News across Yavapai County
State grants $2.66M to arts and culture
Verde Valley nonprofits receive $85,660 from public and private funds A one-time legislative appropriation of $2 million in support of Arizona’s arts and culture sector is reaching communities throughout the state with today’s announcement of grants awarded to nonprofit…
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Published September 25Journalist Annette McGivney revisits the sweat lodge deaths near Sedona in “Plastic Shaman”
In her latest book, McGivney recounts how a 2009 retreat led by rising New Age star James Arthur Ray ended with three people dead after hours in a haphazard sweat lodge.
School mountain bike clubs compete at Fort Tuthill kickoff races
The Sedona School Mountain Bike Club and Mingus School Mountain Bike Club were represented well at the Arizona Cycling Association’s kickoff event at Fort Tuthill County Park in Flagstaff alongside 1,000 students representing 62 statewide teams on Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday,…
Yavapai College unveils new dorms
Units can house up to 24 students at the Verde Campus in Clarkdale Students at Yavapai College’s Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale will have new living options, with the opening of two new dorm buildings, five recreational-vehicle pads and five student-built tiny homes. “Today we…
ICE provides info on arrests
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency released an update late Tuesday, Sept. 22, about the two men arrested in West Sedona on Saturday, Sept. 19. Mexican nationals Gildardo Sanchez Sanchez, 44, and Salomon Nava Cosme, 52, were arrested by agents for allegedly…
Big Park closing date delayed
Maybe the third time is the charm, as the $10 million sale of the former Big Park Community School to buyer Basil Maher was extended for the third time following a unanimous 5-0 vote by the Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board on Sept. 16. Both the buyer and the…
Slide Rock reopens for fall
Waters open for swimming, but not recommended by state park officials “Slide Rock State Park is completely open,” Arizona State Parks & Trails spokeswoman Michelle Thompson said Friday, Sept. 18. “There’s no closures at all.” Swimming in Oak Creek at Slide Rock State Park…
Prescott High School recognixed
Prescott School District: Congratulations to our high school science teacher, Stacy Rosenbaum and students for earning a High Science Growth Award for the Southwest Region from the Office for Education Policy at the University of [...]
Sedona Police Department hosts community event Oct. 3
It’s nearly time for the Sedona Police Department to fire up the grill for its Community Outreach Event at the Sedona Posse Grounds Hub, located at 525 Posse Ground Road, on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m. “It was formerly known as ‘National Night Out’ in Sedona. It’s very…
Sisters Shelby and Sheryl Lauded for Outstanding Cooking at Prescott Senior Citizens Center
Congratulations to these two sisters,Shelby and Sheryl on doing an outstanding job @ the Senior Center in Prescott. Come out and enjoy some fun and social activities of puzzle games, chair exercise, dominoes, checkers and more. [...]
Verses in the Village Poetry Reading returns
On Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m. the Verses in the Village poetry readings resumes at Tlaquepaque in Patio las Campanas with a show featuring powerful local poet Michelle Barry, Phoenix area poet Shawnte Orion, and snatches of song from Village of Oak Creek musicians the Village…
UPPER SULLIVAN CANYON PERMANENTLY PROTECTED
Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with the Town of Chino Valley, Prescott Climbers Coalition, and Yavapai County, announced the permanent protection of Upper Sullivan’s Canyon ...