When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Arizona last March, one of the first actions by the mayor of Sedona was to shut down all restaurants, bars, theaters, gyms and public venues, followed one week later by the governor of Arizona...

Government and public reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a series of fits and starts. In the theater world and the military, this is known as “hurry up and wait,” a concept that one must rush in a fury...

Political games at the state level over fiscal year budget 2009-10 are boiling across city lines. As next year’s state budget remains an unknown, Sedona administrators — who depend on state funds — are trying their best to establish...