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Draft sustainability plan shows 35% progress in four years

The draft of the city of Sedona’s new municipal sustainability plan is out for review and has been expanded from 14 pages to 24 pages since the original plan was released in February 2020. The 2020 plan set out...

State climatologist hopes for wet winter

The Arizona State Climate Office held its monthly webinar on Sept. 21, ahead of the end of the water year, which runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, and the close of the monsoon on Sept. 30. “Fortunately, this monsoon...

July’s heat broke records across Arizona

Erinanne Saffell, director of the Arizona State Climate Office, discussed the record-breaking heat that engulfed the Southwest this summer, as well as the relative lack of precipitation, during a monthly webinar on Thursday, Aug. 17. “Most locations in Arizona had...

‘Failed monsoon’ is not the future

The good news is, climatologists don’t think these last two historically dry monsoons in a row represent the future of the Southwest monsoon. The bad news is, researchers believe other parts of the year will get drier. The 2020 Southwest monsoon...

We must adapt; Mother Nature plays no favorites

Last week, residents of Sedona and Verde Valley noticed a thickening of high-altitude smoke in our skies that lingered several days through the weekend. Normally when this happens, we reporters check with our local fire agencies about wildfires and check...

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Sedona Charter School girls help spread positivity 

The Sedona Charter Schools Girls on the Run program held its annual community service project in West Sedona on...

Council loosens some ADU rules, others take effect Jan. 1

The Sedona City Council began the process of bringing Sedona’s codes governing accessory dwelling units into conformity with recent...
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