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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...

Ukrainian family seeks asylum in Verde Valley after fleeing Russian invasion

Surrounded by paint­ings in one of the only Ukrainian-owned galleries in Sedona, Nataliia Beliak wiped away her tears as she recalled the days before...

Cottonwood Police Chief Gesell quits run for state legislature

Cottonwood Police Chief Steve Gesell announced Tuesday, May 3, that he was quitting his campaign for Arizona House of Representatives in Legislative District 1. In...

Backbone wildfire prompts Camp Verde farmer’s run for Congress

After coming face-to-face with a firewall that could have burned down his entire farm during the 37,296-acre Backbone Fire 10 months ago, Steven Krystofiak...

Crooks Fire sends smoke into Verde Valley, Tunnel Fire leads to Flagstaff evacuations

At approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, April 18, Prescott National Forest crews responded to a reported wildfire south of Prescott near Mount Union. The...

Animator Leo Beltran helps others

Playwright and poet Oscar Wilde opined in his 1889 essay that “life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” Wilde believed that art...

Comic Expo returns to Cottonwood March 26

COVID-19 can’t keep a good con down. With the success of such superhero films as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Batman,” it has...

Payson teen dies in ATV rollover in Blowout Wash, another teen injured

Clarkdale Police Department responded to a fatal single-vehicle ATV rollover accident on Forest Service Road 493 in the Blowout Wash recreation area on Saturday, Feb....

Jerome police arrest suspect who assaulted USFS officer on Forest Road 525D

A suspect, 33-year-old Jonathan Kip Medford, who allegedly assaulted a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Forest Road 525...

Camp Verde news in 2021: The Year in Review

The big news events that shaped Camp Verde, Rimrock, Lake Montezuma and Beaver Creek in 2021:   January ■ On Jan. 1, David Rhodes took over as...

Cottonwood police search for drive-by shooting vehicle

A witness in the 1200 block of E. Gila Street heard what he described as four to six gunshots at 12:11 a.m. on Thursday,...

2021: Looking back at the big news of the year

A look at the new stories that shaped the Verde Valley in 2021. January Visit "2021: A Year in Photos" to see a gallery of photojournalist...

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