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Vote ‘yes’ on Mingus Union, Cottonwood-Oak Creek school district consolidation

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The major issue facing Verde Valley voters this elec­tion cycle is whether to consolidate the Mingus Union High and Cottonwood-Oak Creek school districts.  We...

Ghost councils in Cornville, VOC do not have real authority

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For years, residents of the Village of Oak Creek have complained loudly about the lack of local control in their community as a whole....

COCSD board president needs some education

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About once every election cycle it becomes unfor­tunately necessary to remind certain elected offi­cials about the rules of their office, specifically, that elected officials...

Verde Valley’s barons aren’t ‘for the people’

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As we warned back in March, the COVID-19 crisis will result in events that would undermine democratic norms and our liberty. Now we have two...

Thanks nurses, doctors, other health workers

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As COVID-19 spreads across the country, those on the front lines are the nurses and doctors who take care of patients. Statistically, those who...

Now state has obligation to assist workers

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has now decided to shut down all bars, restaurants and food establishments, except grocery stores — without public debate or...

Don’t hoard and don’t just close willy-nilly

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For the most part, continue on as usual. As of press time, there are no cases of COVID-19 in Northern Arizona. Symptomatically, COVID-19 is...

Raucous debate is welcome, but attacks are not

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As a newspaper, we are in the business of controversy. A good portion of the pages of our paper are press releases from nonprofit...

Choose worker housing over McMansions

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We have heard plenty of reasons to oppose the Spring Creek Ranch rezoning. Some of the neighbors in Cornville want to oppose this and keep...

Officials cannot take off their hats once sworn in

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  All the brouhaha involving Camp Verde Town Council Joe Butner’s blind-sided attack on a Camp Verde resident last month — alleging criminal activity...

Councilman Butner believes “guilty until proven innocent” is rule in Camp Verde

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Last week, Camp Verde Town Councilman Joe Butner lobbed an apparently unfounded allegation at an applicant for the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Butner...

Jerome’s “No Drone Zone” signs are misleading the public

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This month, we reported that the “no drone zone” sign in Jerome improperly cites a federal law that does not apply and attempts to...
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