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Voters have an interesting Cottonwood City Council split to settle

The Cottonwood City Council is at an impasse over selecting a seventh member to fill a vacant council seat. Normally, such a seat would...

Libraries exist for us all, not just squeaky wheels

There has been an unsettling trend at libraries in the Verde Valley as a small handful of residents have begun harassing or even threatening...

Larson Newspapers win 15 awards in Arizona Newspapers Association contest

Larson Newspapers, which publishes the Sedona Red Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra, walked away with 15 awards at...

A newsroom raid in Kansas imperils all civil liberties

Marion, Kan., became the epicenter of an assault on our constitutional protections and the scene of an undemo­cratic power grab as well as a...

How to recall an elected official in Arizona

A reader recently called lamenting that civics education is no longer properly taught in schools as it was when she was a student some...

Motherhood is love made tangible in the flesh

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 14, the day when we celebrate our mothers, grandmothers, wives and daughters with brunches or breakfasts, flowers or just...

Building and zoning process is an arduous ritual

In many circles, Arizona is called a “property rights” state due to the perceived belief that Arizonans vigorously assert their property rights, while local...

Thank Vietnam War era veterans for their service

March 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the formal with­drawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, officially ending U.S. involvement in what was at the...

Sedona and Verde Valley needs a fighter on Yavapai College Board like Paul Chevalier

After nearly a decade of serving the voters of Yavapai College’s District 3, Paul Chevalier announced last week that he was stepping down from...

Taking risks is needed to take us to the stars

Wednesday, Feb. 1, will mark the passage of 20 years since the space shuttle Columbia broke up on reentry in 2003 while returning from...

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...

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