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Yavapai County OKs weed funds to pay 911 bonuses

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved using its share of funding from Proposition 207 marijuana sales in Arizona to go toward the...

Defining affordable housing

Cottonwood and Sedona housing manager Shannon Boone defined affordable housing at the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce’s Lunch and Learn session on Wednesday, May 17. Boone...

Hopi weaver shares textiles

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center hosted a presentation on Hopi textiles by weaver Ahkima Honyumptewa on Saturday, May 20.  Honyumptewa, of the Rattlesnake clan from...

Help spot river otters on the Verde

Friends of the Verde River, in conjunction with the River Otter Ecology Project and Fieldscope, hosted a river otter webinar on Thursday, May 18,...

Officer Scarim retires after 24 years

Cottonwood police officer Roger Scarim is retiring after serving 24 years with the Cottonwood Police Department.  Scarim grew up in Tacoma, Wash., and later spent...

Derek Palosaari chosen unanimously to fill vacated seat on Cottonwood City Council

Derek Palosaari was unanimously appointed as the Cottonwood City Council’s new council member on May 22. Palosaari is filling the seat of former council member...

Nonprofit teaches kids to cook

The Camp Verde Community Library is hosting a garden-to-table cooking class for children ages 6 to 13, hosted by Home For New Beginnings with...

Verde NRCD talks water issues

The Verde Natural Resource Conservation District held a local work group meeting at the Camp Verde Community Library on May 12 to discuss the...

Several school heads leaving their posts

Three local school district superintendents are stepping down: Danny Brown of Clarkdale-Jerome, Steve King of Cottonwood-Oak Creek and Dennis Dearden of Sedona-Oak Creek. Yavapai County...

Verde Valley Farmers Market opens in Camp Verde

The Verde Valley Farmers Market opened for the season on Saturday, May 13. The market will be held each Saturday through Oct. 7 from...

Yavapai College nixes books 

Yavapai College’s Verde Valley Campus gave away the majority of its books and media from May 8 to 11 to make room for the...

Yavapai County considers cow-carrying capacity

The Arizona Association of Conservation District and the Chino Winds Natural Resource District went before the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors during the board’s...

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