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The deadline to register to vote in the 2024 primary election on Tuesday, July 30, is coming up. Elections typically play out in two stages, a primary election, during which registered political parties pick their candidates for...
A member of the Cottonwood City Council, Derek Palosaari, recently voiced some confusion about how we journalists report on local news. I reached out to answer his questions about how we source, investigate and report on...

Have the courage to send your views, not a form letter

Within hours of former President Donald Trump being convicted by a New York jury on 34 felony counts on Thursday, May 30, we received...

Letter of advice to graduates of the Class of 2024

To the graduating Class of 2024, I offer this advice. Wear sunscreen. It’s good advice I once heard in a Baz Luhrmann song. Don’t take yourself...

New abortion ban claims 1864 statute overrides 2022 law

On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in Planned Parenthood v. Mayes and Hazelrigg that a statute drafted in 1864, some 48 years before...

Yavapai College Governing Board to ignore Sedona and the Verde Valley as a permanent policy

On Wednesday, March 26, we published a story about the Yavapai College Governing Board meeting on Jan. 16, at which the board discussed ending...

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 —...

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Kyle Larson