Rachel Marjanovich leads the Radical Rebounding aerobics class at Posse Grounds Pavilion on Sunday morning, Jan 10. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Crews of the VMM-161 Squadron, known as “Greyhawks,” prepare their MV-22 Osprey for departure from the the Sedona Airport on Sunday, Jan. 10 after spending the weekend in Sedona. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
West Sedona School counselor Karen Hughes prepares for her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Kevin Eastman, of the Yavapai County Education Service Agency, at Sedona Red Rock High School on Wednesday, Jan. 13. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Snow covers top of Oak Creek Canyon on Jan 19. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Snow snarls traffic on Cook’s Hill on Monday, Jan 25. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
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The snow covered landscape on Jan. 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Cathedral Rock is covered with snow on Jan. 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Carter Pedersen, 13, wipes out while sledding down Posse Grounds Park’s Mountain Bike Skills Park’s dual slalom on Tuesday, Jan. 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Bell Rock stands above the snow covered landscape on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Bell Rock stands above the snow covered landscape on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Doe Mountain stands above the snow covered landscape on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
The snow covered landscape on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Emily Frey, 13, practices volleyball with her father, Joel, at the sand volleyball court at Posse Grounds Park on Wednesday, Feb. 14. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Workers pave Sunset Drive after Monday, March 1. The City of Sedona’s Sunset Drive Crossing Drainage Improvements included the installation of storm drainage improvements at the low-water crossing on Sunset Drive and included a new 10’ wide shared use path between S. Monte Verde Drive and Sunset Park. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Troy Casey, 13, practices tricks on his scooter at the Sedona Skate Park on Wednesday, March, 3. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Joshua Oelschlaeger, 5, flies a kite in the strong winds on Wednesday afternoon, March 3 at Posse Grounds Park. Joshua, his father Ashley and his two-year-old brother Thomas wanted a change of scenery from their Prescott home and decided to take an overnight trip to Sedona. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Sedona Firefighters take a break after an early morning house fire in the Village of Oak Creek on March 12. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Clouds wrap around Thunder Mountain on March 12. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
John Tarley, of Williamsburg, VA, flies over the jumps on the dual slalom while running the 10K during the Sedona Stumble 5K and 10K Trail Run at Posse Grounds Park on Saturday, March 20. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Davi Yuen and the Easter Bunny sees who can jump higher during the City of Sedona’s Spring Scavenger Hunt Pick-Up on Saturday, March 27 at Posse Grounds Park. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
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The Milky Way streaks across the southern sky behind Bell Rock on Wednesday morning, April 7. With warmer weather comes Milky Way season. The Galactic Center of the Milky Way will be visible earlier and earlier in the night sky until Fall. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Lower Elementary School students eat lunch in socially-distanced circles on the lawn at Sedona Charter School on Tuesday, April 13. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Sedona Red Rock High School senior Laura Landaverde carries the torch over the finish line during the Special Olympics Torch Run on Wednesday, May 5. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
A ladybug crawls on kindergartner Liah Landaverde;s forehead at West Sedona School on Wednesday, May 12. After reading “The Grouchy Ladybug” members of SedonaKind gave ladybugs to the kindergarteners to be released at the garden. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Bella Horton catches a pop-up while Leo Wesley celebrates during the coed softball game with Sedona Red Rock High School’s baseball and softball teams on Friday, May 14. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Sedona Red Rock High School graduates take a group selfie before the graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 19. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Marigold Knapp looks back while following Pepper Christensen off the stage after their ballet performance during Sedona Dance Academy’s spring show at Phillip England Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 22. Sedona Dance Academy will be offering these shows to the community and public every Winter and Spring. Sedona Dance Academy is offering week-long summer camps that teach ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, musical theater, improve and creative dance styles for ages 3-15 starting June 14.
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Moontee Sinquah performs a hoop dance at Sedona Vista Village on Saturday, May 29. Sinquah is an award-winning hoop dancer from the Hopi, Tewa, and Choctaw nations. He and his sons have traveled the world performing and competing in the traditional dance style. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Maya-Claire Carson dances while Tyler Carson performs as part of his concert series ‘Fiddler on the Rock & Friends’ at the Posse Grounds Pavilion on Friday, June 4. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Robin Karimi, 4, plays in the splash pad at Sunset Park on Wednesday, June 9. As the weather gets hotter, predicted to be 100 degrees on Saturday, the splash pad is a popular destination. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Sedona Firefighter Kyler Tarver soaks the area after they extinguished a fire in a stormwater culvert at Finley Drive near Shelby Drive on Friday, June 11. The fire was limited in its spread due to a break in vegetation, allowing SFD to knock down the one-tenth acre fire within 14 minutes of arrival on scene at 11:59 a.m. “Thanks to local citizens for using fire extinguishers at a safe location to prevent spread,” said SFD Captain Jeff Wassell. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Loretta Devine does an interview during the Sedona International Film Festival on June 18. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
As state, local and federal agencies battled two large wildfires in Coconino National Forest and several smaller fires on Monday, June 21, the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests announced full forest closures beginning Wednesday, June 23. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Smoke from the Rafael Fire covers the blue sky over Sedona on June 21. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mormon Lake Hotshots work on the burnout operations on the northeast part of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Cockscomb is silhouetted behind a ray of light made orange by the smoke of the Rafael Fire on Saturday, June 26, 2021. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Ruth Waddell in her studio on July 2. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Hoyt Henderson gets in an inflatable water wheel for a relay race during the Sedona Swim Team’s pool party at the Sedona Community Pool on Friday, July 2. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Ronin Romig, 12, plays a skills game called “landmines” during the Sedona School Mountain Biking Club’s first practice at the Village Of Oakcreek Association Community Park on Saturday, July 10. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Lightning strikes around Courthouse Butte as seen from Chavez Ranch Road during a storm on Friday evening, July 30. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Fashion designer Jackie Doyle McCarthy at her Village of Oak Creek home on Aug. 10. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Siena Cheeley, 2 1/2, watches the dancers during Sedona Public Library and Sedona Dance Academy’s Dance in the Park dance lesson at Posse Grounds Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 13. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
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Hikers walk through the stormwater drainage ditch on Tuesday evening, Aug. 17 to continue on Cathedral Rock Trail after the storm. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
As seen from Upper Red Rock Loop, a double rainbow appears over West Sedona as the sun breaks through the clouds after evening storms on Wednesday, Sept. 1. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Adoptable dog Peanut, from the Humane Society of Sedona, checks out a stuffed dog during the 13th Annual “Get Your Licks on Route 66” cross country pet adoption tour and fundraiser at PetSmart on Thursday, Sept. 9. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Seth Brown performs during the Sedona Parks and Recreation’s Red Dirt Concert series on Friday, Sept. 10 at Posse Grounds Pavilion. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Cliff Teixeira, a visiting USA Pickleball district ambassador from Rhode Island, returns the ball while playing pickleball at the VOCA tennis courts on Wednesday, Sept. 22. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Members of the International Cessna 195 Club perform the Missing Man Formation during Sedona Airport Family Fun Day on Saturday, Oct. 2 at Sedona Airport. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Jeancarlo Gonzalez, from left, Edward Guerra and Jackson Maher react as Guerra’s ping pong ball bounces around the fish bowls during the Wildcat Carnival at West Sedona School on Saturday, Oct. 9. Guerra’s ball went in, winning him a goldfish. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mike Spielman hand tosses pizza dough for the pizza oven during the Dream Concert viewing party at Verde Valley School on Saturday, Oct. 9. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Students dance during the Dream Concert viewing party at Verde Valley School on Saturday, Oct. 9. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
A festival-goer looks at paintings by Randall Chavez, of Medanales, NM, on display during the Sedona Arts Festival at Sedona Red Rock High School on Sunday, Oct. 10. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Charli Bearce, of AZ Desert Ice, gives Brynna Graham, 6, a snail fossil during the Sedona Gem and Mineral Show at Sedona Red Rock High School on Saturday, Oct. 16. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Nancy Alfieri and her dog Tusa prepare for the parade during BowWow Sedona's inaugural Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Parade at Tlaquepaque on Sunday, Oct. 24. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Mary Catania with Maddox and Bleu during BowWow Sedona's inaugural Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Parade at Tlaquepaque on Sunday, Oct. 24. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
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Stephanie Medel is crowned Homecoming Queen at Sedona Red Rock High School’s homecoming pep rally on Oct. 27. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Sedona Police stand guard while Senator Kyrsten Sinema is interviews at the Sedona Heritage Museum on Nov. 11. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Lew Hoyt in his Sedona home on Nov. 12. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
The bunny hop competition, presented by Sedona Mountain Bike Academy, with this jump clearing 44 inches at the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival on Saturday, Nov. 13 at Posse Grounds Park. This friendly competition drew a crowd of spectators during the 3-day festival. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
Sedona Fire responds to a call about a residential fire on Eagle Lane in the chapel area on Tuesday evening, Dec. 21. SPD received report of the house fire at 6:30 p.m after someone in the home and a neighbor each called 911. Upon arrival, SPD found heavy fire from the side of the house near the chimney flue. They quickly knocked down the fire and were able to enter the house to save 3 cats hiding under furniture. The two occupants and all animals were unharmed by the fire. (David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers)
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