Sedona, AZ- – Keep Sedona Beautiful will host a candidate forum at the KSB EcoHub at 360 Brewer Road in on Thursday, May 21st, from 5pm to 7pm. Two mayoral and four city council candidates will discuss their views, hopes and plans for Preserving the Wonder of our remarkable community. Learn how candidates will help city government serve the natural environment essential to Sedona citizens and visitors. Audience questions will follow the main program. All are welcome, but seating is limited to room capacity, so arrive early to ensure parking and seating. For additional information contact the KSB office at 928-282-4938 or ksb@keepsedonabeautiful.org
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EDONA, Ariz. – The city invites the public to its next artist reception on Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located at 102 Roadrunner Dr. to view Ruth Austin’s exhibit, replete with joyful, nature-inspired mixed media collages. Special musical guest will be award-winning Chapman Stick player, Michael Kollwitz. Austin, a native New Yorker, spent her later childhood years in Flagstaff. From a young age, art became an avenue of joy, which is seen now in her blend of graphic design precision with textured mixed media collages. She took every possible art class since…
Download the MazeMap Application to Better Navigate the Campuses Prescott, Arizona — Finding one’s way around Yavapai College’s Prescott and Verde Valley campuses just became much easier with the introduction of digital wayfinding. Students, community members and other visitors may now use their phones to scan a QR code to download the MazeMap application. Multiple outdoor signs will populate parking lots and other locations across both campuses, inviting students and visitors to “Explore YC.” The signs will feature a QR code that, when scanned with one’s phone camera, will invite users to download the MazeMap application for their respective location. Just be sure to initialize location tracking for the application once installed.…
By David Stéphen If those that are suing OpenAI for AI psychosis and delusion can prove in court that artificial intelligence is a digital mind or that AI has some form of awareness, it is likely that OpenAI would lose those cases. While Google also got sued, Google with character.ai, settled a lawsuit regarding a similar case. If Google settles, knowing what might come at them for preponderance of the evidence that AI is a mind, it may pressure OpenAI to settle or have a rougher trial, and then much more cases, maybe. Sedona, AZ — Anthropic has become the only hope…
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, meet Tony. He is ready to serve. He wants your vote in the July 21 Sedona City Council election. Sedona, AZ — Friends and neighbors, My name is Tony Hauserman — many of you know me as “Coach Tony.” I’m running for Sedona City Council because service has shaped my entire life… and this will be a new chapter in giving back to the community that has given me so much. I’ve been part of this community for 26 years. I raised my kids here, and I have contributed to the betterment of our town by volunteering for the…
By Rabbi Alecia 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. – Today, the Yavapai County Superior Court ruled against the city in the lawsuit, City of Sedona v. Save Sedona Committee, concerning the proposed Cultural Park Preservation Act initiative. City Council will review the decision in an executive session on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 3 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. Note: discussion during executive sessions is not open to the public. For more information on the lawsuit, go to https://www.sedonaaz.gov/Home/Components/News/News/6760/473.
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…
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…