Tourism is the lifeblood of Sedona, but COVID-19’s tourniquet nearly cut that blood source off completely for more than two months. However, in recent weeks there have been signs that the economy is beginning to improve. “These are ‘unprecedented times,’” Chamber...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the skies above Sedona to an unfamiliar level of quiet as all varieties of air traffic significantly slowed — everything from international overflights to jaunts in private two-seaters — when various states’ stay-at-home proclamations were...

Sedona City Manager Justin Clifton doubted he’d ever see such an agreement. Following nearly two years of discussion and negotiations, Sedona’s two helicopter tour companies reached an agreement to establish a no-fly zone over the vast majority of the city. “It’s...

There finally appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel for area hotels. Figures released last week by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce show that the first two nights of the Memorial Day weekend saw 77% occupancy...

Last week, we sent Larson Newspapers photo­journalist Daulton Venglar to shoot aerial footage with his drone over Uptown and the U.S. Forest Service lands near Fay Canyon: Uptown, to show how the normally busy shopping district was vacant and...