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Shanks ends career at VVFD after 20 years of dedication

Board members stood and applauded after presenting Merry Carol Shanks a plaque commemorating the untold injuries she prevented, among many other accomplishments, during her...

2011: Crime & courts tempered by hope & growth

With 2012 on the horizon, many readers may be ready to say goodbye to 2011, a year when the Cottonwood Journal Extra reported a...

New VA clinic opens doors

Northern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System Director Donna Jacobs, surrounded by local government officials and health care providers, cut a red ribbon to...

School gym floor finished

The warped, twisted floorboards in the gym at Cottonwood Middle School have been replaced with new hardwood, sanded to a fine finish, which will...

9-year-old girl wins centennial postcard contest

A 9-year-old Cottonwood girl won $150 for her class after the postcard she designed to commemorate Arizona’s Centennial won a contest that saw 2,200...

Coalition tackles ways to help the Verde Valley’s 150 homeless

As many as 150 Verde Valley residents, including a large number of elderly and children, currently live in tents, cars or temporary shelters. With...

Nobody shows to become Big Brother

Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Verde Valley hosted a breakfast meeting Dec. 7 to pair nearly 25 area boys with men willing...

New county district map given federal approval

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division officially approved the controversial supervisory district map drawn by Yavapai County Board of Supervisors after a contentious...

Math Olympiads work out minds

Students from around the Verde Valley regularly work out their math muscles at Cottonwood Middle School, part of the Mathematical Olympiads CMS teacher and...

Homeowner asks for vacation rental OK

Yavapai County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Nov. 21 to send a Verde Valley homeowner’s request to operate a vacation rental business back to...

Jerome’s lights kick off holidays

From a rock wall balcony above the street, Santa Claus, Jerome Mayor Jay Kinsella and members of the Jerome Chamber of Commerce and Historical...

Work off holiday pounds at reopened city gym

When patrons arrived at Cottonwood Recreation Center on Monday, Nov. 28, to work off the turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes ingested over the weekend,...

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