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Prop. 100 relieves some pressure on schools

Passage of Proposition 100 took some pressure off local school districts to cut more deeply into already reduced budgets. For the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School...

Mingus awash in caps & gowns

As the names of graduates were called, joyful celebration broke out next to The Cave. Bleachers packed to overflowing, roughly 200 late-arriving parents and...

Festival calls all crawdads

The Camp Verde Crawdad Festival is back once again to bring a little Cajun atmosphere to the desert Friday and Saturday, June 4 and...

Volunteers fit in at Fort Verde

Last Wednesday, Fort Verde was closed to the public, like most Wednesdays since the state cut back on the park’s operating hours. But the...

Hollamon Street trumps senior center

When there’s not enough money to go around, elected officials often have to make tough choices. The Camp Verde Town Council made one such...

Drugs down across valley

Crime statistics in Yavapai County look pretty good compared to four years ago when the Methamphetamine Advisory Task Force Yavapai County Substance Abuse Coalition...

Camp Verde keeps its tax man

The Town of Camp Verde has renewed a contract with an accountant whose job is to pore over tax records and financial documents looking...

Camp Verde reading program expands its computer classes

Nestled behind the old high school gym at Hollamon and Main streets, in a very inconspicuous location, is a community resource one might not...

Superintendent gets good grades from board

It’s been Dan Brown’s first full school year as Camp Verde Unified School District superintendent, and so far his bosses seem pretty happy with...

Cottonwood collects e-waste for cash

Dangerous junk piled up at the Cottonwood public works yard was money in the bank for an electronics recycling firm following an event sponsored...

Proposition 100 passes almost 2 to 1

As of 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 19, Proposition 100 has passed. The proposition creates a 1 percent temporary sales tax, raising the state's...

Negotiations continue between Wokasch, Mingus

Charges against a popular Mingus Union High School teacher were not read aloud and further settlement talks were ordered by unanimous vote of...

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