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Middle school student catches whooping cough

An unidentified Cottonwood Middle School student was diagnosed with pertussis — whooping cough — an uncommon bacterial infection, which causes a severe cough that...

Tim Foist hunts Cape Buffalo on African safari

It was the trip of a lifetime, fantasized about since boyhood, booked since 2008. Mingus Union High School District Superintendent Tim Foist’s trek into...

Cottonwood Police Chief Fanning warned

Cottonwood Police Chief Jody Fanning was disciplined Monday, Nov. 15, after an internal affairs investigation found he acted unprofessionally during a confrontation with a...

National Transportation Safety Board reports on crash

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board suggested the Cornville pilot of an ultralight aircraft that collided with a hot air balloon...

On the sands of Iwo Jima

There’s a bit of the movie star John Wayne in World War II veteran Bob Vernon. It’s not a metaphysical certainty, but Vernon probably...

Troubled teens CARE for dogs

At first, Bruno Fierro, a 15-year-old with a troubled past, did not seem to care at all about Precious, a pit bull with a...

Mingus stages ‘Noises Off’

When a real ax, frozen in midair above the unsuspecting head of an unfaithful lover, passes gracefully backward from one pair of threatening hands...

Sergeant resigns after investigation

A telephone at Cottonwood Police Department that records outgoing calls from a land line situated in the booking area was used at least once...

FFA opens door for student

The National FFA Organization opens career doors to high school students across the United States, including a 17-year-old Mingus Union High School senior who...

Verde Valley Humane Society, Castillo face tough questions

A local animal shelter’s only public meeting of the year drew more than 30 people Friday, Sept. 17, mostly supporters who spoke in defense...

Cottonwood up for big grants in 2011

Cottonwood becomes eligible for Community Development Block Grants in 2011 and City Planner Charles Scully wants to be ready. As much as $350,000 is...

School board denies Superintendent Foist’s resignation

Over Superintendent Tim Foist’s protest, Mingus Union High School District Governing Board voted 3-2 Thursday, Sept. 9, to hold Foist “That’s not fair,”...

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