94.2 F
Cottonwood

Education News

Enrollment down slightly, state funds up $125K on 11.2M budget After Mingus Union High School District received multiple one-time funding opportunities, the budget saw $125,110 more than it expected the last time the budget was revised in...
The Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education based in Cottonwood had 14 top three placements in several SkillsUSA competitions on April 7. Most of those who competed were out of Travis Black’s construction class. “We start off...

Rotary Club awards scholarships

The Rotary Club of the Verde Valley is proud to announce the 2026 Verde Valley Scholarship awards. It awards academic and vocational scholarships from...

Camp Verde Unified School District governing board to ask voters for $20M bond

The Camp Verde Unified School District approved 4-0, with Carol German absent, a resolution calling for a $20 million bond to be placed on...

Dozens defend A Troupe Of Ridiculous Thespians teacher at school board meeting

Three and a half hours after the Thursday, May 14, Mingus Union School District Governing Board meeting began, about 80 people sat and stood...

Last in the alphabet, first in academics

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...

College board holds budget talks for FY27

To vote on final budget during May 26 meeting The Yavapai College District Governing Board unanimously voted to approve the preliminary budget for the 2026-2027...

Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District to ask for $30M bond

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...

MUHS wins ‘automatically’

Seniors win top 2 places in state Auto Maintenance competition Mingus Union High School senior Cameron Walker said students from the Western Maricopa Education Center,...

Bracety ousts McCasland as Yavapai College Governing Board chair

Future MeetingsThe Yavapai College District Governing Board has four meetings scheduled for May.Special Meeting: Wednesday, May 6, at 2 p.m. in Prescott and...

Graduate reaps what he sows

Past Verde Valley Fair winner to teach agriculture to next generation Although Tanner Baker moved away from Cottonwood for college nearly two years ago, he...

World comes to Mingus to share cultures

For Guljeren Agajanova, a senior exchange student from Turkmenistan attending Mingus Union High School this year, the biggest cultural shift was the homes. “In my...

Camp Verde Unified School District to poll public for support of a bond

The Camp Verde Unified School District is one step closer to placing a bond on the November ballot. Superintendent Steve Hicks said during the April...

McCasland fires college board lawyers

When Yavapai College District Governing Board representative Toby Payne asked Chairwoman Deb McCasland where the attorneys were during the April 21 meeting,...

Popular Reads

Kyle Larson