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Garden Club rehabilitates landscape at Ranger Station

To have your club featured contact: editor@larsonnewspapers.com. The Sedona Area Garden Club is breathing new life into one of Sedona’s most visible public spaces through an ongoing volunteer-led landscape rehabilitation project at the Red Rock Ranger Station. Co-chaired by Karen Arenkill...

Roger Allen Minear

June 19, 1939 — Feb. 14, 2026 Roger Allen Minear, Ph.D., of Sedona, died on Feb. 14. n 2001, he retired to Sedona with his wife, Carol, who died in 2018. He is survived by his younger brother, Michael Minear, and...

Project Fill the Need receives $15,000

On Monday, Feb. 2, the 100+ Women Who Care Sedona-Verde Valley Chapter voted Project Fill the Need as the chose recip­ient during their winter Giving Circle. Kathy Wozniak, Project Fill the Need board president, spoke to members about its food...

Sandy ‘Sandman’ Unger

May 4, 1931 — Jan. 22, 2026 Sandy “Sandman” Unger, Ph.D., died at his Sedona home at the age of 94. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Connie Unger; daughters, Jennifer Croston, Eve Lignelli and Julie McCullough; plus...

Tarra Walter

July 3, 1953 — Jan. 13, 2026 Tarra Walter, 72, died Jan. 13. Walter is survived by her two sons, as well as their children. A Celebration of Life will be held in Walter’s honor on Saturday, Feb. 14. For location and...

Norma Kay Cobb

April 23, 1944 — Jan. 10, 2026 Norma Kay Cobb, 81, of Sedona, was born April 23, 1944, and died Jan. 10. She is survived by five children, 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Comments and memories welcome at Facebook. See the...

John Joseph Carpini

Oct. 23, 1936 — Aug. 21, 2024 John Joseph Carpini, 88, a long-time Sedona resident, died on Aug. 21, 2024. He was born on Oct. 23, 1936, in Weirton, West Virginia, the fourth son of Italian immigrants Rose and Dominic Carpini. Upon...

Jim Secker

April 16, 1941 — Dec. 27, 2025 Jim Secker, 84, of Sedona, formerly of Rogers, Arkansas, died on Dec. 27. He was preceded in death by his parents, Helen and Girard “Jerry” Secker; and sister Susan Secker Palmieri. He is survived by...

Timothy R. St. John

March 26, 1957 — Dec. 20, 2025 Timothy R. St. John, 68, died in his Sedona home on Dec. 20. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Margaret; sister, Cynthia Matchulat; brother-in-law, Hugh O’Brien. He is survived by...

Michael Ballin

Jan. 18, 1944 — Dec. 21, 2025 Michael Ballin, writer, producer, director and four-time Emmy-winning production sound designer was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Florida. Living among the red rocks of Sedona, Ballin was a life-long...

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