Sedona AZ (January 15, 2019) – Sustainability, land use planning, traffic and preventing crime are just some of the major initiatives and issues addressed by the Sedona City Council and city employees. One of the best ways residents can learn about community issues is to participate in the annual Sedona Citizens Academy.
Author: Tommy Acosta
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By Ted GrussingSo, this photography class I am teaching with 7th and 8th graders is really a lot of fun, but it is a little difficult to go far without cameras … like with no iPhone and no camera, it is difficult to do the assigned shooting for class, and the school only has two cameras for the kids to use. Most of us still have one or more older digital cameras from years ago that still work perfectly fine, but have purchased the latest and greatest cameras and the older ones are consigned to drawers and closets because having the newer…
Sedona AZ (January 12, 2019) – Organizers of Sedona Women’s March have announced the 3rd annual march for January 19, 2019, starting at 1PM. Marchers will gather at the National Bank of Arizona, 1470 W State Route 89A (by Whole Foods) in West Sedona and march to Vino di Sedona, 2575 SR89A, to rally there, on the back patio. The march has become an annual event following the 2016 presidential election, with marches taking place in cites all across the nation. “We marched in 2017 in response to the anti-woman, anti-immigrant, anti-tolerance climate that had developed during the presidential campaign and…
Cottonwood AZ (January 12, 2019) – On Thursday January 24th at 7 pm at Studio B in Old Town Center for the Arts in Cottonwood there will be a celebration of the birthday of author and environmental activist Ed Abbey. Several of Sedona’s most notable voices will lend their talents so that the words of Edward Abbey can be heard once again. Abbey’s works, both fiction and essays concern themselves with preserving America’s wilderness and bolstering individual liberties. Abbey’s most famous works were the nonfiction classic Desert Solitaire and the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang a call to militant defense of the earth. Abbey was…
A pound of Heroin and half pound of meth taken off the Streets and away from 3 children living at the dealer’s homeCottonwood AZ (January 11, 2019) – The release of this information was delayed due to the ongoing investigation involving detectives from the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force (PANT).On December 19, 2018, 39-year-old Jairo Chavez-Rodriguez was arrested at a Cottonwood area service station for Possession of Dangerous Drugs for Sale (meth) and Possession of Narcotic Drugs for Sale (heroin). In the week’s prior, PANT detectives had developed information regarding drug sales involving Chavez-Rodriguez in the Cottonwood area. Detectives…
By Carson RalstonCamp Verde AZ (January 11, 2019) – Join us in the Founders Room at 9:15 on Wednesday, January 23rd for the next class in a series of writing and publishing classes taught by professional writers and sponsored by the Glorybound Christian Writer’s Association.
Sedona AZ (January 11, 2019) – The Sedona Historical Society (SHS) is offering a special introductory membership program for first-time members for a limited time in 2019. First-time members (only) are invited to join at “Supporting” level for half-price, or just $50 (usual is $100). A “Supporting” member will enjoy all the benefits of membership at this level for the first year, including free Sedona Heritage Museum admission, guest passes, newsletter, Gift Shop and history tours discounts and complimentary membership in North American Reciprocal Museums (NARM).
By Virginia Volkman, Library DirectorSedona AZ (January 11, 2019) – Just in time to ward off the post-holiday blues and to brighten up some otherwise dreary and wet days, the quilts are up and visitors and residents are flocking in to see them.This year, Sedona Public Library’s Annual Quilt Show once again showcases the creativity of our local quilters against the architectural beauty of the Library. The show runs through Thursday, February 14.
Sedona AZ (January 11, 2019) – Get some fresh air, exercise and a lot of brownie points for helping your community. And a free lunch.Volunteers are needed to complete trail work at Sedona Bike Skills Park. Local bike shop owners and city staff will host a volunteer day Jan. 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the park to get things ship shape before thousands of riders descend this spring. Volunteers will move dirt, pack dirt, shape trails, and perform other duties with special attention needed on the dual slalom track.
By Carson RalstonCamp Verde AZ (January 11, 2019) – Join us in the Founders Room at Camp Verde Community Library at 5:30 pm on Thursday, January 17th for a free class showing how to use essential oils and vision boards to start the New Year off right!
Cottonwood AZ (January 11, 2019) – In the latter part of April 2018 Cottonwood detectives took a fraud report involving Old Town Association. During the investigation detectives learned 50 year-old, Traci Ann Koelzer was the Treasurer for OTA and is the suspect. The financial loss exceeds one hundred thousand dollars.
By Ted Grussing… it was a beautiful day in Sedona when I took off this afternoon, but by the time I got half way to the peaks I was dodging snow showers. It was a place of intense beauty up there and further to the right of this image the ground was covered pretty much by low level clouds with volcanic cinder cones popping up through the low clouds. Most of the plateau all the way to the Grand Canyon was blanketed by the clouds on the west side of northbound US 89. The north rim was bathed in sunlight…
By Lauren Browne, Citizen Engagement Coordinator Sedona AZ (January 10, 2019) – As a resident of Sedona you probably know that the city has a lot of big issues we’re working on such as traffic, affordable housing and sustainable tourism, just to name a few. These topics are the types of issues that affect quality of life in Sedona, ones which are the topic of many a dinner party discussion with friends and neighbors. If you would like an inside look at City Hall operations, and to gain an understanding of how each city department approaches its day to day operations,…
Clarkdale AZ (January 10, 2019) – Time to get moving and come out to the Clarkdale Contra Dance, Saturday January 19th at the Clarkdale Clubhouse, 19 N. 9th St. at 9th and Main streets, 6:30-10:00PM. If you can walk, you can contra! Warm up your toes to the live tunes of Just Desserts, with Kari Usher calling. All ages and experience levels are welcome and you don’t need to bring a partner.
By Carson RalstonCamp Verde AZ (January 10, 2019) – Join us in the Terracotta Room at Camp Verde Community Library at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, January 22nd for free presentation of the program “The Orphan Trains – Foundlings on the Frontier.”The Arizona Humanities Council has funded a 4-city tour of the multi-media program “Riders on the Orphan Train – Foundlings on the Frontier” in January and February, 2019. Public libraries in Clifton, Globe, Camp Verde, and Coolidge are the selected sites.Few people today know much about the largest child migration in history. Between 1854 and 1929 over 250,000 orphans and…