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Rogers looks to rename SR260 for Donald Trump

In the new state legislative session, Arizona Sen. Wendy Rogers pre-filed Arizona Senate Concurrent Memorial 1001 on Dec. 16, which “urges” the Arizona Department of Transportation to designate State Route 260 as the Donald J. Trump Highway and...

Weekend of Service kicks off

Volunteer Sedona will be starting 2025 with its inaugural Weekend of Service, which will run from Thursday, Jan. 16, through Monday, Jan. 20. The event coincides with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and is intended to echo...

Check arrives at Yavapai County

Newly-elected Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Nikki Check was sworn in for her four-year term in Prescott on Dec. 16. The first meeting of the new board is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 8. The sole Democrat on the board, Check...

Bridge of Mercy pantry looks for new space

Bridge of Mercy, a Verde Valley nonprofit food pantry currently located in the Hope Community Church at 412 N. 10th Street in Cottonwood, will be leaving its location at the end of January and is looking for a new...

New annual pass coming for Sedona rec sites

The Coconino National Forest and its concessionaire ExplorUS announced on Wednesday, Dec. 18, that they will be discontinuing the current $45 Grand Annual Pass that allows entry to the Call of the Canyon, West Fork, Crescent Moon Ranch and...

USAF veteran Elizabeth Pedroza joins SPD

Elizabeth Pedroza is one of two new officers who joined the Sedona Police Department this month. She started on Dec. 22 alongside new hire Robert Joyce. Officer Kevin Hudspeth, a 19-year veteran of the SPD, retired Dec. 23. “I want to...

Arizona Corporation Commission OKs rate hikes annually

The Arizona Corporation Commission approved a policy statement on Dec. 3 giving the state’s 300 utility companies the option to request annual increases based on formula rate-making without having to go through the usual two-to-three-year process required to apply...

CSA Jack Ross honored by the city of Sedona

“Captain” Jack Ross has retired as a community services aide with the city of Sedona and the Sedona Police Department as of Dec. 3, after having started in the role in April 2022. “The entire council will know Jack Ross....

Residents driven to give back

Since 2014 Luis Guevara and Bill Meyer have been running a program they call “Cruising and Blessing” to provide direct aid to Verde Valley families in need during Christmas. The program began when the duo were in the now-defunct...

Officer Kevin Hudspeth says farewell to Sedona Police Department

After nearly two decades with the Sedona Police Department, Kevin Hudspeth signed off the police radio for the last time at 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, and started his retirement. “It was a long journey, a lot of hard...

About Me

Joseph K. Giddens grew up in southern Arizona and studied natural resources at the University of Arizona. He later joined the National Park Service in many different roles focusing on geoscience throughout the West. Drawn to deep time and ancient landscapes he’s worked at: Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Badlands National Park and Saguaro National Park among several other public land sites. Prior to joining Sedona Red Rock News, he worked for several Tucson outlets as well as the Williams-Grand Canyon News and the Navajo-Hopi Observer. He frequently is reading historic issues of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper and daydreaming about rockhounding. Contact him at jgiddens@larsonnewspapers.com or (928) 282-7795 ext. 122.
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