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YAN food program faces uncertain future

Once a month, a rotating group of volunteers convene at the Tunlii Community Center on the Yavapai-Apache Nation to prepare nearly 500 food boxes...

Cottonwood sets rules for skydiving

The Cottonwood City Council held a discussion at its June 7 meeting concerning the future of skydiving at the Cottonwood Municipal Airport. Airport Manager Jeff...

Camp Verde Adult Reading Program helps 3 earn GEDs

Since 2016, 39 students have obtained their General Educational Development diploma thanks to the Camp Verde Adult Reading Program. “It doesn’t sound like that much,...

Camp Verde Library kicks off “oceans” summer reading program

On June 2, Camp Verde kids, ages 12 and under, joined students both regionally and nationally as underwater explorers through the “Oceans of Possibilities”...

VVAC opens children’s adventure room

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center and Museum celebrated the grand opening of its Children’s Adventure Room on Saturday, May 28, which included the unveiling...

Firefighters prepare for wildfires in Verde Valley

It’s that time of year in the Verde Valley: Stage 2 Fire Restrictions are in place and firefighters are on high alert. Danny Hinds, a...

Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District President Eric Marcus resigns

Yavapai County School Superintendent Tim Carter has announced the resignation of Cottonwood-Oak Creek School Governing District President Eric Marcus, effective Wednesday, June 8. Marcus...

Steps to Recovery merges into new site

Steps to Recovery, a drug addiction reha­bilitation and recovery nonprofit, recently purchased the two-story commercial Rough Cut building and plans on moving its offices...

City of Cottonwood proposes $139 million budget

On May 24, Cottonwood City Hall hosted a budget open house, “for people to ask questions in an open setting,” about the proposed 2023...

DPS seeks information about fatal accident on I-17 near SR 179 exit

On Saturday, May 28, at about 1:10 a.m., a fatal collision occurred on Interstate 17 southbound near at milepost 302, four miles north of...

Cottonwood City Council may close $13M Riverfront sewer plant

Cottonwood City Council voted 6-1 against hiring an outside consultant to determine how and if to fix problems at the Riverfront Water Reclamation Facility. Many...

YCSO finds body of hiker missing since May 13

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue teams and partners located the body of Donald Ernest Hayes, 74 of Prescott Valley, who had been...

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