Joseph K Giddens

Suspect trio faces 33 charges

What started as an eviction call over a short-term rental guest reportedly refusing to leave led Sedona police into an alleged organized interstate counterfeiting operation. A search of a Brewer Road short-term vacation rental in the 900 block on Sept....

Smaller P&Z projects work to approval

While three hotels are in development in Sedona city limits, along with the delayed Uptown Parking Garage, several smaller projects are working their way through the city of Sedona's planning and zoning process. Artz'N'One Artz N'One, located at 110 Oak Creek...

Gillenwater Brothers recount 1982 trek

Mules, dogs, grizzled prospectors part of journey on the future Arizona Trail With mules Grandma and Judy, a shotgun, two pistols, topographic maps, a journal, a camera, jeans, sneakers, a proclamation from then-Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt and, eventually, a stray...

Sedona City Council eyes a land trust

The city’s plan for future housing is still being built. The Sedona City Council chose not to formally adopt the city’s Balanced Housing Strategy on Oct. 13. Instead, it directed staff to develop the plan’s individual programs, such as a...

Cloustons plead guilty to federal charges in immigration case 

Brenda and Robert “Bob” Kenneth Clouston, the owners of the now shuttered Colt Grill BBQ & Spirits restaurants that included locations in Arizona and Alabama, have pleaded guilty to federal charges of knowingly hiring unauthorized immigrants to work in...

West Sedona School’s Wildcat Carnival is back with fun

PTA's event on Saturday aims to raise more than $27K for students The West Sedona School PTA's Wildcat Carnival is unleashing the fun with its annual community celebration on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at West...

Wild Steps revives Celtic-Hispanic music

Wild Steps is a Flagstaff 501(c)(3) that researches, revives and recreates the music and dance traditions of Arizona and the Southwest, then makes them available to everybody through community programs at nursing homes, schools, community centers, libraries and more,...

City sweeper will be electric

It's electric. Sedona City Council voted 5-1 on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to buy a $331,404 Multihog ECV electric sweeper from Norwood Equipment Inc., contingent on satisfactory reviews from current owners of the machine. Councilman Derek Pfaff opposed the purchase...

St. Vincent de Paul breaks ground on new Sedona pantry

Sedona's Society of St. Vincent de Paul food pantry will be moving into a new 1,500-square-foot building tentatively by the summer of 2027. About 75 attended the Oct. 14 ground-breaking ahead of the anticipated start of construction on Monday,...

2 hauled off Cathedral Rock

An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crew hoisted two out-of-state climbers off Cathedral Rock on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 16 after one of them fell, Sedona Fire District Fire Chief Ed Mezulis said. "Minor injuries are what one...

About Me

Joseph K. Giddens grew up in southern Arizona and studied natural resources at the University of Arizona. He later joined the National Park Service in many different roles focusing on geoscience education throughout the West. Drawn to deep time and ancient landscapes he’s worked at: Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Badlands National Park and Saguaro National Park among several other public land sites. Prior to joining Sedona Red Rock News, he worked for several Tucson outlets as well as the Williams-Grand Canyon News and the Navajo-Hopi Observer. He frequently is reading historic issues of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper and daydreaming about rockhounding. Contact him at jgiddens@larsonnewspapers.com or (928) 282-7795 ext. 122.
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