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Verde River Watershed receives higher grade
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (325+ words) Restoration work across the Verde River Watershed is helping heal its landscapes, according to the newly released 2025 Verde River Watershed Report Card. The report shows that the condition of upland areas like grasslands and forests has improved from a D…...
Sedona's Year in Review
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1780+ words) " The city of Sedona released the second online survey for new Western Gateway master plan for the city-owned former Sedona Cultural Park site; 82% said they wanted to see a city park. " James Arthur Ray, 67, a self-styled self-help "guru" whose sweat…...
Sedona is and has always been a hotbed of a conspiracy theories
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (298+ words) Whenever there's a big national news event, a national news event that affects Sedona and the Verde Valley or a news item that's hard to explain in simple terms, conspiracy theories are bound to follow. These theories are compounded in…...
Ariz. Gov. Hobbs expands access to COVID-19 vaccine
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (423+ words) On Sept. 19, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced that the Arizona Department of Health Services issued a standing order ensuring access to the 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine for all Arizonans ages 6 months and older. This standing order serves as a prescription to help enable…...
Brian Fultz to run for mayor of Sedona in 2026
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) The 2026 election season in Sedona is already beginning to take shape. Councilman Brian Fultz announced his intention to run for mayor, asking voters to elevate him to the city's top elected office. Meanwhile, Councilman Pete Furman has confirmed he will…...
U.S. Forest Service crews responding to wildfire southeast of Sedona
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (61+ words) Firefighters are responding to a wildfire located approximately 2 miles directly east of the Village of Oak Creek atop Horse Mesa located 6 miles southeast of Sedona. The size of the Woods Fire is yet to be determined, but the fire is…...
'Turquoise Alert' issued for girl from Hawai’i later found by Cottonwood police in women's shelter
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (443+ words) The Arizona Department of Public Safety issued the state's first-ever "Turquoise Alert" at 10:01 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, in connection with a 6-year-old girl, Violet Coultas-Benson, who had been taken from Hawaii by her mother, Sarah Coultas, 48. According to the Cottonwood Police…...
Sedona burglary suspect Adam Sheafe linked to New River homicide of Pastor Bill Schonemann
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (1045+ words) The Sedona Police Department, working with other law enforcement agencies, apprehended 49-year-old Adam Christopher Sheafe near Gambel Lane in the Chapel area at approximately 9:49 p.m., on Wednesday, April 30, following a multi-hour manhunt. Sheafe has now been named as a suspect in…...
Residents may get to vote on Sedona Cultural Park fate
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (547+ words) Although the Sedona City Council has yet to vote on a new master plan for the Sedona Cultural Park two years after buying it, Sedona residents may now get a vote on the park's future. The Western Gateway is the…...
US Sen. Ruben Gallego warns of cuts to Medicare and Medicaid by DOGE at Y-AN Town Hall
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (488+ words) U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego [D] held a town hall at the Yavapai-Apache Nation on April 17, introduced by Yavapai-Apache Nation Tribal Council Chairwoman Tanya Lewis. Gallego focused his remarks on health care in Northern Arizona and the importance of Medicare and Medicaid,…...