Artist Ben Wright poses for a photo among his art on Wednesday, Jan. 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Light shines through a break in the the clouds behind Courthouse Butte as snow falls on Tuesday night, Dec. 13. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Verde Valley School students Patricia Jin, of China, left, and Morgan Daniel, of Nevada, clean a bicycle as part of the schoolÕs Interact Club on Thursday, Feb. 10. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Southbound State Route 179 is closed between Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek due to a single vehicle accident on an icy bridge late Wednesday night, Feb. 23. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A biker does jumps at the pump park at Posse Grounds Park during the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival on Saturday, March 5. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Red Rockin’ Dinos and Friends during the 50th anniversary Sedona St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 12. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Florentine Appelhans finishes the Verde Valley SchoolÕs Dream Run on Saturday, April 9. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Students and advisors dance in the center of the circle during the SPROM at Sedona Red Rock High School on Friday, April 22. The SPROM was put on by the National Honors Society for students in the special education class. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Nataliia Beliak recalls her escape from Malyn, Ukraine, where she lived almost her whole life before Russian forces entered the city, 50 miles northwest of the capital of Kyiv. With her two children, Aleksandra and Kirill, she left much of her family behind as they crossed the Polish border. Eventually they made their way to Sedona to stay with her longtime friend, Khrystyna Kozyuk. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Ballet Folklorico De Colores performs at Tlaquepaque North during the Cinco de Mayo Celebration on Saturday, May 7. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Atlas Branch, 10, jumps out of the inflatable slide during the eighth annual VOC Community BBQ at Village of Oakcreek Association Park on Saturday, May 14. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Decker. performs during the Sedona “VortiFest” Music Festival & Experience at Sedona Red Rock High School on Saturday, Sept. 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Kids wait for for their preschool graduation to start at Precious Stones Preschool on Thursday, May 26. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Dark clouds above Thunder Mountain on Friday, June 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Kids slide down the pool water slide during the city of SedonaÕs Fourth of July celebration Wet Fest at the Sedona Community Pool on Monday, July 4. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Jayden Hidalgo, 11, inks his comic on the lightbox during the Comics & Visual Storytelling camp at the Hub at Posse Grounds Park on Friday, July 8. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Sedona firefighters work to put out a house fire on Canyon Drive on Wednesday, July 20. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A hummingbird escapes capture during the banding demonstration as part of the Sedona Hummingbird Festival on Saturday, July 30 at Lenore HemingwayÕs Pine Valley home. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
The Space X Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent as seen from the Sedona Red Rock High School soccer field during a game on Thursday, Oct. 27. The rocket, carrying 53 Starlink satellites, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 6:14:10 p.m. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Twins Matteo and Axel Reyes hug each other at AxelÕs desk while a classroom volunteer tries to coax Matteo back to his classroom on their first day of kindergarten at West Sedona School on Thursday, Aug. 4. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Wildflowers bloom under Coffee Pot Rock on on Wednesday Aug. 17. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Sedona police arrest the driver of one vehicle after t-boning the red Hyundai Sonata at Airport Road and 89A on Thursday, Sept. 22. Two people in the red Hyundai Sonata were injured and taken by ambulance to Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A double rainbow over Gibraltar Rock on Sunday, Oct. 16. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Covered in dust, sculptor Daniel Newman poses for a photo in front of his home workshop door after working all morning. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Sunlight hits the tip of Gibraltar Rock the morning after a snowy night on Monday, Dec. 12. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
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