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Lopez tells tale adding Jerome's culture, heritage After spending the last four years restoring a historic 1914 United Verde Extension Mining Company miner's home on Lower Hogback Road off State Route 89A, Thomas Lopez has turned his...
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 still video calls people here while the Verde Valley Fair is going...

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...

Meet native tribal artists at 2 national monuments

On weekends in May, artists and cultural demonstrators from various tribes across the Southwest will be on site at Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot national...

Camp Verde High School sophomore shoots for 1st place in Arizona

16-year-old Hadie Beaman dominates state photo contest Camp Verde High School sophomore Hadie Beaman said her first time taking photos on her own was for...

Dress a Girl: Sewing with purpose

Chapter sends handmade dresses around the world Dress a Girl Around the World, a program launched in 2009 under the nonprofit Hope 4 Women International,...

Giving voice to the missing

Jill Trenholm’s ‘The Deer Woman’ carries 350 faces calling for justice Every one of the 100 seats in the Si Birch Community Room at Community...

Jennifer Brehler earns ‘Iron Woman’

Verde Search and Rescue K-9 Sgt. Jennifer Brehler is the 2025 Iron Woman of the Year for her K-9 work with all-volunteer Yavapai Sheriff’s...

Muddy Rabbit top 50 finalist for national Tiny Desk Concert

When Dani Richter, aka Inde Ella, the lead singer and acoustic guitar player for Cottonwood-based band Muddy Rabbit, heard about the NPR Tiny Desk...

Sedona filmmaker Eck finds roots in Van Gogh’s garden

Mustafa Toby Eck, 40, a senior video producer at the J. Paul Getty Museum and Sedona Red Rock High School Class of 2003 alumnus,...

BENA Sets ‘Learn about Butterflies Day’ at Hatchery

To kick-off butterfly season, join Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona on Saturday, March 14, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. for an outdoor garden talk...

ATORT actors star in a film festival short

Anti-bullying movie debuts Feb. 28 at SPAC in Sedona Mingus Union High School theater director James Ball was excited when local filmmakers Shondra Jepperson and...

Stop dragon and get crackin’ with Mahjong Club

The Mahjong Club was formed about three-and-a-half years ago and meets in the Sedona Community Center at 2615 Melody Lane weekly on Wednesday from...

‘Marilyn’ will kick off 32nd Sedona International Film Festival

The 32nd annual Sedona International Film Festival opens in classic Hollywood style, channeling the glamour of the Golden Age through Marilyn Monroe with its...

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