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Valley prepares for limited 4th of July

The U.S. will be celebrating its 224th birthday on Saturday, July 4, but between the ongoing changes resulting from COVID-19, the celebrations will be...

County urges masks, but no mandate issued yet

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors announced Thursday, June 18 that the county would not mandate face coverings in public spaces following Arizona Gov....

No evidence of ‘out-of-town looters’ coming to Verde Valley

With protests, sometimes violent, spreading around the country and harsh police crackdowns in response, the whole nation is on high alert. On Sunday, May...

Yavapai County Institutes County Wide Fire Ban

At the regular Board of Supervisors meeting on June 3, 2020 the Board voted to ratify resolution No. 2032 and approved the Interim Fire...

Restaurants face challenges despite reopening

On May 11, after nearly two months of corona- virus-induced shutdowns by governors, restaurants in Arizona were allowed to return to dining in, with...

Crime rate remained low during shutdown

With two months of social distancing reaching a point of lessened severity, the Verde Valley is experiencing an end of an unusual period in...

Verde Connect holds public hearing

In December 2018, the Federal Highway Administration approved a grant application from Yavapai County to build a road connecting Cornville Road with State Route...

County holds Verde Connect online hearing

In December 2018, Yavapai County was awarded a $25 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration to build a new road connecting State Route...

COVID found in jail workers

UPDATE: The print version of this story only mentioned the first two jail workers who tested positive. The story has been updated to reflect...

Lost tax revenues alter plans for local towns

It has now been nearly a month since the implementation of social distancing and Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision to close some businesses, and the...

Gov. Doug Ducey’s order partially opens businesses in Arizona

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced Wednesday, April 29, that he is partially reopening business in Arizona. â–  Friday, May 1: 1,090 hospitals and outpatient...

Local labs begin antibody tests

On Friday, April 24, I got a prick in my finger while I sat in my car outside Sedona Regenerative Medicine in Cottonwood, and...

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