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Inaugural Sedona Butterfly Festival flutters in Sept. 12 When Becky Hardy founded the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona with her friend, Denise Gibbs, she said it was a goal to organize a butterfly festival in five years. About...
Sedona Poet Laureate starts new lecture series on Arizona’s rich past Sedona Poet Laureate starts new lecture series on Arizona’s rich past Sedona Poet Laureate Gary Every has started sharing his love of storytelling with free lectures at...

Bob Weir ripples Camp Verde

Newly chosen Fort Verde Days' grand marshal builds community The next Fort Verde Days Grand Marshal, Bob Weir, likes it when people he’s seen grow...

Community Band names Blackwell as conductor

The Cottonwood Community Band announces Philip Blackwell as its new conductor. Blackwell, a longtime music educator and director of bands and orchestra at Bradshaw...

Retired US Air Force officer takes final flight

Family, friends help former pilot fly wild blue yonder again When 84-year-old Jay Thompson first moved to Cottonwood in May, he didn’t quite get why...

Always BENA fan of more than just butterflies

Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona host mothing event, find nocturnal insects and spiders Members of the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona flock to insects like...

Janet Burrus retires after 3 decades

Mother of CCS principal attended the school where she later taught Cottonwood Community School Principal Heather Wacker said for the past 23 years, if she...

‘Gun Fury’ blazes onto silver screen

Howdy partner, saddle up and mosey on over to the Mary D. Fisher Theatre at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. It's time to...

Cheney earns Rotary Club’s Make-A-Difference Award

The Rotary Club of Sedona during its meeting on Tuesday, June 30, at the Sedona Arts Center, honored Northern Arizona Healthcare President & CEO...

Bug-eyed and bipedal crocodile creature with a toothless beak

New species of extinct reptile discovered in Petrified Forest "A relatively small, bug-eyed, adorable-looking, two-legged crocodile creature with a toothless beak," 25-inches tall, with a...

Jerome author writes ‘Rusty the Ringtail’ children’s adventure book

Lopez tells tale adding Jerome's culture, heritage After spending the last four years restoring a historic 1914 United Verde Extension Mining Company miner's home on...

Graduate reaps what he sows

Past Verde Valley Fair winner to teach agriculture to next generation Although Tanner Baker moved away from Cottonwood for college nearly two years ago, he...

World comes to Mingus to share cultures

For Guljeren Agajanova, a senior exchange student from Turkmenistan attending Mingus Union High School this year, the biggest cultural shift was the homes. “In my...

Meet native tribal artists at 2 national monuments

On weekends in May, artists and cultural demonstrators from various tribes across the Southwest will be on site at Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot national...

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