James T Kling

SOCSD hires broker to sell school in VOC

During its monthly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 9, the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council nonprofit group invited Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Tom Swaninger, PhD, to give an update on the sale of the Big Park Community School property....

Microtransit buses: 1 year later

The Sedona Shuttle Connect microtransit, on-demand bus service run by the city of Sedona, turned one year old in the last week of August. While it is much smaller, the service has seen similar trends as the larger trailhead shuttle...

Stargazing with astronomers

Ten miles outside Cottonwood, away from the lights of the dark sky community, a very small sliver of moon doesn’t make it much brighter. But this dark night, Wednesday, Oct. 22, should be a great one for stargazing. Astronomers of...

PTA plans new and old for Wildcat Carnival

Carnival rides and games will cover the grounds of West Sedona School on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The annual Wildcat Carnival, is traditionally the WSS Parent Teacher Association’s largest fundraiser of the year. It includes...

Carve Great Pumpkin Splash into calendar

Many great splashes will be heard on Saturday, Oct. 18, as people jump into the Sedona Community Pool at Posse Grounds Park at 570 Posse Grounds Road during the annual Great Pumpkin Splash. Anyone is welcome to come choose a...

Yavapai College board told no campus visits needed

Yavapai College Governing Board members don’t have to visit all campuses in person to comply with statute, the community college’s attorney Lynne Adams said during its online meeting Tuesday, Sept. 23. The board met virtually to discuss whether the board...

Plein air back in Sedona for its 21st year

Betsy Menand lives in Colorado, but has been attending the Sedona Plein Air Festival for the past three years and doesn’t intend to stop.“I lived in Flagstaff for, like, 30 years,” she said. “So then we moved to Colorado,...

County officials talk wildfires, wildcat subdivisions at open house

When the Woods Fire burned 59 acres east of the Village of Oak Creek on Aug. 13, the U.S. Forest Service and Sedona Fire District used AI fire detection cameras helped to keep the fire contained.During an open house...

Sedona Police Department to host its night out on Oct. 4

Sedona’s version of National Night Out, a nationwide series of events intending to promote community-police relations, will come to the Verde Valley on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Posse Grounds Park, at 525 Posse Ground...

Rotary to fund Extended Day

The Sedona-Oak Creek School District approved a memorandum of understanding with the Rotary Club of Sedona Charitable Fund for funding for the Wildcat Extended Day program for up to $105,000. Charitable Fund President Jean Barton said the club’s already raised...

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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