Yavapai County News

The Federal Communi-cations Commission has rejected a series of challenges from Cornville residents and a wildlife sanctuary founder seeking further environ­mental review of a proposed 100-foot cell tower at 9420 Cornville Road, clearing the way for...
After more than 60 years of continuous family ownership, Publisher Robert B. Larson and General Manager Kyle Larson are pleased to announce the sale of Larson Newspapers, publishers of the Sedona Red Rock News and The...

Yavapai County OK $280K in grants

Supervisors accepts grants to repair and improve the Sedona Airport In short order the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved its Community Service Agreements...

State grants $2.66M to arts and culture

Verde Valley nonprofits receive $85,660 from public and private funds A one-time legislative appropriation of $2 million in support of Arizona’s arts and culture sector...

Jerome State Historic Park to host annual Bat Walk Sept. 26

Jerome State Historic Park, 100 Douglas Road, will host its annual Bat Walk at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. The gate opens at 6:15...

Yavapai County discusses jail tax prop

Supervisors say doubling jail sales tax may lead to lower property taxes While voters in the General Election will have another deluge of legislature referrals...

594 agencies run 3.8M searches of Prescott PD’s ALPRs, half without case number

Nearly half of the 3,830,002 searches run through the Prescott Police Department's Flock Safety's automated license plate reader network from Jan 1 through June...

Adam Sheafe gets life sentence for murder of Rev. Bill Schonemann

Arrested in a Sedona manhunt after killing a pastor in New River in 2025  Adam Christopher Sheafe, 50, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court...

Recorder finds 30 registered voters were not US citizens

Burchill audited county's 193,506 registrations to confirm status Yavapai County Recorder Michelle Burchill submitted the county's active and inactive registrations with and last four...

Yavapai County supervisors reject YCSO’s new APLRs

Three Ekin Patrol mobile license plate reader cameras pulled off consent agenda and unanimously denied The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected contracts for...

Higher Learning Commission to monitor college board

Yavapai College has until February to provide its regional accreditation agency, the Higher Learning Commission, evidence and documentation on why its accreditation should be...

Cottonwood Police Department won $213K grant to fight human trafficking via Flock; ran no searches

Trafficking is 0.37% of Coconino County Sheriff's Office's ALPR searches A chief use of the 2025 Flock equipment contract that Cottonwood police cited to gain...

Donated blood supplies drop over the summer

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. Summer is the height of trauma season, when hospitals frequently see increased demand for...

Searches of Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Flock cameras top 3.2M

Yavapai County Sheriff's Office tied to 279 searches There were 3,259,997 searches of Coconino County Sheriff's Office network of 20 Flock Safety automated license plate...

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