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Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District urgently needs bus drivers

The Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District is in urgent need of both bus drivers and substitute teachers. According to COCSD Superintendent Steve King, the staffing shortage...

Former Mayor Ruben Jauregui says goodbye after long service

For decades, Ruben Jauregui cut hair as the owner of Wild West Haircutters. Throughout the 1980s and ’90s, he came to know many of...

Cottonwood city prosecutor issues new policies in wake of marijuana legalization

Cottonwood City Prosecutor Mikkel "Mik" Jordahl released a statement in the late afternoon Monday, Nov. 16, announcing how his city prosecutor's office will proceed...

Cottonwood regulated pot before Prop 207 passage

At a special meeting of the Cottonwood City Council on Oct. 22, the council voted 4-3 in favor of new regulations on the sales...

Local libraries host NaNoWriMo to inspire writers

Elizabeth Bishop has been writing books since the 1970s. The Sedona-based playwright, poet and novelist has been writing so consistently that she now comes...

VVMC shifts emergency department to contractor

At Flagstaff Medical Center, the emergency department does not employ doctors the same way as the rest of the hospital system. Although the hospital...

Cottonwood declines permits for Walkin’ On Main

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, governments and organizations have canceled many events that are mainstays of the Verde Valley’s calendar,...

Cottonwood rejects waiver for homeless shelter

In November, the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition moved to its current location at 654 N. Main St. in Cottonwood. As a former warehouse, the...

Ron Sauntman to replace Mike Kuykendall as Cottonwood Fire Chief

Mike Kuykendall became Cottonwood’s Fire Chief in 2012, after having first joined the Cottonwood Fire Department in 1987 as a volunteer and joining full-time...

Services Friday, Sept. 18, for Cottonwood Police Cmdr. Jody Makuch

Cottonwood Police Cmdr. Jody Makuch was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash Monday, Sept. 7. Makuch’s funeral service will be held Friday, Sept. 18 at...

Spring Creek Ranch withdraws county zone change request; city annexation still proposed

The zone change request for the proposed Spring Creek Ranch Planned Area Development has been withdrawn by the applicant, according to Yavapai County Board...

Cottonwood seeks to update nuisance policies

At its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1, the Cottonwood City Council engaged in its first public reading on a proposal by staff to adjust...

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