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Council OKs Sedona PD radio expansion for $755K
The Sedona City Council unanimously approved a linking purchase agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with Zetron Inc. and the Sedona Police Department for $755,510 to add a third radio channel for local first-responders along with adding Slide Rock, Indian Point south of Slide Rock and Verde Valley Medical Center for radio transmissions to improve coverage. […]
Legislature opens ’26 session
And they’re off. The 2026 Arizona legislative session was underway as of Jan. 12 with Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs [D] kicking off the 57th Arizona State Legislature session with the annual State of the State Address. Hobbs cited affordability as her No. 1 priority heading into the last year of her current term as the […]
Secure Rural Schools federal funding secured for 3 years
On Dec. 18, President Donald Trump signed the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 into law as a three-year extension of the program, which was last reauthorized in February 2021 for fiscal years 2021 to ’23. “It’s wonderful,” Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Tom Swaninger, Ph.D., said. “Rural schools are in a very difficult […]