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Kirkpatrick proposes tax credit for local news

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The last 10 or 15 years have been tough for local news outlets. Beginning over a decade ago, big digital platforms like Facebook and Google started siphoning advertising dollars from local media markets, but without replacing the coverage of local...
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Verde Connect survey finds historic sites

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A team of archaeologists hired by Yavapai County to survey the Verde Connect project area between State Route 260 and Beaverhead Flat Road discovered five previously unrecorded prehistoric and historic sites, including two new prehistoric sites deemed significant enough...
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Roadside fires surge in Verde Valley this year

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If you’ve been noticing a lot of scorched patches along the highways this year, it’s not just your imagination: It’s been an unusually bad year for roadside fire. Brian Steinhardt, zone fire management officer for Coconino and Prescott National Forests,...
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Arizona State Parks adds mask mandate for visitors

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Following Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s June 29 executive order closing some businesses again to slow the spread of COVID-19, Michelle Thompson, public information officer for Arizona State Parks, said that as of June 30 the state parks currently open...
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Coconino County keeps phone warrants policy secret

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Before the coronavirus upended life in Arizona, the Sedona Red Rock News was trying to learn Coconino County Attorney Bill Ring’s policies for obtaining search warrants for drivers’ mobile devices following traffic incidents. Ring is responsible for setting these...
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René briefly shuts to clean

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René at Tlaquepaque, an upscale French continental restaurant, is temporarily closed for deep cleaning and employee screening after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Wendy Lippman, Tlaquepaque’s resident partner and general manager, said that René closed voluntarily after a worker...
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Legal pot advocates confident heading into petition deadline

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Proponents of the Smart and Safe Arizona Act ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for adult use are feeling buoyant about the measure’s chances as the July 2 deadline for submitting petition signatures approaches. Stacy Pearson, spokeswoman for Smart and Safe...
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USFS short stop permits move forward

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The Coconino National Forest is moving forward with a permit system for commercial tour groups that take bathroom and photo breaks at developed recreation sites in the Red Rock Ranger District en route to other destinations. On June 10, Coconino...
Sedona News

Sedona Chamber of Commerce bets on quiet skies

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought the skies above Sedona to an unfamiliar level of quiet as all varieties of air traffic significantly slowed — everything from international overflights to jaunts in private two-seaters — when various states’ stay-at-home proclamations were...
County News

No COVID outbreak reported at local nursing homes

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In May, five Phoenix-area news outlets sued the Arizona Department of Health Services over the state’s refusal to release data on COVID-19 infections and deaths from individual nursing homes in Arizona. Less than a week after a Maricopa County Superior...
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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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