Sedona AZ (June 24, 2016) – The city of Sedona is announcing a Request for Proposal (RFP) from qualified land use and zoning consultants to provide professional services to update the city of Sedona zoning ordinance, also known as the Sedona Land Development Code (LDC).
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By Cheryl Yeatts, Manager of Sedona Public Library in the VillageSedona AZ (June 24, 2016) – If you need reading recommendations, ask a Sedona Public Library volunteer. Many of our volunteers retired from exciting professions before coming on board with SPL. Careers included architecture, engineering, nursing, education, and libraries to name a few.
By Ted Grussing… it is out there in the open for all to see, and hopefully not too many people will be watching as you land once, twice and thrice … I saw this guy doing it and not sure how many saw me do it a few days ago … I had an excuse (I think) as I had a 40 degree cross wind 11kt gusting 19kt. All my landings were good just like this guys were and the best was the last one when it stuck … his did too.
Acclaimed play from the U.K. and Broadway returns to big screen at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 23, 2016) – The National Theatre of London returns to Sedona on Tuesday, July 5 when the Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen encore of the acclaimed British stage production “One Man, Two Guvnors” — starring Tony Award-winner James Corden. There will be two shows at 3 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the uproarious “One Man, Two Guvnors” was a runaway…
Jerome AZ (June 23, 2016) – First Saturday Jerome Art Walk celebrates the Fourth of July weekend in artistic style as galleries and studios open the doors for an evening of summertime enchantment on July 2nd. From the lively Old Jerome High School to Made in Jerome Pottery at the other end of town, delightful surprises abound in this artist colony high on Cleopatra Hill. Restaurants will be offering delicious fare and the charming hotels and Bed and Breakfasts will be welcoming visitors on this holiday weekend. Cool evenings at a mile high beckon guests from the steamy Arizona valleys and…
Sedona AZ (June 23, 2016) – A beautiful 29-year-old woman, Brittany Maynard had recently married and had her whole life ahead of her. She wanted to start a family. Then the headaches came. The debilitating seizures. And the diagnosis that she had brain cancer and would die in horrific pain within six months.This set in motion a chain of events. She partnered with Compassion & Choices to make a video about her choice for “medical aid in dying” and her decision to move with her family from California to Oregon where she could legally access this option. Before she died, she…
Test to take place at approximately 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 28 Sedona AZ (June 23, 2016) – In preparation for the upcoming monsoon season the Sedona Fire District and Coconino County Department of Emergency Management will test the emergency siren system within Oak Creek Canyon and Pine Valley at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2016. This system is designed to notify Oak Creek Canyon and Uptown Sedona residents, businesses and visitors of severe emergencies that require evacuation.
Sedona AZ (June 23, 2016) – The Verde Valley Regional Economic Organization announced this week that it received $605,000 of federal loan and grant funding to benefit small business owners of the region.The funding was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture to six economic development groups, which will each receive $605,000 through the Intermediary Relending Program to capitalize low-interest loan funds for business projects in rural communities.
Verde Valley AZ (June 23, 2016) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has recently received complaints regarding email fraud targeting Cable One subscribers. In the email, entitled “Your Monthly Bill,” there is a claim that payment to Cable One was recently declined. This fraudulent email provides a valuable lesson to help potential victims understand how to easily detect the scam. For example, the grammar in the overall text of the notice is poor and there is even a misspelled word in the first paragraph.
YC students, industry benefit from new UAS rulesPrescott AZ (June 23, 2016) – Anyone interested in pursuing commercial applications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, recently received some good news from the federal government: Long-awaited operational rules for small drones were finalized, lifting a significant barrier for entrepreneurs and job seekers. The rules – Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations – are a major step toward opening the nation’s airspace to drones. The new regulations will help students move quickly through the operator certification testing process, positioning them well for employment.
Sedona AZ (June 23, 2016) – Some candidates will win the August 30 primary election and not have to go on to the general election if there is no candidate from the opposing party. For example, Yavapai County Supervisor for District 3, the seat vacated by Chip Davis, will be finalized in the primary because only 2 Republicans are running. One will be the winner of the Republican primary and there are no Democratic candidates running to challenge the Republican primary winner in the general election in November. “It’s really important for people to vote in the primaries or they…
Sedona AZ (June 23, 2016) – For those of you who don’t already know, the Sedona Fire District was awarded one of the last remaining artifacts from the World Trade Center after the attack on September 11, 2001. The 3,000 pound 5½ foot steel girder was delivered in September of 2015 and the 9/11 Memorial Plaza Committee has been very busy with fundraising activities ever since.It is with great pleasure I report to everyone in the city of Sedona and the Verde Valley that June 1, 2016, marked the ground breaking for the 9/11 Memorial Plaza at Sedona Fire Station No.…
By Ted Grussing… or not … or a blend of different realities and something new and does it matter? I’m taking advantage of One going off on little chases and then she bounds back to me where I am sitting in the grass which gives me pretty much an eye to eye perspective of her. Now she is this huge cat bounding up from the shores near Pt Reyes. Kinda silly, but after watching carnage and cruelty in a series called History’s Verdict which has hour long segments on the key players in WWII … it is a relief to…
Summer encore series will feature popular Met Operas returning to the big screenSedona AZ (June 22, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the Met Opera’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” on Saturday, July 2 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Gaetano Donizetti’s comic gem “L’Elisir d’Amore”, directed by Bartlett Sher and conducted by Maurizio Benini, stars Anna Netrebko in her Met role debut as the beautiful landowner Adina, with Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, the simple peasant who falls in love with her. Mariusz Kwiecien sings Adina’s arrogant fiancé, Sergeant Belcore, and Ambrogio Maestri…
Sedona AZ (June 22, 2016) – Effective June 17, 2016, for personal reasons Mark DiNunzio resigned from his position as a member and Vice Mayor of City Council.DiNunzio was appointed to the City Council in June 2009 and subsequently re-elected in March 2012. He was appointed Vice Mayor in May 2012 and reappointed in November 2014.