Flagstaff AZ (June 15, 2013) – UPDATE – Firefighters responded aggressively to yesterday’s Wild Bill Fire. It has been confined – meaning there is line around the fire and further growth has been stopped – and 50% contained at 26 acres. Crews will continue mopping up and ensure lines hold through the remainder of the day. Fire managers are anticipating full containment by tomorrow afternoon. The fire generally burned across the forest floor on level terrain in ponderosa pine forest, with some individual torching. Smoke can be expected for the next couple days.
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Featuring Ingrid Hagelberg (Vismaya) with a jazz trio Sedona AZ (June 15, 2013) – The concert at Relics will feature many songs from Ingrid’s latest CD, “Songs from My Red Suitcase.” The audience will be transported to a European Bistro where they will hear jazz and cabaret songs in French, German, Portuguese with Gypsy jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and original songs like “A Swedish Woman’s Tango”.
Microsoft will NEVER initiate UNSOLICITED phone calls or emails regarding computer repair! Verde Valley AZ (June 14, 2013) – Last year, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received several complaints regarding an ongoing scam involving fraud suspects representing themselves as “Microsoft” technical support employees. These scammers convince their “customers” to spend several hundred dollars as part of the fraud. In recent weeks, YCSO has taken new complaints regarding this scam and would again like to warn computer users of the ploy.
Flagstaff AZ (June 14, 2013) – Due to increasing fire danger, the Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott and Tonto National Forests in Arizona will implement Stage II fire restrictions effective Wednesday, June 19, at 8 a.m. These additional fire restrictions will remain in effect until forest officials determine that conditions have changed sufficiently to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfire.
Sedona AZ (June 14, 2013) – This year, the City of Sedona continues to pursue an accelerated street maintenance program for its approximately 106 miles of streets. This program involves overlaying of roads and streets, along with performing maintenance activities to extend pavement life. Although the City has been overlaying and maintaining streets for many years, the program was accelerated, beginning in 2012, with a doubling of the budget dollars allocated for road work. The acceleration is a strategy to expedite the repairing of neighborhood streets by increasing the approximate miles in the pavement maintenance program from around 3 miles…
Cornville AZ (June 13, 2013) – Connections Equine Therapy Program is hosting a fundraiser at Cafe Jose in West Sedona (Safeway Shopping Center) Saturday, June 29th from 4:00pm until closing. All are welcome – Join us for excellent food, great company, and a ton of fun! Connections Volunteers will be busing your tables and will split your generous tips with the Cafe Jose staff. Connections is a non-profit organization offering therapeutic riding and other services designed to improve the health and well-being of our clients. For more information, call (928) 639-0791 or email Connections@commspeed.net
Sedona AZ (June 13, 2013) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting a selection of quilts from the Arizona Centennial Quilt Project, now through early September 2013. Three of the quilts are by Yavapai County quilters, including a quilt designed like a ‘balloon’ lettered vintage postcard. Other quilts feature a crossword puzzle of Arizona terms, a quilt begun in the 1930s but not completed until this project, a quilt by a Hopi quilter from First Mesa, a quilt by a Brownie girls scout troop, and several ‘art’ quilts that celebrate different themes of our state.
Sedona AZ (June 13, 2013) – Since the original incident on June 6, 2013, YCSO deputies gathered leads as they continued the search for Zepeda who had already fled from law enforcement on 2 separate locations. On June 7, 2013, deputies returned to his mother’s home in the 1800 block of Ash Lane, Camp Verde, based on a tip that Zepeda was there. Prior to arrival, deputies learned Zepeda’s mother, 44-year-old Elizabeth Garcia, drove away with Zepeda and returned a few minutes later without him. When deputies spoke with Garcia, she admitted dropping her son off near the river to…
Intermittent one-hour closures expected on I-17 in both directions between midnight and 3 a.m. Verde Valley AZ (June 13, 2013) – Motorists traveling on Interstate 17 south of Camp Verde between midnight and 3 a.m. during the next three weeks need to plan ahead and allow extra travel time due to overnight construction on a climbing lane project, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Overnight work will require a pair of one-hour closures in both directions on I-17 as crews continue blasting rock cuts along the highway. Overnight closures will occur in the early morning hours tomorrow, Thursday, June…
Verde Valley AZ (June 13, 2013) – Despite signs that some segments of the economy may be improving, a recent economic report shows that the Prescott area is near the bottom nationally in economic strength and annual average wage. POLICOM Corporation, an independent economic research firm that specializes in analyzing local and state economies, ranks Prescott 345th out of 366 metropolitan statistical areas in economic strength and ranks Yavapai County 361st in annual average wage. The data is contained in the company’s 2013 Economic Strength Rankings available online at http://www.policom.com/econstrength.htm
Sedona AZ (June 13, 2013) – Experience the dynamic dance choreography of DanceSpirit Studio in two unique performances Saturday, June 22nd at Studio Live. The matinee performance is at 1:00pm and the evening show begins at 4:00pm, tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 the day of the performance.
Acclaimed play from the U.K. debuts on big screen at Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (June 13, 2013) – The National Theatre of London returns to Sedona on Thursday and Friday, June 27 and 28 when the Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere of the acclaimed British stage production “The Audience” — starring Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Helen Mirren. There will be two shows each day: 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production…
Film Festival presents big-screen debut of astonishing story about Pacific Ocean expedition Sedona AZ (June 12, 2013) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new, award-winning and critically-acclaimed drama “Kon-Tiki”, showing June 25 and 26 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The film will show at 4 and 7 p.m. both days. “Kon-Tiki” is a personal tale with the world as its stage. In 1947, the world is gripped with excitement as the young Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Hagen) embarks on an astonishing expedition — a journey of 4,300 nautical…
Sedona AZ (June 11. 2013) – Are you Smart Meter Aware? Or, are you aware of Smart Meters? There is discussion in Sedona and all around the country about the value and effects of Smart Meters. Some say all the fuss is about nothing. Others say watch out! Either way, Sedona residents should explore the issue and become aware. If Smart Meters are harmless and pose no effects, why is our local electric utility pushing so hard for installation of Smart Meters? In some places, people are getting arrested for blocking Smart Meter installation. And yet in other cities, ordinances…
Flagstaff AZ (June 11, 2013) – The NAU Summer Seminar series started June 5 and will run until August 14 with seminars focusing on politics, artistic explorations, and current issues that will appeal to a broad community of patrons. The seminars will take place in various places throughout Northern Arizona, including Winslow and Sedona. “By expanding presenters, number of sessions, and locations out into the community, we hope to expand opportunities for analysis and civil discussion of key issues and values within the community during the summer months,” said Chuck Connell, professor of History.