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Sedona will feature on American Dream TV

The television program “The American Dream” will launch a new real estate and lifestyle segment titled “Selling Sedona” in April, which will be hosted by Kris Anderson, a Sedona native and local Realtor, and produced by Craig Sewing of...

Sedona Torch Run on April 11 supports Special Olympics

The public is encouraged to cheer on the runners for the Sedona Police Department’s 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics Arizona, which will take place on Friday, April 11, starting at 9 a.m. at the...

Ranger Station Park offers rental lawn game equipment

The city of Sedona Parks and Recreation Department installed a self-service kiosk in December to allow park visitors to rent cornhole bags, mini-golf putters with balls and ping-pong paddles and balls for $5 per hour at Ranger Station Park. Visitors...

City of Sedona hosts pickleball tourney

The city of Sedona’s inau­gural Red Rock Rally Pickleball Tournament, in collaboration with the pickleball management company Pickleball Is Great, will take place from Thursday, April 24, through Sunday, April 27, at the Posse Grounds Park pickleball courts. The tournament...

Sedona Charter School’s MMUN sets its sights on the world

The Sedona Charter School’s Montessori Model United Nations students spent the afternoon of March 10 sharing with their parents what they learned about diplomacy, foreign affairs and geography during the program, which included a trip to New York City...

Disney writer speaks at SHM

Sedona entertainer Dev Ross gave a presentation on her experience as “Disney’s First Female Writer” on Thursday, March 13, at the Sedona Heritage Museum. Ross said her writing and entertainment career, which included winning an Emmy in 1989 for her...

Two recite at Poetry Out Loud

Sedona Red Rock High School juniors Glenna Barnes and Iolani Sutton were among the nine contestants in the 20th annual Poetry Out Loud state finals on Saturday, March 8, at Arizona State University’s Memorial Union in Tempe. Poetry Out...

Elon Musk’s DOGE to close Camp Verde’s National Park Service Office

The Department of Government Efficiency website announced on Thursday, March 6, that it would be vacating the General Services Administration’s lease for the administrative headquarters and shared maintenance facility used by Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments, located at...

SRRHS track and field hopes to boost quality with variety

The Sedona Red Rock High School boys’ track and field team ran their first meet of the season on March 5 at Notre Dame Preparatory High School in Scottsdale. Junior Chokyi Carstens won the 1,600 meters with a time of...

SRRHS teens to attend leadership camps

Sedona Red Rock High School juniors Glenna Barnes and Logan Jankowski have been selected to take part in the 78th annual American Legion Auxiliary Arizona Girls’ and Boys’ State Leadership Conference this summer, and sophomore Bruno Garcia has been...

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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