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Mingus Union High School Valedictorian Coco Zuñiga heads to Oregon medical school Coco Zuñiga and her older brother would always fight when one got more A-plusses than the other. Her father,...

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Softball team beats Morenci, but falls in quarterfinal While the Camp Verde Cowboys Softball team lost in the quarterfinal game against the Mohave Accelerated Patriots 8-4 on May 5, the team still made it farther than it...

Verde Valley’s American Youth Soccer Organization sets soccer goals for athletes in 2026

Registration has opened, with programs for youngest players Brandon Kent, the regional commissioner for the American Youth Soccer Organization, said learning soccer can start as simple as balancing on one foot. “This doesn’t look like it’s soccer related,”...

Camp Verde athletes break personal records

Camp Verde High School freshman Jiselle Valdez holds the current best stats for the Cowboys in four girls events: The 100-meter run, the 100- and 300-meter hurdles and the high jump. While she didn’t compete in the...

Opinion

Our guidelines for political letters in election season

This is a big election year. With every election comes the desire to voice views on political issues. As Sedona’s only newspaper and the...

Voice your views with new policy for using pen names

Residents have voiced concerns over the years that they have political opinions they would like to voice in a letter, but choose not to...

Yavapai College continues to demand ‘Loyalty Oath’ to President Lisa Rhine

Imagine, if you will, the following scenarios with Rod Serling’s voiceover: The city council forces its members to sign a new code of ethics not...

Around Yavapai County

Bond ProcessSchool districts going for a bond election typically seek money for capital improvements and other long-term projects that require a large capital payment up front. A governing board will approve whether to put the bond...
On April 25, the Verde Valley Archaeology Center and Museum opened the exhibit "Tim's Cave Reimagined: Stewarding a Cultural Collection." This exhibit tells the story of the sighting of prehistoric artifacts by helicopter, a recovery effort by...

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