SEDONA, Ariz. – The city of Sedona welcomes Jordan Corneliusen, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), of Fargo, N.D. as the new Director of Financial Services, replacing Barbara Whitehorn, who was promoted to Deputy City Manager in August 2025. Corneliusen will bring valuable and directly related experience to her new role with the city of Sedona. Corneliusen has spent her public service career with the city of Fargo where she served as accounting supervisor and senior accountant before she was promoted to finance manager in May 2022. Corneliusen is a licensed CPA with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in accountancy…
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Sedona,AZ — For Sedona City Council candidate Tony Hauserman it was love at first site when he visited Sedona and moved here in 2001. Having grown up in Baltimore, and having lived in Pensacola, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and Memphis, when seeing Sedona for the first time he knew in his heart, he had finally found his home. He could not resist the magic pull of Sedona’s Red Rock formations “I was blown away by them,” he said. “The majestic beauty took my breath away. They hit me in a kind of spiritual way, and I knew I had to…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona, AZ — 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, concerts, 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. All are invited to Erev Shabbat service on Friday, May…
SEDONA, Ariz. – Join local leaders, housing experts and community stakeholders for a two-day work session focused on solutions for the future of housing in Sedona at the upcoming Housing Think Tank event on May 18-19, 2026 at The Hub, located at 525-B Posse Ground Rd. The free event is one component in the development of the city’s Balanced Housing Strategy, which will be the guiding document that will state the right mix of price, size, tenures and types of housing needed to reasonably meet Sedona’s housing needs. The outreach process for the Balanced Housing Strategy has included prior stakeholder…
By Amaya Gail Gregory After a morning without power, I’m snugged up in my cushy chair watching the snow fall … and accumulate. It is putting it down right now. Wow. I awoke this morning to the sound of a transformer blowing—BANG. No that’s too high, this one boomed, snapped and grumbled. Not a sound you expect to hear while you’re soundly sleeping. That was a quick get out of bed sleepyhead. I got to the window just in time to watch another one blow. It was quite the light show. It looked like the Northern Lights on steroids, so…
Village of Oakcreek Association hosts 60 people during March 21 event SEDONA, Ariz. — The Village of Oakcreek Association (VOCA) recently announced their pancake breakfast in March raised more than $1,000 for Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS), a local nonprofit that has served survivors of domestic and sexual violence for more than 30 years. The pancake breakfast, held at VOCA, 690 Bell Rock Blvd., was attended by approximately 60 people with a $5 minimum donation required for pancakes, coffee and mimosas. The event sold raffle tickets for $10 and prizes were aplenty. Avalon Rogus, a volunteer at VVS’ Twice Nice Thriftique…
116 nursing professionals ‘pinned’ as the Class of 2026 Prescott, Arizona — The next generation of healthcare providers made an impressive and moving debut at the Jim & Lee Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 1 as Yavapai College ‘pinned’ the 2026 Nursing Class. Twenty-seven Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates; fifty-six Associate of Applied Science in Nursing graduates and thirty-three Practical Nursing graduates donned their pins, thanked their loved ones and raised their hands for the Florence Nightingale Oath as Yavapai College honored the 2026 Nursing Class. “Today, we gather to celebrate an extraordinary group of individuals—our soon-to-be-pinned nurses. You’ve…
By David Stephen May is Mental Health Awareness Month for 2026. What has the study of consciousness contributed to the advancement of mental health research at any point? David Chalmers and Christof Koch are not good enough. Their refusal to get out of the way, given their lack of capacity to stoke progress, effectively stagnated consciousness into a useless problem. What exactly makes consciousness difficult to solve? There’s the brain. There are neurons involved in functions. There are electrochemical signals at work with neurons. If there won’t be a neural theory of consciousness because neurons are cells, then there can be…
When the buyers thin out and the math takes over, a town built on rising values faces a new reality: to sell, prices must fall—and the dream may cost more than anyone expected. A message from Bear Howard & Associates Sedona, AZ — There’s a certain kind of evening in Sedona when the light turns everything honest. The red rocks glow, the shadows stretch, and the town feels… still. Not empty. Just quiet in a way that makes you notice things you might not during the day. A man stands on a patio, looking out over a view he’s had…
Sedona, AZ– Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series event on Wednesday, May 20 at 5:00 pm at KSB’s EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road, Sedona. This month’s speaker is Margaret Zhao, award winning author and teacher of Taoist Qigong. Her topic is “Harmony in Motion: Qigong in the Keep Sedona Beautiful Garden.” The event is free and open to the public. Carpooling is encouraged. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. Margaret’s presentation will have both indoor and outdoor components. She will start indoors with a discussion of how to experience…
Sedona, AZ — There are some nights in Sedona when the air itself seems to slow down… and May 10 promises to be one of them. Local Native American flutist Aaron White will be performing beneath the open sky at Bella Vita Ristorante, bringing with him a sound that feels as natural to this landscape as the red rocks themselves. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 9:30 p.m. and it may be the most memorable three hours you have spent in a long while Aaron White is no stranger to Sedona audiences. An accomplished recording artist and…
(Sedona, AZ) Starting May 1, Defense of Democracy, a non-profit dedicated to protecting public education and the right to read, is proud to announce the launch of its 2nd Annual Teacher Thank-A-Thon. This month-long national campaign encourages community members to attend local school board meetings for one simple purpose: to publicly thank educators for their dedication to students and their commitment to inclusive education. This year’s event is hosted in partnership with prominent education advocate and social media influencer Reads with Rachel, whose platform reaches hundreds of thousands of viewers across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. “Our educators are on the…
Trauma Awareness Month: Blood Donors Called to Action in May Vitalant donors can win $10,000 Sedona, AZ — Accidents and other emergencies arise without notice and blood always needs to be ready for patients before they need a transfusion. This Trauma Awareness Month in May, nonprofit blood services provider Vitalant urges all eligible donors to give and help keep the lifeline of the blood supply stable. Vitalant is thanking all donors who make an appointment and give May 1-31 with a chance to be one of the three who will win $10,000*. Brian Remington needed more than 20 units of…
Sedona, AZ — The Arts Academy of Sedona warmly invites the community to experience the creative process firsthand at a special open rehearsal of The Sweetest Fruits, an original play by Sedona playwright Sunday Larson. The event will take place on Friday, May 1, from 4:00–6:00 PM in The New Room at Sedona United Methodist Church (110 Indian Cliffs Road, Sedona, AZ 86336), as part of the Arts Academy of Sedona’s First Friday programming. Both humorous and deeply moving, The Sweetest Fruits is a work in progress that offers audiences a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the development of a new…
Yavapai County, AZ – MATFORCE, a primary prevention organization with a focus on stopping youth drug use before it starts, will be offering a Mental Health First Aid course in the Verde Valley. Mental Health First Aid Training in Camp Verde This 8-hour Mental Health First Aid training is open to the community and is ideal for anyone interested in helping an individual experiencing a mental health crisis. Participants will learn how to identify common signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance use, connect with those in crisis, and practice non-judgmental listening techniques. This free, in-person class is scheduled…