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Mingus fires superintendent

The Mingus Union High School District voted 4-1 to terminate Eric Harmon’s contract as interim superintendent during a special meeting Jan. 11.Harmon’s contract would...

King preps for COCSD post

When Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District Assistant Superintendent Steve King takes over the reigns from departing COCSD Superintendent Barbara U’Ren on July 1, he will...

Students hope to pie principal

Never let it be said that Mountain View Preparatory is a dull school.Last week, students were greeted back to school after Christmas break by...

Town picks two to advise college

Yavapai College is establishing a committee of residents from the Verde Valley to advise the college’s governing board.The move comes after complaints from some...

Students awarded for academics

Yavapai College alumna Diane Lovett and 16 Yavapai College students from the Verde Valley and Sedona campuses were honored at the college’s annual recognition...

Mingus filmmakers take top spots in area contest

The digital filmmaking class at Mingus Union High School has ramped things up over the past couple of years.To prove that investing in expanding...

SWAT, firefighters respond to fictional gunman on college campus

Cadets from Yavapai College’s Verde Valley Fire Academy and students from the college’s EMT class teamed up with members from various local emergency response...

Huppenthal speaks with teachers

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal visited Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood for a question-and-answer town hall on the evening of Tuesday,...

On break or at work, Wheeler handles kids

Allie Wheeler has called Arizona home ever since she moved here as a little girl.Last Thursday, she was in Camp Verde, down from her...

Safety focus for new Dean

The new assistant principal and dean of students at Mingus Union High School plans to do whatever it takes to make the school a...

High school struggles to pay staff

Mingus Union High School District may need to increase its line of credit with Yavapai County to more than $2 million in order to...

School districts try unifying again

Less than two years after Verde Valley voters rejected a referendum to unify three local school districts, boards for two of the three voted...

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