Sedona, AZ

Council approves parking rates for garage and surface parking The city’s Uptown parking plan is circling the block. The Sedona City Council voted 5-1 at its Tuesday, Aug. 25, meeting to move a residential permit parking program forward, with Councilwoman Kathy Kinsella opposed and Councilwoman Melissa Dunn absent. Council also unanimously set maximum parking rates […] The post Parking plan inches toward next steps appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.

City commits $3.7M to water main upgrades and Forest Road sidewalk improvements to State Route 89A The money will continue to flow to support opening the delayed Uptown parking garage, which is now expected to open in December or January. Sedona City Council voted 6-0 on Aug. 25 — with Councilwoman Melissa Dunn absent — […] The post Uptown garage opening delayed ’til winter appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.

9/3 Sedona needs a new City Manager. City Manager Anette Spickard submitted her letter of resignation. She’s moving to Roseburg, Oregon to bet their next City Manager. Her last day with Sedona is November 3-rd.

At a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Roseburg City Council in Oregon voted 7-1 to offer its city manager post to Sedona City Manager Anette Spickard. Spickard emailed a resignation letter to Sedona City Council on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 3 “Mayor and Council,“I am writing to formally notify you that I have […] The post Sedona City Manager Anette Spickard resigns, effective Nov. 3, for job in Roseburg, Oregon appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.

The 10th anniversary season of the city of Sedona’s free Red Dirt Concert Series continues every Friday in September from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Posse Grounds Pavilion with free musical performances from an eclectic group of performers. “Just like the Friday, Saturday celebration that closed out the spring series, we’re opening the fall […] The post Red Dirt enters its 10th year appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.

9/2 Verde Search and Rescue responded to Devils Bridge in Sedona recently on a report of a lost hiker. The east coast woman called 911, via the SOS option on her phone, as the sun went down. Rescuers responded and located the woman about a third of a mile away from the trailhead. Officials say after she sent out the SOS, she remained in place, which helped rescuers locate her quickly. She was helped out of the area and back to her vehicle. She told rescuers she had lost her map during the hike a

September 3, 2026 4:00 a.m.  Wednesday night, the Roseburg City Council selected Annette Spickard as the next city manager. Currently the city manager of Sedona, Arizona, Spickard will begin her service in Roseburg on November 30th. The city’s recruitment effort through GMP Consultants included a nationwide candidate search which resulted in 42 total applications. The...

It’s been officially a quarter of a century since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. While most firefighters and first-responders working on that day have since retired, Sedona Fire District Governing Board Chairwoman Helen McNeal said it’s important to remember what happened and commemorate them, including the Sedona and Verde Valley firefighters who travelled […] The post SFD to commemorate 25 years since 9/11 appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.

Public, private experts gather to talk numbers growth & future The Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association met at Enchantment Resort on Aug. 20, to present the Northern Arizona Industry Forecast along with public and private partners in the tourism industry. Arizona Office of Tourism Director of Strategic Initiatives Kiva Couchon detailed her office’s recently released […] The post Public lands primary driver of Sedona tourism appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.