James T Kling

Birders bond over banding

Hummingbird Society hosts 2 more weekends of public banding A hummingbird’s heart hums just as much as its wings. When the International Hummingbird Society puts on its banding events every other Saturday at the Page Springs Fish Hatchery, members want everyone...

Lane restrictions for chip seal go through October

Earth Resources Corporation, working for Yavapai County, will be performing chip seal and fog seal operations on various roads in Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek and Jerome. Roads affected are: Sedona: Boynton Pass, Long Canyon and Dry Creek roads in...

Bears passing into Sedona’s neighborhoods

AZ Game & Fish says Pocket Fire caused animals to relocate While Smokey Bear might be sad about recent Pocket Fire damage, he’s not the one making house calls. “We’ve gotten a few reports of some bears in the Sedona area,...

YCSO seeks info on truck that ran over man in VOC

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into a hit-and-run on June 29 after a white pickup truck reportedly ran over a man’s legs near Clark’s Market in the Village of Oak Creek. “At this time, the investigation has not...

Students sip up wine class, learning viticulture and enology

Southwest Wine Center bottles last of season’s grapes into future vintage Yavapai College’s Southwest Wine Center routinely turns water into wine. In preparation of the final bottling of its season, on July 18, Jason McCluskey took four of his students through...

Retired US Air Force officer takes final flight

Family, friends help former pilot fly wild blue yonder again When 84-year-old Jay Thompson first moved to Cottonwood in May, he didn’t quite get why there were complaints about airport noise. Having spent more than 30 years in the U.S. Air...

West Sedona School principal, afterschool director discuss enrollment

Since Alisa Stieg started as West Sedona School principal two years ago, she’s been tracking enrollment trends at her campus. In that time, “We have 196 students who have entered our school district,” she said during a presentation to the...

Always BENA fan of more than just butterflies

Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona host mothing event, find nocturnal insects and spiders Members of the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona flock to insects like moths to lamps. That’s why after sunset on July 22, the club set up two black...

Construction underway on new Circle K

Construction has officially begun on the new Circle K store and gas station, located at 2820 W. SR 89A on the northeast corner with Southwest Drive. Circle K filed for a two-year extension on receiving its building permit in March....

Full steam ahead for the Sedona Railroaders show

If you grew up in a house with a basement, Sedona Railroader member Jeff Dunn said you’re likely to have had a model train downstairs. Since basements are less common around Sedona compared to Dunn’s native midwest, as are model...

About Me

James T. Kling grew up from coast to coast living in places like North Carolina and Washington State. He studied political science and history at Purdue University in Indiana, where he also worked for the Purdue Exponent student newspaper covering topics across the state, even traveling across the Midwest for journalism conferences. James has a passion for reading as well as writing, often found reading historical fiction, fantasy and sci-fi. As the name suggests, he is named after Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek. He spends his free time writing creative stories, dancing and playing music.
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