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On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in Planned Parenthood v. Mayes and Hazelrigg that a statute drafted in 1864, some 48 years before Arizona became a state, was still in effect and threatens to jail...
On Wednesday, March 26, we published a story about the Yavapai College Governing Board meeting on Jan. 16, at which the board discussed ending in-person meetings in the Verde Valley and conducting all future community college...

House Bill 2477 naming ‘Pluto’ the state of Arizona planet isn’t crazy, it’s inspiring

On Saturday, Feb. 17, I was asked to perform two slam poems at Lowell Observatory’s I Heart Pluto Festival, held at the Orpheum Theatre...

Cottonwood’s cowards cannot silence speech

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the...

Thank your Town Council … for not being like Cottonwood City Council

This August we’ll mark 20 years since I was first hired by Larson Newspapers. Starting off as a copy editor before becoming an assistant...

Larson Newspapers staff past and present thank retiring typesetter Jo Page for 14 years of work

At its core, a newspaper is built on its people, whether reporters, editors, advertising representatives, graphic designers, paginators, pressmen or delivery drivers. For 14 years,...

City Manager Scotty Douglass quitting city of Cottonwood decapitates good leadership

Cottonwood residents should both be embarrassed and enraged by their current elected municipal council’s actions over the last two weeks. First, an internal investigation found...

Guest Perspective: Cottonwood deserves reasonable governance from its City Council

If you haven’t watched your Cottonwood City Council in a while, the Tuesday, Dec. 19 meeting is one worth watching. This watershed meeting illuminates...

Make a new year’s resolution to run for City Council

Lots of people make annual New Year’s resolu­tions starting on Jan. 1, such as saving money, doing more volunteering, losing weight, spending more time...

Cottonwood City Council must condemn Councilman Derek Palosaari for sexual misconduct against city staff and force him to resign

Cottonwood residents should be ashamed of four members of City Council after three of them — Lisa DuVernay, Stephen DeWillis and Michael Mathews —...

With the failure of the mayoral recall petition, Cottonwood can move on

The signatures for the potential Cottonwood recall election have been verified, and the petitioners have come up short by about 40 signatures fewer than...

With recall effort to oust Mayor Tim Elinski now dead, Cottonwood can move on

The signatures for the potential Cottonwood recall election have been verified, and the petitioners have come up short by about 40 signatures fewer than...

Voters have an interesting Cottonwood City Council split to settle

The Cottonwood City Council is at an impasse over selecting a seventh member to fill a vacant council seat. Normally, such a seat would...

Libraries exist for us all, not just squeaky wheels

There has been an unsettling trend at libraries in the Verde Valley as a small handful of residents have begun harassing or even threatening...

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Kyle Larson