On a break from heated Arizona Legislature budget sessions, State Senator Steve Pierce painted a bleak picture to the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council. “A lot of things we’ve been accustomed to, we can’t afford,” he told the...
Jesse Perez is detailing a Toyota Sienna minivan at the Enterprise car rental agency in West Sedona when this reporter and photographer Michele Bradley Pacheco pounce on him for the weekly @Random column. Perez was born in Holtville, Calif.,...
In their first exhibition swim meet of the season the Sedona Swordfish got off the blocks in style with several first-place finishes against the Cottonwood Clippers, giving themselves the victory even though no team point totals were calculated. “It...
Political games at the state level over fiscal year budget 2009-10 are boiling across city lines. As next year’s state budget remains an unknown, Sedona administrators — who depend on state funds — are trying their best to establish...
Yavapai County supervisors aren’t quite ready to lift the county hiring freeze even though county staff anticipates a balanced fiscal year 2009-10 budget. Yavapai County Administrator Julie Ayers asked the board Monday, June 15, if it felt comfortable lifting...
Angela Thomas is taking over as the local coordinator for the Toys for Tots program following the retirement of...
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