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We must adapt; Mother Nature plays no favorites

Last week, residents of Sedona and Verde Valley noticed a thickening of high-altitude smoke in our skies that lingered several days through the weekend. Normally when this happens, we reporters check with our local fire agencies about wildfires and check...

Smoke envelops the Verde Valley

Verde Valley residents awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 8 to see … nothing. The normally clear Northern Arizona skies that usually allow residents to see for miles and miles were marred by a white haze, the residue...

Sedona Fire District restarts area fire bans

In what’s shaping up to be not only one of the driest but hottest summers on record, the Sedona Fire District is implementing new restrictions to help combat wild fires. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, Fire Marshal Jon Davis announced that...

Rain, rain come our way, so we can go out in day

The Arizona monsoon officially started on June 15, using the date-only method, but the meteorological method based on dew points means the monsoon has just now arrived. Despite the official date of June 15, we have not had any precipitation...

Monsoon may abate chances of wildfires

The Arizona Monsoon officially begins Monday, June 15. Technically, the monsoon, or rainy season, starts when there are three consecutive days when the dew point averages 55 degrees or higher. But because that’s complicated, the National Weather Service declared in...

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Red Rock Ranger District finishes trail project, delays others

The construction of new rock steps and other infrastructure improvements on Cathedral Rock Trail was completed ahead of schedule...

City of Sedona invites residents to ‘Know Your Zone’ for wildfire, other risks

The city of Sedona held the last of its of planned meetings at the Hub at Posse Grounds Park...
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