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April 5, 2021  The Northern Arizona Book Festival kicks off on Thursday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, April 3, from 3 to 4 p.m., a Poetry Out Loud event will commence, featuring three of Sedona’s own. Sedona Red Rock High School... About Me Kathleen Ritter was raised in Sedona. A former Sedona Red Rock High School yearbook and The Sting newspaper staff member, Ritter was the 2013 Sedona Red Rock News journalism scholarship recipient. In 2017, she graduated from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism with a sports concentration. Prior to joining Larson Newspaper...

Sedona Red Rock News David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers Sedona Fire District firefighter battles a house fire on Moons View Road in the Village of Oak Creek early Friday, March 12. SFD was called out to a structure fire at 5:23 a.m. where crews found a well-seated fire in a non-occupied house currently under renovations. Crews attempted to stop the fire from within, but were pulled out as conditions degraded with the roof. They were successful at preventing the fire from spreading to nearby trees and ultimately extinguished the fire within three hours. Photo courtesy of Steven Babe...

Sedona Red Rock News Adam Dearmon, aka “Adam ‘Yellowbird’ DeArmon” Detectives from Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking, a multi-agency task force, arrested Adam Dearmon, 49, of Camp Verde with multiple drug offenses after $30,000 worth of mescaline, a psychedelic drug found in peyote, was discovered inside his home on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. This arrest comes after an intensive investigation conducted in partnership with PANT, YCSO and the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office. The investigation revealed Dearmon was allegedly running a large-scale illegal drug business out of hi...

Sedona Red Rock News Snow snarls traffic on Cooks Hill on Monday, Jan. 25. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers The first significant snow storm of the season hit the Verde Valley on Monday, Jan. 25, continuing into Tuesday. I-17 closed in both directions north of State Route 179, as did State Route 89A north of Sedona, making it nearly impossible to reach Flagstaff from the Verde Valley. State Route 89A also closed down between Clarkdale and Jerome. Bell Rock stands out against the snow on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 25. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers In total, Verde V...

Sedona Red Rock News Sgt. Michael Dominguez plays the suspect while Officers Justin White, left, and Rodrigo Ramirez practice a high risk vehicle stop while trainer Detective Brandon Bergstad supervises on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at the Sedona Airport. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers On an asphalt expanse larger than a football field at Sedona Airport, Sedona police officers with orange and black rubber guns drawn practiced a high-risk vehicle stop, yelling methodical instructions at pretend suspect Sgt. Michael Dominguez, who slowly exited a vehicle with arms raised, later throwing...