James T Kling

West Sedona School students turn teachers

When West Sedona School kindergarten teacher Melinda Zarlingo decided to take on a teacher’s assistant through Verde Academy for Career and Technology Education last year, she was surprised when it was one of her own former students who showed...

Coffee Pot serves free Thanksgiving dinner

The Coffee Pot Restaurant, famously home of 101 omelettes, has been putting on a free community dinner for Thanksgiving since 2008. Owners and staff hope this year is the biggest one yet. “We initially did it in large part for...

SedonaKind gives kids hats & superpowers

SedonaKind has been around for about 10 years. For the past nine, members have distributed hand-knit hats to elementary schoolers across the Verde Valley. The organization gave out nearly 900 hats this year, SedonaKind member Jawn Neville said on Monday,...

Firefighters helping Cottonwood Toys for Tots

Firefighters will be back helping the toy drives for the Cottonwood Toys for Tots program on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Walmart on Rodeo Drive. Troy Hoke, division chief of operations for the Cottonwood...

West Sedona School, Sedona Red Rock Jr./Sr. High School earn B’s on tests

State-wide school letter grades were announced in the last week of October for the 2024-2025 academic year with both of Sedona’s schools earning B’s. West Sedona Elementary School and Sedona Red Rock Jr./Sr. High School received B’s individually and the...

College board won’t meet in person, nor visit its own campuses

Despite numerous technical difficulties throughout the Yavapai College Governing Board’s Oct. 28 meeting that lasted nearly three hours, the board voted against returning to in-person meetings. District 2 Representative Deb McCasland, the board’s chairwoman, said the reason for the virtual...

Sweeney revamps Extended day; streamlines check-in, improves supervision

Jessica Sweeney was announced earlier this year as the Sedona-Oak Creek School District’s director for the Wildcat Extended Day program, and said in the past three and a half months since she began, she’s already made some fairly big...

Penner is Sedona Police Department new commander

The Sedona Police Department welcomed its new commander of special operations and investigations, Heather Penner, in a pinning ceremony on Monday, Oct. 20. Her husband, Steve, who’s also had a lifetime career of law enforcement and retired a few years...

Scorpions take 2nd place in state soccer championships

While the sun set over the boys soccer state championship game on Saturday, Nov. 1, Scorpions lost 2-0 against the undefeated Highland Prep West Hornets, but many watching were still proud they made it so far. “The ball doesn’t always...

Tourism continues as lead economic driver in Verde Valley

The Verde Valley Regional Economic Forum on Oct. 21 in Cottonwood, saw well over 50 leaders across the Verde Valley come together to discuss economic progress, including how to shape tourism to residents’ advantage. New Cottonwood City Manager Mario Cifuentez...

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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