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Scorpions golfers hit the links for 2025 season

The Sedona Red Rock High School varsity golf team teed off their 2025 season at Agave Highlands Golf Course in Cornville with a match against Chino Valley, Holbrook and Camp Verde on Feb. 25, which was followed by a...

River runs through the competition

Seventeen-year-old mountain biker River Valdez of Sedona finished in third place in the 2024 USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Championships in July at at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania and in 16th place at the 2024 UCI...

DFFM hosts Firewise workday at Coffee Pot subdivision

Hand crews from Diablo Canyon and Phoenix and inmates working under the authority of the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management conducted brush removal around the Cottages at Coffeepot homeowners’ association on the morning of Feb. 3. “Coffee Pot...

Scorpion Softball to build on experience from last season

The Sedona Red Rock High School’s softball team was scheduled to begin the season against the St. John Paul II Lions at home on Feb. 26, followed by a game against the Mayer Wildcats on Feb. 28. Pitcher Natalie Juan...

A cleaner quicker Sedona 

When most people have an unsatisfactory experience with a business, they might leave an online review. Sedona resident Debbie Johnson did something else in October 2014. “So I bought a car wash, and was there with me every minute...

Big Park Council discusses APS powerline at meeting

Between 175 and 200 people attended the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council nonprofit’s meeting at the Village of Oak Creek Church of the Nazarene on Wednesday, Feb. 19, to discuss Arizona Public Service’s proposed new 13.7-mile transmission line between...

Scorpions hope diamond plays lead to glorious days

The Sedona Red Rock High School Scorpion baseball team will play their season opener at home on Wednesday, March 5, at 3:45 p.m. This will be the first season for the program’s new coach, Jim Filbin, who will be...

Sedona-Oak Creek School District gives end-of-season basketball awards

Sedona Red Rock High School held an end-of-season award ceremony for the varsity, junior varsity and middle school basketball teams on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 13. The girls’ team under the leadership of first year Head Coach Becca...

Glomski talks Verde Valley wine history

Eric Glomski, founder of Page Springs Vineyards in Cornville, gave a talk on the viticultural history of the Verde Valley and the role of Sedona area settler Heinrich “Henry” Schuerman on Thursday, Feb. 13, as part of the Sedona...

County and school officials give updates in VOC

Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Nikki Check , Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Tom Swaninger, Ph.D., and Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office representatives were guests at the nonprofit Big Park Regional Coordinating Council monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13. ◼️ Check...

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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