Facebook Instagram RSS X

HOME
STORIES
SPORTS
OPINION
CLASSIFIEDS
OBITUARIES
PHOTOS
BLOGS
SUBSCRIPTIONS
- VACATION STOP
- SUBSCRIBE
STR MAP

Search

Facebook Instagram RSS X

95.1 F

Sedona

Friday, August 28, 2026

Sign in

Welcome! Log into your account

your username

your password

Forgot your password? Get help

Password recovery

Recover your password

your email

A password will be e-mailed to you.

Sedona Red Rock News

HOME
STORIES
- All City News County News Human Interest In Other News Top News Village of Oak Creek
  
  County News
  
  Yavapai County supervisors reject YCSO’s new APLRs
  
  Sedona News
  
  Big Park school closing date is extended
  
  County News
  
  Searches of Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Flock cameras top 3.2M
  
  County News
  
  Higher Learning Commission to monitor college board
SPORTS
- Sedona Sports
  
  O’Brien finds home in announcer’s box for over 20 years
  
  Sedona Sports
  
  Scorpions return to gridiron on Friday
  
  Sedona Sports
  
  SRRHS found a Ledbetter man to lead school’s swim team
  
  Sedona Sports
  
  Sedona Red Rock High School taps Justin Behrman to lead Scorpions…
  
  Sedona Sports
  
  Sedona Police hosting golf fundraiser for Special Olympics
OPINION
- Editorials & Opinions
  
  We Arizonans tend to agree on more than we disagree
  
  Editorials & Opinions
  
  We look forward to a new future with Yavapai College
  
  Editorials & Opinions
  
  Parents & students get ready to head back to school
  
  Editorials & Opinions
  
  We can all help the economic recovery after Pocket Fire
  
  Editorials & Opinions
  
  Welcome to the newly elected City Council members
CLASSIFIEDS
OBITUARIES
PHOTOS
BLOGS
SUBSCRIPTIONS
- VACATION STOP
- SUBSCRIBE
STR MAP

Multimedia
Photo Gallery

Photos of the Year 20251 min read

By

David Jolkovski

-

December 30, 2025

Share

1 of 30

Sunlight breaks through the clouds and illuminates Steamboat Rock and Acropolis on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Sedona Charter School third-grader Chloe Stumpf sings ÒClara BowÓ by Taylor Swift during SedonaÕs Got Talent presented by Parangello Players School Art Program at Sedona Performing Art Center on Thursday evening, March 6.

Sofia, 4, and her brother Ismael, 3, of Buckeye, slide down a hill at Sunset Park on Friday, March 7.

Lillian Clark, 2, and Brooklyn Bruce, 5, ride on the swing at the new Ranger Station Park playground on Saturday, March 29.

Artist Brian Walker stands in front of his paintings during his solo show at Rovang Ceramics on Friday, April 4.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks at the Sedona Arts Center parking lot during the ÒHands OffÓ protest on Saturday morning April 5.

ÒDrunk driverÓ Nic McAtee hold his head in his hands while Sedona Fire transports Jaden Kuhn during the Every 15 Minutes mock DUI presentation at Sedona Red Rock High School on Thursday, April 10.

Sedona resident Richard Factor with the LaserSETI stations he had installed on the roof of his home.

520 Dance Company performs "Raised on Little Light" during the Sedona Dance Festival at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 3.

Traveler performs during the first Red Dirt Concert in the series on Friday, May 2 at Posse Grounds Pavilion.

Daring Greatly performs during the first Red Dirt Concert in the series on Friday, May 9 at Posse Grounds Pavilion.

Andrea Arizmendi holds the letter B while waiting to enter the multipurpose room for the West Sedona School kindergarten graduation on Wednesday, May 21.

Jaden Kuhn, from left, Emily Frey, Sharadevi Abrahamson Wolvekamp

A woman walks her dog on the golf course at Oakcreek Country Club on a foggy Thursday morning, Jan. 30.

Abel Villa reacts as the Sedona Red Rock High School graduation begins on Wednesday, May 21.

James Muir thanks Fr. Ignatius Mazanowski for blessing his sculpture ÒEternalÓ during the dedication at the Chapel Road Roundabout on Friday, June 13.

Katelyn May, left, Leticia Endler, Luis Corrales and Helio Lima dance to “Santa Fe & Esmerelda” Choreographed by Nayon Iovino with music by Christel Veraart during the Sedona Choreography Retreat performance at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Friday, June 20.

A father says goodbye to his daughter before being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security after they raided Colt Grill in the Village of Oak Creek on Tuesday, July 15.

Bob Wentsch opens the door for Chloe Stumpf as she is dropped off for the first day of school at Sedona Charter School on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

Smoke billows from Horse Mesa as a Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District bus drops of a student at Jacks Canyon Road and Concho Drive during the Woods Fire in the Village of Oak Creek on Wednesday, Aug. 13.

Rob MacMullan performs during the Red Dirt Concert Series on Friday, Sept. 12 at Posse Grounds Pavilion.

Lightning strikes over Wilson Mountain as seen from Cultural Park on Thursday evening, Sept. 25.

A couple watch from a hill as Vusi Shibambo & Randy J closes out the Red Dirt Concert Series with The Fey and Sister and the Sun on Friday, Sept. 26 at Posse Grounds Pavilion.

A herd of deer cross through hole 13 during the SAVCO Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday morning Sept. 27 at Oakcreek Country Club.

Seniors celebrate winning the spirit paddle during the Sedona Red Rock High School homecoming pep rally on Friday. Oct. 10.

Sedona Dance Project dancers Ruby Lewis, from left, Jessica Phillips and Danielle McNeal use boxes during their practice of the Walk Into Beauty event honoring the sculptor John Henry Waddell on Wednesday, Oct. 22.

One of the costumed characters during Day of the Dead at Tlaquepaque on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Ruby Lewis of Sedona Dance Company performs with the sculpture ÒDancer in MotionÓ by John Henry Waddell during the event Walk Into Beauty: The Waddell Sculpture Walk at Tlaquepaque on Saturday, Nov. 8.

BOOM! Percussion Group performs during the Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration at Tlaquepaque North on Friday, Dec. 5.

David Jolkovski

After graduating with a BFA in photojournalism from the Corcoran College of Art + Design, David worked as a photographer for community newspapers in New Jersey and Phoenix and freelanced for the New York Times and The Washington Post. Prior to joining the Sedona Red Rock News, he worked as staff photographer for a nongovernmental organization working in the Caribbean and Central America.

- Advertisement -

TAGS
David Jolkovski
Photos of the year

Share

David Jolkovski

RELATED ARTICLES MORE FROM AUTHOR

Photo Gallery

Scorpions Scholarship Night

Photo Gallery

SRRJHS Soccer Championship

Photo Gallery

Celebration of Spring 2026

Reader Poll

POPULAR TODAY

County News

Yavapai County supervisors reject YCSO’s new APLRs

Joseph K Giddens - August 28, 2026

Sedona News

Big Park school closing date is extended

James T Kling - August 27, 2026

County News

Searches of Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Flock cameras top 3.2M

Joseph K Giddens - August 27, 2026

We are proud to be Sedona's newspaper of record and the largest travel, sports and source of Sedona business information for 60 years.

Facebook Instagram RSS X

CONTACT US
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS
SUBSCRIPTION HOLD
PLACE CLASSIFIED
SUBMIT A PRESS RELEASE
SUBMIT AN OBITUARY

© Larson Newspapers, LLC 2026

Will you support us?

Community news is of the upmost importance. Our reporters, photojournalists, editors, production staffers, salespeople and delivery drivers are hard at work providing you with the news coverage you need most. We ask for your support during these trying time to keep producing the best local news available.

Start out for as little as $3.

Click to Support Our Work

Go to mobile version