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Scott Shumaker

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Staff shortages and COVID uptick cause strain at hospitals

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On Wednesday, Dec. 8, Yavapai County Community Health Services and the Arizona Department of Health issued a joint release announcing that the first confirmed COVID-19 infection caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Arizona was recently found in...
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USFS says riparian area grazing will continue

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A legal settlement signed last month by Coconino National Forest and two watchdog groups is intended to mitigate damage from cattle grazing on sensitive streamside habitats, but it will also allow USFS to continue managed grazing in several riparian...
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Foreigners face hurdles to Sedona tourism

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On Nov. 8, the U.S. reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists from 33 countries previously barred from non-essen­tial travel to the country due to the pandemic. Will international tourists now flock back to Sedona, adding once again the notes of...
City News

Schlegel hired as Sedona’s magistrate judge

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Paul Schlegel will take the bench as Sedona’s new magistrate judge on Monday, Nov. 22. The Sedona City Council approved a two-year contract for Schlegel at its Oct. 26 meeting. He replaces Magistrate Judge Lisa Parsons, who stepped down in...
Sedona News

Local kids can get COVID vaccines

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Children can be vaccinated locally against COVID-19. On Nov. 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed a Food and Drug Administration panel’s unanimous recommendation to autho­rize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, also known as Comirnaty,...
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Feds make Oak Creek a ‘critical’ snake habitat

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When a group of Arizona Conservation Corps workers were performing trail maintenance in upper Oak Creek Canyon last month, they came upon a rare sight next to an unofficial trail: Five olive gray snakes with faint reddish spots intertwined...
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Mexican gray wolf Anubis is back on the howl

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Anubis, a wide-ranging Mexican gray wolf, has returned to the Flagstaff-Sedona area after wildlife officials captured him outside Flagstaff in August and then released him in far eastern Arizona. In May, the yearling male wolf traveled over 400 miles from...
Sedona News

City OKs shade, play gear at Posse Grounds

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Shade is coming to the Posse Grounds Park playground, and if all goes as planned, it will be installed just before next summer’s heat arrives. On Oct. 26, Sedona City Council approved an agreement between the city and Play It...
Sedona News

Checking in on VOC water supplies

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Last August, the U.S. Bureau of Rec­lamation declared a Tier 1 water short­age on the Colorado River — the first time a shortage has been declared since a water-sharing agreement was ratified by seven Western states in 1944. The...
City News

Sedona letter asks USFS for OHV permit system

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The city of Sedona has informed the U.S. Forest Service that regarding powersports on public lands, the city wants to see tighter regulations and not just soft-touch measures like visitor education. During its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26, the...
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About Me

Scott Shumaker has covered Arizona news since 2012. His work has previously appeared in Scottsdale Airpark News, High Country News, The Entertainer! Magazine and other publications. Before moving to the Village of Oak Creek, he lived in Flagstaff, Phoenix and Reno, Nevada.
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