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Cottonwood moves forward with annexation despite Clarkdale’s offer

Cottonwood should have 8.5 square miles of U.S. Forest Service land officially within its boundaries before the end of September, but Clarkdale Mayor Doug Von Gausig isn’t happy about it. Probably within the next two weeks, Qwest, owner of...

Update: Blaze 65 % contained

A wildfire growing in Sycamore Canyon 20 miles northwest of Sedona was burning across 3,500 acres Wednesday, Aug. 19, adding 500 acres to the burn area since noon Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Forest Service reported. The blaze was...

UPDATED: Taylor Fire grows to 700 acres

  A wildfire growing in Sycamore Canyon 20 miles northwest of Sedona was burning across 700 acres Monday, Aug. 17, adding 50 acres to the burn area since 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, the U.S. Forest Service reported. The...

Fire burns north of Sedona, smoke fills air

Smoke pours into the air as a forest fire burns north of Sedona. The Taylor Fire, which was first reported at 7:22am Sunday, August 18, is burning about 13 miles southwest of Flagstaff, according to Coconino Natinal Forest. At...

Woodchute Fire forces SR 89A closure

Smoke engulfed Jerome and blanketed the Verde Valley on Monday afternoon, Aug. 10, as the Woodchute Fire on Mingus Mountain raged on, forcing officials to close the highway over the mountain. The fire started July 19 and the U.S....

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E. Lynn Riordan named Sedona associate magistrate

The law west of Oak Creek is increasingly in the hands of a Verde Valley native, Judge Earlda Lynn...

Kevin Schindler talks Pluto discovery

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler followed Sedona-based author Diane Phelps Budden’s talk on Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto during...
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