The Sedona Fire District has responded to more backcountry calls in 2021 than it has in any of the previous five years, surpassing the 2020 figure with more than three months left in 2021.
As of Sept. 24, when SFD...
Following the April 29 Sedona Red Rock News article entitled “Runner looking for trail hero,” about a semi-anonymous Good Samaritan who carried an injured runner to safety, the Good Samaritan has been identified.
The trail hero is Even Rogers, who...
Last week’s rains left many dry creek beds just the opposite, which led to rescuers pulling a driver to safety after attempting to cross a flooded area. On Jan. 16, Sedona Fire District responded to a...
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office led a crew who rescued a 25-year-old Sedona man a stranded nine hours atop a lofty rock ledge on Lizard Head Rock on Friday, Oct. 23. The hiker had been mountain biking in the...
A Rimrock couple hung on for their lives Monday, Feb. 23, after their ATV was suddenly swept into the cold waters of West Beaver Creek. They were treated at Verde Valley Medical Center for possible hypothermia, and the female...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic response, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District has been operating with about 50% fewer bus drivers;...
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