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Juliana Walter

Voters given the option for ‘home rule’

The Home Rule Option will be on the ballot in August. The Sedona City Council voted on the Alternative Expenditure Limit at their last special council meeting on March 22. “Without Home Rule, the city would be limited in the strides...

Film fest up 56% over 2021

The Sedona International Film Festival more than double the attendees at this year’s regularly scheduled festival than the rescheduled festival last June. If it seemed like all the hotel bookings and traffic from SIFF came back quicker than usual, it’s...

Ortega wins officer of year

The Sedona Police Department honored Detective Aldo Ortega with the Officer of the Year award last week. “It’s been thus far one of my greatest honors. I pride myself on achieving my own American dream,” Ortega said. “And then this...

Sedona gets $1.4M in funds

The city of Sedona will receive $1.4 million for construction projects from the recently proposed Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022. Police Station The first project reaping the benefits of these funds is the police station’s expansion and renovation. With the Congressionally...

City hopes pool use won’t dip

With Arizona gearing up for its infamously hot summer, the city of Sedona’s Parks and Recreation Department is discussing how to safely get more people in the water at the Sedona Community Pool. No More Limited Attendance The Sedona Community Pool...

Sedona’s housing inventory is down to 15%

Sedona’s available housing market has dropped to just 15% of the city’s regular housing inventory. “We were running probably an average of 200 active listings at any given time, sometimes a little more. Right now, we’re right around 30,” Drew...

USFS rejects OHV proposal

The city of Sedona will continue to discuss timed entries onto forest lands for off-highway vehicles with the U.S. Forest Service even after officials rejected the city’s request. After Coconino National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West wrote to the city...

Council discusses Home Rule

The city of Sedona would only be able to keep its high multi-million-dollar budget if the Home Rule Option is put on the August ballot and approved. Although no members of the public spoke during the public hearing, the Sedona...

Business faces loss after 179 sewer backup

The Center for the New Age is looking at thousands of dollars in damage after city sewer backup on Friday, March 4. “I have one whole unit where we had demolition. They had to take all the wallboard out and...

Chamber CEO resigns post

After just over a year as the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau’s President and CEO Candace Carr Strauss has resigned from her position effec­tive March 9. The resignation came as a shock to many in the community as...

About Me

Juliana Walter was born and raised on the East Coast, originating from Maryland and earning her degree in Florida. After graduating from the University of Tampa, she traveled all over the West for months before settling in Sedona. She has previously covered politics, student life, sports and arts for Tampa Magazine and The Minaret. When she’s not working, you can find Juliana hiking and camping all over the Southwest. If you hear something interesting around the city, she might also find it interesting and can be contacted at jwalter@larsonnewspapers.com.
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