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Contracted law firm fires Cottonwood after City Council members make ‘misrepresentations’

Pierce Coleman PLLC, a Scottsdale-based law firm inthat has worked for the city of Cottonwood as its temporary official law firm, or as the...

City Manager Douglass, Attorney Winkler resign immediately after alleged threats, bullying and harassment from City Council members

Cottonwood City Attorney Jenny Winkler resigned at 10:47 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, and Cottonwood City Manager Scotty Douglass informed council at 1:33 p.m....

Investigation details the sexual harassment of numerous female Cottonwood city staffers by Councilman Derek Palosaari

Following an initial report of sexual harassment by Cottonwood City Councilman Derek Palosaari of a female city of Cottonwood employee, a subsequent internal investigation...

Head of the Prescott National Forest retires

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors recognized outgoing Supervisor of the Prescott National Forest Dale Deiter for his work during its Wednesday, Dec. 6...

Cottonwood Council refuses to condemn Councilman Palosaari for sexual misconduct, with a tied vote

According to an investigation by the city of Cottowood’s Human Resources Department, City Councilman Derek Palosaari has engaged in multiple instances of sexual misconduct, specifically “instances of unwanted touching,” of female employees of the city since being appointed on June 6.

Nikki Check enters race for Yavapai County District 3 

Nikki Check, former mayor of Jerome and a self-described “Conservative, moderate Democrat,” has announced her campaign to represent District 3 on Yavapai County’s Board...

Clara slays the Rat Queen in Sedona Dance Academy’s ‘Nutcracker’

The Sedona Dance Academy gave its fourth annual “The Nutcracker” showcase to a standing room-only house at the Phillip England Center for the Performing...

USFS opens comment period for trail construction in the Verde Valley

The U.S. Forest Service announced on Tuesday, Nov. 21, that it has opened a public comment period for the addition of approximately 39 miles...

Big Chino Pipeline still probably a decade out

Gary Beverly, a board member of the Citizens Water Advocacy Group and chairman of the Yavapai chapter of the Sierra Club, gave a Zoom...

MATForce presentation on drugs and drug use by Bill LeBeau counterfactual to data

The Sedona Red Rocks Rotary Club hosted guest speaker Bill LeBeau, a former Camp Verde town councilman who now works with the Methamphetamine Advisory...

Verde Valley Archaeology Center hosts film festival

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center will be hosting its Indigenous Film Festival in partnership with the Sedona International Film Festival on Friday, Nov. 3,...

NAH discusses breast cancer at Sedona seminar

“We will all know somebody, whether it’s your patient, whether it’s a friend or family member, who will have breast cancer,” Brenda Keith, area...

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