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Turn around, bright eyes, for eclipse viewing

For the last two months, Americans have been abuzz about the Total Eclipse 2017. The path of totality moved from South Carolina to Oregon...

Slow down for students going back to school

Be safe on the road with school back in session. School has resumed throughout Sedona and the Verde Valley. In the last few weeks,...

Waste at plant another show of mismanagement

The city of Cottonwood is facing yet another boondoggle regarding wastewater. This time, the issue revolves around an almost inexplicably stupid decision to...

Administrators’ salaries leave teachers in lurch

Since the 2015-16 fiscal year, the Camp Verde United School District budget has increased from $8.1 million to $9.1 million. One would logically think...

Check down below but don’t look down

I jumped off a cliff not too long ago. Everyone else was doing it. I went up to Clear Creek in Winslow...

County flood district tax is going overboard

Yavapai County is asking too much with its proposed flood district tax increase. The county is looking to raise its rate by a whopping...

Judge renewal displayed city’s bad governance

The Cottonwood City Council recently renewed the contract of Magistrate A. Douglas Lasota, despite a reported review from one council member that the court...

Cottonwood needs to make sense of budget

Who knew John Lennon’s “Imagine” would apply to municipal finance? “You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.” In...

Getting booted from an online forum isn’t free speech violation

Early morning last Friday, a Cottonwood user started posting a series of comments on a story about the Sedona Fire District on our Facebook...

Stay informed of threat policy at your school

We ran a front page story last week in both the Cottonwood Journal Extra and The Camp Verde Journal about threats made by a...

Supreme Court visit showed us justice in action

The Arizona Supreme Court held session at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on April 25. This was a rare opportunity for residents to witness...

Cornelius’ life of service will not be forgotten

The Verde Valley recently lost one of its most major philanthropists: John Cornelius, 98, died April 5 due to complications following a stroke....

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