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Public meeting on Cecil Fire scheduled for Oct. 2

The slight rain that fell on the Cecil Fire yesterday morning helped keep the lightning-caused Cecil Fire, located southwest of Flagstaff, at 2,180 acres...

VACTE teen fills shortfall of teachers

Cayleb Underhill is a 19-year-old paraprofessional in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District’s Primary Intervention Program who is part of a cohort of teachers trained...

Author shares history of Mingus Mountain people

“Mingus Mountain and Its People” by Chris Shaw tells the story of Mingus Mountain and its inhabitants from the time of the early American...

Rainbow Acres celebrates 50 years of service

Rainbow Acres, a community and ranch for adults with developmental disabilities, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Thursday, Sept. 21.  Rainbow Acres was founded in 1974...

Rep. Gosar proposes auctioning USFS lands

This is the second part of a four-part story on the recent meeting of the Yavapai Cattle Growers’ Association. Multiple panelists at the Yavapai Cattle...

Forest Service pauses firing operations on Cecil, Still fires

Firefighters are halting firing operations on both the Cecil and Still fires in advance of forecast increased wind speeds. Both fires have been staffed with...

3 state legislators talk to Verde Valley voters

The three Arizona state legislators who represent Cottonwood and the Verde Valley — Republicans Sen. Ken Bennett, Rep. Quang H. Nguyen and Rep. Selina...

OLLI present AI & ChatGPT talk at Yavapai College

John Black presented a lecture titled “Artificial Intelligence: Power and Perils” at Yavapai College as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Brown Bag...

Schools looking for special ed paraprofessionals

The Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District is looking to fill two-and a-half special education Paraprofessional job vacancies at the Mariposa developmental preschool. The positions are...

Soltis settles in as CV Town Manager

Ted Soltis has now spent a little over a month as Camp Verde’s town manager since his official start on Aug. 7 and has...

CVCL honors Hispanic heritage

The Camp Verde Community Library will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting a series of craft classes centered around Dia de los Muertos...

MUHS pauses discussion of a 4-day week

The Mingus Union High School board decided to postpone any action on forming a committee to discuss and research a move to a four-day...

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