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Joseph K Giddens

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...

Optimum gives $60K to Sedona, Camp Verde schools

Telecommunications provider Optimum, a brand of Altice, donated $30,000 to the Sedona-Oak Creek School District during a presentation on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. SOCSD staff plan to use the donation to purchase 101 Chromebooks for...

Christensen and Waldrop join Sedona Fire District board

During the Sedona Fire District Governing Board Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, Diana Christensen and Lance Waldrop were sworn in as new members, succeeding Janet Jablow and former Chairman Dave Soto. The SFD Governing Board is a public body that...

DeMuro conquers Cathedral Rock with a highline

Lorenzo DeMuro spent the weekend of Oct. 19 and 20 BASE jumping, rock climbing and highlining at Cathedral Rock. Highlining is a sport that involves balancing on a line strung between two elevations at heights greater than 30 feet,...

Sondráya shares poetry with WSS 1st-graders

“Love is something that you give it away, you end up having more,” sang Sondráya Bradley, who goes by the pen name Sondráya, while performing at West Sedona School on Tuesday, Dec. 10, as part of the city of...

Santa and Mrs. Claus go behind the scenes

Being given the assignment to interview Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus felt like a premise for a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie. While I walked away from this story with a rekindled holiday spirit and goodwill to all, I did so...

Menorah lighting will celebrate Hanukkah

People of all faiths and walks of life are welcome to the annual menorah lighting ceremony to celebrate the fourth night of Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 29, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Patio Del Norte at Tlaquepaque, located...

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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