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300 prep to flip tassels

Nearly 300 Mingus Union High School seniors will mark their graduation with a ceremony at the MUHS football field Friday, May 25. The ceremony...

County names Angie Hillman teacher of the year

Teachers are a special group of professionals. They study just as long and hard as lawyers, engineers or businesspeople, yet they earn only a...

Boys & Girls Clubs branch hosts summer camp

Call it engaging. Call it fun. Just don’t call the Boys & Girls Club Summer Camp in Cottonwood “day care.” “We’re a youth development...

3 districts raise teacher salaries

Teachers and staff in the Clarkdale-Jerome, Cottonwood-Oak Creek and Mingus Union High school districts will receive pay increases for the 2012-2013 school year. COCSD...

Tour offers a rare peek inside the homes on Cleopatra Hill

Visitors will get a rare peek into some of the most storied structures in Jerome during the 47th annual Jerome Historic Home and Building...

Cornville man dies in rollover

A 25-year-old Cornville man, Dawyesva Poseyesva, was killed in a car crash late Saturday, May 12. At approximately 10 p.m., Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office...

Mingus students win art awards

Mingus Union High School art students won the top two scholarships, swept an entire category and placed or earned honorable mention in many more...

Two districts hire joint special ed head

The Cottonwood-Oak Creek and Mingus Union High school districts’ boards approved hiring Pamela Fenstamaker May 1 as a shared special education director. Fentamaker’s hire...

Congressional districts set for next decade

The lines in the sand are now set in stone. The U.S. Department of Justice approved Arizona’s congressional redistricting map, submitted by the Arizona...

12 careers later, woman puts job change expertise to work

Linda Swanson knows a lot about getting a job. In 42 years, she’s had 13 separate careers. In one of those careers — which...

VVFD budget might reduce tax levy

Verde Valley Fire District Fire Chief Nazih Hazime presented a preliminary budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to the Verde Valley Fire District Governing...

‘Sharrows’ add to city’s bike-friendliness

Cottonwood is joining the League of American Bicyclists and other communities across the country in recognizing May as Bike Month. Several events will take...

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