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The Yavapai Cattle Growers Association has announced that 8-year-old Woodrow Banuelos of Cottonwood won the Best Verde Valley Bred and Fed Steer Award at the 2025 Verde Valley Fair on May 3. The YCGA presented him...
Mingus Union will be represented by 13 students at the Arizona Interscholastic Association state track and field championships this year on Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, including Witten Armstrong, who has made the state...

Coder talks of Grand Canyon archaeology

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center hosted a presentation by archaeologist and geologist Chris Coder titled “The Overwhelming Presence of The Landscape: A Snapshot of...

Author talks Mata Ortiz book at VVAC

Author Charmayne Samuelson discussed her book “Spencer MacCallum: Memories, Mystique, Mata Ortiz” at the Verde Valley Archaeology Center on Saturday, Dec. 9.  Her biography of...

Zoll demonstrates solar calendar at solstice

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center, with help from the U.S. Forest Service, demonstrated the visual effects of the summer solstice on the solar calendar...

Hopi weaver shares textiles

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center hosted a presentation on Hopi textiles by weaver Ahkima Honyumptewa on Saturday, May 20.  Honyumptewa, of the Rattlesnake clan from...

VVAC opens new archaeoastronomy exhibit

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center opened its new exhibit, “Indigenous Cosmology and Astronomy,” on Wednesday, April 12. Archaeoastronomy, the study of ancient astronomy, describes...

VVAC Prepares for Archaeology Month 

March is Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, and the Verde Valley Archaeology Center is hosting a variety of events to celebrate.  The center houses...

Ken Zoll Discusses Book on Local Petroglyphs

The Verde Valley Archaeology Center hosted a discussion of Ken Zoll’s and Peter J. Pilles, Jr.’s book “The Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site and VV...

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