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Vote at the polls for general election or request mail-in ballot

Since voters approved allowing elections to be conducted by mail-in ballot, confusion has surfaced over which elections are mail-in and which have polling places....

Guest perspectives must be approved before publication

Over the past year The Camp Verde Journal and Cottonwood Journal Extra has begun strictly enforcing our guidelines when it comes to letters to...

Balance needed to protect forest and the right to recreate

On Sept. 3, 1964, the United States Congress adopted the Wilderness Act to protect undeveloped land and wildlife in our country. Today, the U.S....

It’s too humid for me

It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s sticky, and I’m out of here.   Give me 105 with no humidity, and I’m a...

Farmers market popular this year

The farmers market in Cottonwood is in full swing for the season, so I decided to venture down last night with my fiance and...

Living near forest means learning to deal with wildlife

A young bear who became accustomed to the taste of trash paid the ultimate price for his habit last week. The Arizona Game and...

Arizonans celebrate July 4 without setting their towns on fire

Celebrating the Fourth of July in Arizona the past few years taught me all Americans don’t get belligerent and blow things up to celebrate...

It takes a very special man to be a little girl’s daddy

My father was either blessed or cursed, depending on your perspective, to play daddy to three girls. Now that we’re all grown up, it’s...

Rest in peace, Zeus; you will always be loved

Yesterday marked the end of a long life that meant more to my fiance and, eventually, me than either of us could ever explain....

1-cent for the children

Teachers and school administrators can start the summer with a sigh of relief after Arizona taxpayers agreed to a 1-cent sales tax increase in...

Bumper stickers reflect on your character

One of the first things someone told me when I started to drive was, “Be careful what kind of stickers you put on you...

We don’t run every letter to the editor

I was reminded last week we aren’t the only newspapers that don’t run every letter to the editor we receive verbatim when my...

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