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County warns of spike in HIV cases

In a normal year, Yavapai County sees somewhere between seven and nine cases of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, better known as HIV. So it...

Wet winter led to dry monsoon season

According to Nancy Selover, state climatologist with the State Climate Office and Arizona State University’s School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, this makes...

Rimrock area faces power problems

From Monday, July 22 through Tuesday, Aug. 6, the Rimrock area faced 9 blackouts. APS confirmed that on 4 different dates, the power in...

Bill would swap Forest Service land with University of Arizona

Twenty-four years ago, the University of Arizona began a research and training location in the Verde Valley. Through the university’s College of Agriculture and...

Yavapai County plans property tax increase to pay for new jail compex

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors is expecting to vote for a property tax increase Wednesday, Aug. 7, increasing rates by 3% compared to...

High temperatures stretch homeless services’ resources

With the summer solstice passing on June 21, the hottest months of the year have begun.On multiple days in the past week, the temperature...

Fire season has arrived

As anyone living in the Verde Valley surely noticed, the area was hit by a wet winter. More rainfall has led to wetter ground...

Verde Connect receives mixed feedback on 7 routes

In December, Yavapai County was approved for a $25 million BUILD grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation in order to build a road...

Verde Connect unveils 7 potential routes in advance of public hearings

In December, Yavapai County was awarded a grant of $25 million in order to build a new road connecting State Route 260 with Cornville...

Yavapai County Law Enforcement seeks fugitive

Yavapai County Law Enforcement is asking the public’s help in locating wanted fugitive Seth Backus. Backus is a 30-year-old white male, six-feet one-inch tall and...

Local officials hail completed S.R. 260

After two years of construction, the Arizona Department of Transportation’s project to widen State Route 260 between Camp Verde and Cottonwood is finally finished...

Valley employers face worker shortage

A visit to any shopping center in the Verde Valley will probably lead to an encounter with one of a few familiar signs: “Now...

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