The Sedona Chamber of Commerce’s Uptown Visitor Center will remain open following the Sedona City Council’s decision on April 9 to fund 80% of the center’s operations for the coming fiscal year given the possibility that the city could take over the property in the future. Prior to its public meeting, the council held an […] The post City to fund 80% of visitor center for one more year appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

Students from West Sedona School and Sedona Charter School took to the stage on the afternoons of Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, respectively, to showcase their students’ artistic and performance abilities as part of the first annual “Sedona’s Got Talent” competition. The performances are hosted by Parangello Players. “‘Sedona’s Got Talent’ is something […] The post ‘Sedona’s Got Talent’ finalists advance appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

Advances in music technology are driven by artists who wish they had something that doesn’t exist yet, which is how Sedona guitarist Brian David and saxophonist Roy “Rahelios” Figueroa came to develop the Wizzax, a new style of microphone for guitarists that mounts directly to the body of the guitar. “Roy and I met in […] The post Wizzax microphone debuts at free concert appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

The Sedona City Council voted to adopt the final draft of the 2024 Sedona Community Plan on Tuesday, March 26. The plan, which is required by Arizona Revised Statutes §9- 461.05, lays out city staff and council’s goals and visions for the coming decade and will inform future changes to the city’s land development code. […] The post City Council OKs Sedona Community Plan appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

The Dave Len Scott Quartet played a free jazz concert at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in West Sedona on Saturday, April 13, performing selections from their album “Blessed Mix.” Scott, who is music director at the church, candidly admitted that the quartet’s mini-tour of southern Arizona, including dates in Cottonwood and Phoenix, was motivated in […] The post Dave Len Scott Quartet jazzes up St. Andrew’s appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

The popular Red Dirt Concert Series will return with free weekly Friday performances in May at the Posse Grounds Pavilion at 525 Posse Ground Road from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “The concerts will now be three hours, as opposed to two hours,” Parks and Recreation Special Events Coordinator Jason Vargo said. “That’s based on […] The post Red Dirt Concert Series Kicks Off Friday, May 3 appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

Members of Sedona’s arts community, led by Sedona Arts Center CEO Julie Richard, made a pitch to the Sedona City Council to increase arts and culture funding in next year’s budget during the council’s April 9 meeting. Richard told council members about the results of the recently-completed Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 study, which was […] The post Arts nonprofits request $500,000 city investment in culture appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in Planned Parenthood v. Mayes and Hazelrigg that a statute drafted in 1864, some 148 years before Arizona became a state, was still in effect and threatens to jail for two to five years any doctor who performs an abortion in the state. The only exception is to […] The post New abortion ban claims 1864 statute overrides 2022 law appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

A potential city of Sedona ban on off-highway vehicles is back on the table following the Sedona City Council’s April 9 consideration of the Greater Sedona Recreation Collaborative’s recommendations for increased restrictions on OHV use on US Forest Service lands surrounding Sedona — but with a twist. Although the GSRC report recommended the introduction of […] The post City council proposes local DMV to control OHVs appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more

Fraudsters across the Verde Valley have been calling potential victims and pretending to be police officers, often using the names of real officers and spoofing the phone numbers of police departments. “You can’t even trust your caller identification anymore,” Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Fraud Investigations official Ron Norfleet said. “These [scammers] are good and they’re […] The post Phone scammers pose as law enforcement appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News ..read more