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‘Walking Lady’ talks about life

Many commuters in Cottonwood know Ione Hazelton, even though they may not know her name. She is “the walking lady,” and that’s how she...

0.8 cent sales tax hike looms over city

The sales tax increase is coming. Without the hike, police will be unable to respond to shoplifters, speeders, domestic abusers and drunks. Houses will...

Sewer tax goes down

The Camp Verde Sanitary District issued a surprise announcement at the end of a heated public hearing July 9: The tax levied on district...

Council eyes term limits, new code

Vice Mayor Brenda Hauser choked back tears and Councilman Ron Smith declared he would not run for another term during a discussion of small...

Sales tax for parks reduced

Camp Verde’s got some money problems. That much is certain. Faced with sales tax revenue dropping off by as much as 25 percent, the...

Mingus adds a class

When looking to the future and what professions will be needed, teaching joins others like nursing and computer professionals. Mingus Union High School looked...

Tax rate could double

A proposed budget that could conceivably more than double the tax rate in the Camp Verde Sanitary District is being looked at as a...

School board gives first nod to charter schools

Public school systems don’t typically operate a charter school program, but the numbers are increasing every year. Soon, the Camp Verde Unified School District...

Power outage closes store

A power outage at Wal-Mart Sunday sent several customers away from the Cottonwood supercenter without their purchases. The power went down around 5:10 p.m....

Budget cuts library fund

The Camp Verde Town Council pulled out the budget knife last week and made some difficult decisions in an attempt to balance the budget...

Clarkdale cuts its budget to the bone

The Town of Clarkdale moves in to Fiscal Year 2008-09 skating a thin line between balanced and disaster due to the ongoing decline of...

Black bear captured in Riverfront Park

An early morning walk along the Verde River for one Cottonwood woman got exciting when she spotted a black bear. The bear was near...

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