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Charles Cline poses for a photo while preparing food at the Elks Lodge kitchen on Friday, Jan. 6. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
The setting sun highlights the snow covered mountains as seen from Adobe Jack Trailhead on Friday, Jan. 20. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Artist Shoreigh Williams gives a demonstration during the Celebrate Sedona event and opening of the Vision & Sound: An African American Experience exhibit at the Sedona Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 1. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Players celebrate a win at the blackjack table during the Scorpion Booster ClubÕs Casino Night fundraiser at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 11. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Actors Amy Smart and Judd Hirsch introduce their co-star Carson Minniear while being interviewed about their film ÒRally CapsÓ in the Sedona International Film Festival media room on Friday, Feb. 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A tree is covered in snow in the Chase Bank parking lot in the Village of Oak Creek during the storm on Wednesday night, March 1. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Larry Allen points at the flooded bridge to the Sedona Rainbow Trout Farm in Oak Creek Canyon on Wednesday, March 15. Allen lives at Rainbow Trailer Park and utilizes this bridge often to get home. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
An ephemeral waterfall pours down the side of Oak Creek Canyon on Wednesday, March 15 as seen from Encinoso Picnic Site. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Kyra Coco and Finial Carmeci performs ÒConcerto (Pas de Deux)Ó during the American Ballet TheatreÕs Art Studios Company performance presented by Sedona Ballet at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, March 15. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
The Monks of Gaden Shartse perform the Sand Mandala Closing Ceremony at Sedonya Conscious Living Center on Friday, March 17. After the dissolution of the mandala, the blessed sand were distributed among the attendees. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Boots excitedly tells a story to a friend during his 104th birthday party at Oak Creek Estados on Sunday, March 19. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Aerialist Lilith Velarides, of Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts, gives a performance during Celebrate Sedona! at the Sedona Arts Center on Wednesday, April 5. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Sedona Fire transports a patient to the Guardian Air helicopter waiting in the parking lot of SFD Station 3 on Wednesday night, April 19. Shortly before 11 p.m. SFD responded to a motorcycle carrying two people involves in a single vehicle accident at the corner of Verde Valley School Road and Slide Rock Road. A male patient in his 30s suffered head and facial trauma and was airlifted to Flagstaff Medical Center. The second patientÕs injuries were less severe and a helicopter was not needed. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Graduates look a photo they just took together after the Sedona Red Rock High School graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 24. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Rivers Run Wild closes out the May concerts of the city of Sedona Department of Parks and RecreationÕs Red Dirt Concert Series on Friday, May 26 air Posse Grounds Pavilion. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Riley Chase Diehl laughs with Emma Kate Schwarz about their graduation glasses during the Verde Valley School commencement on Saturday, May 27. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Linnea Simpson, 9, looks up at her competition while her sister Lillie, 6, and she eat their whipped cream pies in the pie eating contest during the Sedona Parks and Recreation Wet Fest Fourth of July event on Tuesday, July 4. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Lightning strikes over Courthouse Butte during a late night thunderstorm just after midnight on Saturday morning, Aug. 12. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Dancers dance during the full moon drum circle at Yavapai Vista on Wednesday, Aug. 30. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
A rainbow hits Courthouse Butte during intermittent rain showers on Thursday evening, Aug. 31. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Festival-goers listen to Rivers Run Wild perform an acoustic set as the rain comes down during the Sedona VortiFest Music Festival and Experience at the Posse Grounds Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 2. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Sedona Fire Marshal Dori Booth explains to firefighters why she believes this is where the fire started while investigating a propane truck fire on eastbound State Route 89A on Friday, Oct. 6. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Julie Bernstein Engelmann, of Rimrock, paints during the community paint out on the last day of the Plein Air Festival at Sedona Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 28. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
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