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U.S. Supreme Court overturns Martin v. Boise and permits bans on camping on public land

With all the noise and chaos following the presidential debate and the final slew of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of its current term, one ruling that will have immediate effects in Sedona and the...

No easy solution from U.S. Supreme Court case on homelessness: City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson

Since the 2018 ruling Martin v. Boise, the law regarding homelessness and city ordinances prohibiting camping on public lands has been unsettled. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Boise that governments cannot criminalize normal human activi­ties, which includes...

Council votes 6-1 to OK car camp for homeless workers

The Sedona City Council voted 6-1 to approve a zone change to allow a car camp for local homeless workers on part of the Sedona Cultural Park and to authorize the management contracts for the camp during its Tuesday,...

Yavapai County homeless kids on McKinney-Vento are staying on the program longer

The housing crisis and a lack of support from government bodies is affecting Sedona and Cottonwood school children in proportion to the number of students who are homeless and the length of time they have been recipients of support...

Homeless cope with national forest closures

Many self-described “travelers” pass through Sedona for a season before moving on. They’re free spirits, living on the cheap out of vehicles or backpacks in parking lots, or on Coconino National Forest when Sedona police, enforcing the city’s no...

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CSA Jack Ross honored by the city of Sedona

“Captain” Jack Ross has retired as a community services aide with the city of Sedona and the Sedona Police...

Residents driven to give back

Since 2014 Luis Guevara and Bill Meyer have been running a program they call “Cruising and Blessing” to provide...
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