Sedona Arts Center and the Sedona International Film Festival will each receive $100,000 through the city's Arts and Culture Grant, now in its second year. The Sedona City Council approved the awards unanimously during its July 14 meeting, alongside separate...

Inflation, capital repairs among top concerns On July 14, the Sedona City Council voted 6-0 to approve the annual service provider contracts for the next three years. Councilwoman Kathy Kinsella was present at the meeting but did not vote on...

Laws target those who purchase prostitution Paying for sex is now a class 6 felony in Arizona following the signing of House Bill 2720, by Gov. Katie Hobbs on June 5. Prostitution will remain a misdemeanor under the legislation...

Sedona volunteer died June 18 while hiking trails Jerry Hajek Jr., 70, died on June 18, of natural causes doing what he loved: Hiking Sedona trails. Hajek was a member of the Verde Search and Rescue Posse volunteer auxiliary force...

Uber driver spots scheme while picking up potential victim as passenger Michael P. Thomas, 61, of Clarkdale, a retired Pennsylvania police officer with the Ross Township Police Department who never stopped looking out for others, accepted a roughly $20 Uber...