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Monsoon storms bring Verde Valley bugs out in droves

Thanks to a particularly heavy monsoon, many Verde Valley residents are seeing a greater number of insects and other creepy-crawly critters around their homes...

Johnson hopes to inspire as new Verde Valley fire chief

In March, Joe Moore retired as Verde Valley Fire District fire chief, after taking up the job in November 2018. The VVFD Governing Board selected...

Nonprofit opens women’s home for recovering addicts

In late 2019, Steps to Recovery, a local drug and alcohol recovery nonprofit in the Verde Valley, closed its women’s home. The property it had...

Recovering addicts find healthy new connections during pandemic

“Addiction is the opposite of connection,” said Damien Browning, a former addict and the executive director of Steps to Recovery. It is one of...

Many restaurant pandemic adaptions may be permanent

JT’s Bistro in Camp Verde did not used to have a heavy focus on takeout or delivery. Until 2020, the upscale bistro had focused...

Sylvia Allen campaigns for 4th term

Sylvia Allen, who has represented Legislative District 6 in the Arizona State Senate since 2015, is seeking re-election to a fourth term — the...

Rep. Gosar visits Cottonwood to give award to local officer

On Friday, June 5, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar visited Cottonwood for a ceremony at the Cottonwood Public Safety facility, giving an award to...

Jerome artist receives grant to keep going during COVID

Janie Anderson has been making and selling art in Jerome for almost 25 years. She sculpts some- what abstract creations of animals out of...

Uncertain times for restaurant workers

In the seven years since he moved to the Verde Valley, Gabe Keaton has cooked for over a dozen of the top restaurants in...

Cornville sculptor John Henry Waddell dies at 98

Internationally renown- ed sculptor John Henry Waddell died on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at his Cornville home and studio, after a brief fight with cancer....

Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee boosts financial literacy

Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee appeared at the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock to speak to the Arizona School Administrators’ fall conference on...

Relive the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969

View of Apollo 11's descent on July 20, 1969, showing the view out of the lunar module Eagle's window side by side with the...

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