Christopher Sheafe near Gambel Lane following an extensive and exhausting search. Sheafe faces charges including Second Degree Burglary, First Degree Trespassing, Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Aggravated Assault and Resisting Arrest. Additional charges may be forthcoming. The incident began around 6:22 p.m. when officers responded to a reported burglary at 170 Gambel Ln. in Sedona. The homeowner, who was remotely monitoring the property via surveillance cameras, observed Sheafe in the garage searching through boxes.…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Show Me Your Glory” May 13-15 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jGM8u8TL2I How do you explain the unexplainable? When does the impossible become possible? Why are some prayers for healing answered and others never are? Through true stories of the supernatural crashing into human suffering, a compelling new documentary arrives in theaters — unlocking the possibility that the impossible still happens in our world. Meet experts who have studied miracles and suffering, discover true stories…
Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS) recently announced its newest leadership team hire as Lindsay Brooks was named the new Finance and Administration Director after her predecessor, Jessica Bryson, left the agency last fall. Brooks spent the last several years working for the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) before joining the agency in February. Originally from Prescott Valley, Brooks will manage all aspects of the organization’s financial and administrative operations, and most human resources duties. “We couldn’t be happier to have Lindsay join our team,” VVS Executive Director Jessye Johnson said. “Her background in…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. Friday evening services, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, will begin at…
Sedona, AZ — Indivisible and Democratic organizations throughout the Verde Valley stood shoulder to shoulder with working families today joining a statewide show of strength as part of the May Day Strong mobilization. Over 450 concerned community residents gathered to declare that it’s time to put people over profits and take power back from the billionaires who are dismantling our livelihoods. The May Day Strong events, held across the country on International Workers’ Day, highlight the growing movement of people committed to fighting for good jobs, strong affordable health care, and a democracy that works for everyone—not just the ultra-rich. “We’re here to…
By David, S Sedona,, AZ – -If you have a theory of how human consciousness works, you may not need to do experiments to test it initially. You may not need elaborate experiments to test it in the long run, if the theory is robust enough. If your theory is sound, proceed to a treatment home for those living with mental disorders, use your theory to explain the delusions and hallucinations, especially how the components of the brain are causing those to occur. You can use the evidence already established from neuroscience to back up some of the observations. If…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Teacher” showing May 9-15 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0rGiVQwnSY In this gripping drama by Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning director Farah Nabulsi (The Present), Palestinian schoolteacher Basem (Saleh Bakri) faces personal turmoil after a tragic incident involving his son. He finds solace in a deep bond with his student Adam and British social worker Lisa (Imogen Poots). Meanwhile, an American attorney and his wife push for the return of their son, an Israeli soldier held by a Palestinian resistance group, leading…
By Bear Howard Sedona, AZ — This is the final Bear Howard for a while. I’m headed up north for the summer. I’ll do a little bit of fishing and thinking. I might do a story now and then, but now that Trump’s first hundred days are over and we know what the next 1,360 days will be like, it’s time to pause and contemplate. We know that Trump 2.0 will be a never-ending story that will challenge even the hardiest amongst us. It’s time to take a mental vacation. And go play. Prelude: This is a hopeful projected vision…
… another day looking through folders and I saw a portion of an image of the cinder fields which I cropped out and it is the image above … loved the line of trees inside the area and the contours of the cinder field just N of Sunset Crater Beauty up close and beauty overall. Below is a photograph I took years ago on a day that it was difficult to get N, but I did. The base of Snow Bowl is 9200′ and the lift takes skiers and visitors to 11,500′ … cloud base looks to be under 10,000′ and it was an…