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Joseph K Giddens

Yavapai County cuts library funds

The Yavapai County Free Library District will be decreasing the financial support it gives to municipal libraries by $475,000 over the next two years. District officials said that municipal libraries were chosen for the funding cuts because they have more...

Sedona City Council bans wildlife feeding

Feeding wildlife in Sedona will be prohibited as of Thursday, May 11, after the Sedona City Council approved a ban on the practice at its April 11 meeting. Representatives from the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Sierra Club...

Adult softball opens registration for summer league

Registration is open until Saturday, June 3, for the Sedona Parks and Recreation Department’s 2023 Adult Softball Wood Bat Recreational League. “We’re gearing up for another great summer season for both kids and adults. This year, we’re offering a wide...

SOCSD Superintendent Dearden to retire

Dennis Dearden, who serves in the dual role of Sedona-Oak Creek School District superintendent and Sedona Red Rock High School principal, announced during the May 2 Governing Board meeting that he would be retiring at the end of September. This...

Phillip Shipp carries on under full sail

At the Sedona Red Rock High School athletic field after classes let out for the day, there are dozens of kids busy training for athletic events. “Think of the competition!” and other motivational phrases are shouted back and forth among...

Yavapai County homeless kids on McKinney-Vento are staying on the program longer

The housing crisis and a lack of support from government bodies is affecting Sedona and Cottonwood school children in proportion to the number of students who are homeless and the length of time they have been recipients of support...

Sedona cyclist Gary Bohn fundraises to fight leukemia

The road seemingly goes on forever and the training never ends for Sedona resident Gary Bohn, 64, as he continues to fundraise for The Tour 21.  From Friday, June 23, through Sunday, July 16, 25 riders from across the globe...

Sedona Area Homeless Alliance makes bedrolls for local homeless

The Sedona Area Homeless Alliance has been weaving the lives of all of Sedona’s residents together since last June with its Operation BedRoll pilot program, which has the goal of turning 120,000 plastic bags into functional, portable bedding and...

Weed tax to aid Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office hiring

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office plans to request Board of Supervisors approval to spend $115,000 of its Smart and Safe Arizona funds from recreational marijuana tax collections on recruitment and retention of 911 dispatchers at the board’s meeting on...

Sedona Fire District hiring as staffers retire

The Sedona Fire District is now hiring. While the district did not specify how many positions will be open, there are currently two staff who will be retiring or resigning with another two or three potentially following them, so...

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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