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Liberty and equality go hand in hand

Tuesday, April 4, 2023, will mark the 55th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the great civil...

Free speech is for us & those we despise too

This election cycle, voters were motivated by the slogan that “democracy was on the ballot.” Democracy is the ballot, sine qua non, and if demo­cratic...

Artemis I spaceflight is both promise and poetry

Late in the evening on Tuesday, Nov. 16, or just after 1 a.m. Wednesday on the East Coast, the Artemis I mission began as...

Public notices in newspapers keep eye on government

A person’s No. 1 source of local news is still the newspaper. Residents pick up The Camp Verde Journal to read about the latest...

Voice your views with a letter to the editor

With the 2022 midterm primary election behind us, we have a few months of relative normalcy while partisan nominees circle the wagons, recoup and...

Election results will be posted after polls close at 7 p.m. Aug. 2

Tuesday, Aug. 2, is the primary election. Due to the particularities of our newspaper production schedule, we will be going to press before the...

Ethics demand we journalists earn trust by our objectivity

When major world events happen, be it the invasions of and withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S....

Yavapai College board member Kuknyo fails to grasp taxes are public’s money

At a meeting of the Yavapai College Governing Board on Nov. 16, the board went on the attack against District 3 Representative Paul Chevalier,...

Yavapai College board needs to retake basic geography

At a meeting of the Yavapai College Governing Board on Nov. 16, board members went on the attack against District 3 Representative Paul Chevalier,...

To social media, we aren’t people, just commodities

There was some dramatic testimony before Congress earlier this month regarding the inner workings of the social media giant Facebook.  Frances Haugen, a company whistleblower...

Carol Anne Teague’s letter to student demonstrates complete leadership failure

Last week, the Mingus Union High School District Governing Board President, Carol Anne Teague, responded to a student who had emailed her teachers, the...

More housing diversity is springboard to prosperity

A Sedona resident is planning on building a 192-unit apartment complex on Candy Lane in Cottonwood near Verde Valley Medical Center. While not set...

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